Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee
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Agenda — 22 items
- 1 This City Council Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee meeting will be held by video conference and in the Council Briefing Room, 6th Floor at City Hall. The public may attend the meeting virtually; however, City Hall is available for those wishing to attend the meeting in person. The Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee will be broadcast live on Spectrum Cable Channel 16 (English) and 95 (Spanish) and online at bit.ly/cityofdallastv. The public may also listen to the meeting as an attendee at the following video conference link:
- 2 Call to Order
- 3 MINUTES
- A1. Approval of the January 18, 2024 Special Called Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee Meeting Minutes
- A2. Approval of the January 22, 2024 Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee Meeting Minutes
- 6 BRIEFING ITEMS
- A. Homeless Response System Quarterly Report [Christine Crossley, Director, Office of Homeless Solutions; Sarah Khan, President and CEO, Housing Forward]
- B. 2929 South Hampton Road: Options and Next Steps [Christine Crossley, Director, Office of Homeless Solutions]
- C. Development Program Updates: New Construction and Substantial Rehabilitation Program, Land Transfer and Land Bank Program, and Single-Family Homeownership Development Requirements [Darwin Wade, Assistant Director, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization]
- 10 MEMORANDUMS
- D. Office of Homeless Solutions and the Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Properties Updates: Forth Worth Avenue, Independence Drive, Hampton Road, and Vantage Point [Christine Crossley, Director, Office of Homeless Solutions; Darwin Wade, Assistant Director, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization]
- E. Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization FY 2022-23 Performance Measures [Thor Erickson, Assistant Director, Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization]
- F. Action item: Recommend for City Council Consideration of the Sale of one (1) Land Transfer Program Lot located at 2614 Merlin St to South Fair Community Development Corporation, to a Qualified Participating Developer [Darwin Wade, Assistant Director, Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization]
- G. Updates on the 1,000 Unit Challenge memorandum entitled “Mixed-Income Housing Challenge to TODs for Post-COVID-19 Economic Development Recovery Efforts” issued on July 1, 2020 [Darwin Wade, Assistant Director, Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization]
- H. Office of Homeless Solutions - Temporary and Alternate Housing Update [Christine Crossley, Director, Office of Homeless Solutions]
- 16 FORECAST
- I. HHS Committee Forecast
- 18 UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS
- J. Office of Procurement Services - Upcoming Agenda Item #25 (March 27, 2024): Authorize a one-year service contract for encampment clean-up for the Office of Homeless Solutions - The Cleaning Guys LLC dba CG Environmental, most advantageous proposer of eight - Not to exceed $212,447.06 - Financing: General Fund (subject to annual appropriations) [Christine Crossley, Director, Office of Homeless Solutions]
- K. Upcoming Agenda Item File # 24-763 (March 27, 2024): A public hearing to receive comments on Substantial Amendment No. 3 to the FY 2023-24 Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to reprogram unspent prior year CDBG funds in the total amount of $4,500,000.00 from the Home Improvement & Preservation Program to the Residential Development Acquisition Loan Program; and, at close of the public hearing, authorize final adoption of Substantial Amendment No. 3 to the FY 2023-24 Action Plan - Financing: No cost consideration to the City. [Thor Erickson, Assistant Director, Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization]
- L. Upcoming Agenda Item File # 24-762 (March 27, 2024): Authorize an amendment to the Dallas Housing Resource Catalog (DHRC) as described in the attached Exhibit A to: (1) amend the terms and conditions of the Home Improvement & Preservation Program to (a) remove the Minor Home Rehabilitation Program, Major Home Rehabilitation Program, Home Reconstruction Program, and Rental Rehabilitation Program; and (b) provide grant-based emergency home repair, Dallas Tomorrow Fund for exterior code violations, and forgivable loans for major systems repair; and (2) remove from the DHRC the (a) Targeted Rehabilitation Program; (b) Targeted Rehabilitation Program - West Dallas sub-program module; (c) Targeted Rehabilitation Program Tenth Street Historic District Sub-program module; (d) Dallas Tomorrow Fund; (e) Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant; and (f) Senior Home Rehabilitation Program - Financing: No cost consideration to the City. [Thor Erickson, Assistant Director, Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization]
- 22 ADJOURNMENT