Title
2021-2022 CDBG Reprogramming Request (Ordinance S-47540)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to reprogram $1,300,000 of available Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program income to continue to fund additional targeted code enforcement and the expanded Rental Rehabilitation Program. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse the funds for the purpose of this ordinance.
Report
Summary
Each fiscal year, the Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) requests that program income from projects funded by the CDBG allocation are reprogrammed to provide an additional year of continued funding for two Neighborhood Preservation Inspector 1 positions originally eliminated as part of the February 3, 2009 General Fund budget reduction. For 2021-22, NSD is requesting $300,000 be reprogrammed for the two positions. Staff will continue to provide enforcement of the Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance in eligible, targeted low- and moderate-income census tracts, specifically in the City's targeted Neighborhood Initiative and Redevelopment areas, including the West Phoenix Revitalization Area through June 30, 2022.
In addition, NSD is requesting $1,000,000 in CDBG program income be reprogrammed to the recently expanded Rental Rehabilitation Program. This program facilitates the preservation of safe and affordable rental housing for low- and moderate-income tenants by providing financial assistance to rental property owners to complete rehabilitation projects for deteriorating properties. The goal of the revised Rental Rehabilitation Program, which includes increasing program access and information, improved marketing and outreach, and a targeted neighborhood approach, is to increase the number of rental units preserved within the city of Phoenix and support the Housing Phoenix Plan goal of creating or preserving 50,000 affordable homes by 2030.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
This item was recommended for approval by the Land Use and Livability Subcommittee on April 21, 2021 by a 3-0 vote.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Inger Erickson and the Neighborhood Services Department.