Title
Authorization to Apply, Accept, and Disburse Funds and Enter into Agreements for the Fiscal Year 2024 Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing Grant Opportunity (Ordinance S-51309)
Description
Request approval for the City Manager, or his designee, to authorize the City of Phoenix Housing (HOU) and Planning and Development (PDD) departments to submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Fiscal Year 2024 Pathways to Removing Obstacles for Housing (PRO Housing) grant opportunity. If awarded, request approval to execute all documents necessary to accept and disburse the grant funds. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and for the City Controller to disburse, grant funds in accordance with the terms of the aforementioned grant.
Report
Summary
On August 13, 2024, HUD issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the PRO Housing grant program with an application deadline of October 15, 2024. HUD is providing $100 million in competitive federal grant funding for communities across the country to identify and remove barriers to affordable housing production and preservation. The PRO Housing grant is available to local and state governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and multijurisdictional entities. Up to $7 million per grantee is available over a six-year grant period of performance. The PRO Housing grant program will fund projects that: develop, evaluate, and implement housing policy plans; improve housing strategies; and facilitate affordable housing production and preservation. Award announcements are expected in early 2025.
Applicants are prioritized if they can demonstrate progress and commitment to overcoming local barriers, primarily by having enacted improved laws and regulations. The City intends to apply up to the maximum grant award to support planning and affordable housing production activities that further implement the Phoenix City Council approved Housing Phoenix Plan.
Contract Term
The term of the PRO Housing grant has a six-year period of performance. The projected start date is early 2025, or after the expected issuance of awards. The expected end date is September 2030.
Financial Impact
No match or General Fund money are required for this grant.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Managers Gina Montes and Alan Stephenson, and the Housing and Planning and Development departments.