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41 <br /> 1 At the Business meeting on February 7,2023,the Board of Commissioners approved the original Allocation <br /> 2 Plan,which was to allocate$1,165,291 to the development of new affordable housing,with the remainder <br /> 3 ($205,710)going to program administration. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 The HOME Consortium is now recommending that the Plan be amended to allocate$1,081,113 to Tenant- <br /> 6 Based Rental Assistance, $194,290 to supportive services (case management), and $95,998 to program <br /> 7 administration. The plan would be to request proposals for any Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) or <br /> 8 Rapid Rehousing (RRH) projects in the community, with hopes of increasing the number of service <br /> 9 providers in the County. It is recommended that the amounts dedicated to rental assistance and supportive <br /> 10 services could be altered somewhat according to the needs of service provider awarded the funds; <br /> 11 however, the administrative portion could not change. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Justification for Amendment <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Changes in policy and the economic environment since the original HOME-ARP proposal justify this <br /> 16 amendment, including: <br /> 17 <br /> 18 1. Local funding provides support for the development of affordable housing in excess of planned <br /> 19 HOME-ARP allocation. <br /> 20 2. Emergency Housing Assistance has been significantly reduced, deepening the need for tenant- <br /> 21 based rental assistance. <br /> 22 3. The most significant barrier to ending homelessness has been identified as inadequate medium- <br /> 23 term, service-enriched support such as Permanent Supportive Housing(PSH) or Rapid Rehousing. <br /> 24 4. The development of new housing that serves primarily the HOME-ARP population is considered <br /> 25 unfeasible by current County Housing staff. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Blake Rosser, Housing Director, made the following presentation: <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Slide#1 <br /> nORANGF COUNTY <br /> HOUSING DEPARTMENT <br /> HOME-ARP Substantial Amendment <br /> May 5, 2026 <br /> 30 <br /> 31 <br />