HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-R-22RESOLUTION OF THE j~'rERSONV/T,T,E CITY COUNCIL
R E S O L U T I O N N 0-~~
AREAWIDE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES PLAN
WHEKEAS, the Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency
has prepared and published the Areawide Housing Opportunities.Plan for
the nine (9) county region cc~prised of Clark and Floyd Count_zee,
Indiana; Bul!itt, Henry, Jefferson, oldham, Shelby, Spencer and
Tr~nlble Counties, Kentucky; and
WKEREAS, said Plan's expressed purpose is to increase and enhance
opportunities of the region's lcw income and minority households to
obtain decent, safe and sanitary housing,
NOW, TH~BEFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Jeffersonville City Council
hereby approves and adoptS the Areawide Housing Opportunities Plan am.d
will impleme~nt strategies as described in the jeffersonville Housing
Assistance Plan, as approved by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. Such strategies include the use of Section 8 (existing,
n~ constm~uction and substantial rehabilitation) , Conm~mnity Development
Block Grants, Section 312, Secti~o~n~0~ Elderly Ho~, and Public
Housing programs and funding. /~/~ J~-~ Z~
THiS RESOLb?ION ADOt~£'~3 ~Y the jeffersonvitle City Council of the
State cf indis_na, e~is ~ day of ~ ~. , 197__.
R±'z~ST:
AREAWiDE HOUSING OPPORTUlqtTIES PLAN
Objecr_ive - to provide housing for low- and moderate-inccme persons
or minorities outside areas that already have high concentrations of
subsidized housing units.
Local adoption of the HOP will not require any funding
frcm participating ]urisdictions.
The HOP mus~ be adopted by:
· 50% of the Planning Area's Jurisdiction, con~ining
· 75% of the Planning Area's Population
II. Benefits of a HUD-Approved HOP:
A. Participating jurisdictions will have more control of
housing decisions in their c~n area for:
Housing assistance decisions will follow a plan
based upon need, as outlined by the Jefferson~ille
Housing Assistance Plan.
B. Cc~munity Develolmmenn Block Grants, Small Cities Programs
Pre-applicants will receive 50 extra "Bonus Points"
in hVfD's stanewide ratzng and ranking procedure.
These bonus poznts may become the critical differ-
ence in being funded and not being funded. Each
pre-applicant in the State of Indiana will be
cor~peting, statewide, for $8,942,000; $3,056,000
of this allocatmon will be set-aside for previous
funding cc~mi%r~nts. Therefore, only $5,886,000
is actually available for ccepetition. HL~D antici-
pates that 200+ pre-applications will be submitted.
In Clark County alone, these pre-applications will
be submitted:
1. Ctarksvitle
2. Sellersburg
3. Silver Creek T(m~nship
4. Utica Tcwnship
5. Monrce Tcwnship
6. Charlestcwn
7. Borden
8. Clark County
· Blackiston Mill
· Bonenberger Subdivision
Simply, all eight Clark County pre-applicants will be ccaper_%ng
one against the or_her. The bonus points could be the difference
in one or two Clark County applications being funded as oppose~
to most, if not all eight, and the awarding of mill/ons of
dollars to the county.
C. Supplemental Funding for FY '78
1. $30,000,000 mn supplemental funding is availsble
nationally for the Section 8 program.
2. $16~800,000 mn supplemental funding ms available
nationally for CDBG.
3. $800,000 is available nationally for ccmpr~hen-
sire planning.
A HUD-approved HOP, ipso facto, ms proof that a participating
]urisdiction wishing to apply for Urban Development Action
Grants have taken s~eps to provide equal opportunities for lcw-
and moderate-inccrae and minority households,
Jeffersonv~lle will receive przority consideration in the al!cca-
tion of supplemental funding under the follcwing HUD prcgrarms:
1. Section 8
2. Section 312
3. Section 202
4. Public Housing
5. Co~nunity Development Block Grant