PUBLIC NOTICE
HOME INVESTMENT (HOME) PROGRAM
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG) PROGRAM
Pursuant to the City and County of Honolulu’s (City) Citizen Participation Plan, the proposed amendments to the City’s Twenty-Third (23rd), Twenty-Fourth (24th) and Twenty-Fifth (25th) Year Action Plans are provided for your information. The City desires to reprogram Fiscal Year 2018, Fiscal Year 2019, and Fiscal Year 2020 funds to projects that can utilize the funds immediately in order to achieve HOME and ESG program goals more efficiently and expediently. The proposed revisions to the Fiscal Year 2018, Fiscal Year 2019, and Fiscal Year 2020 HOME and ESG projects are provided for your information and use.
Fiscal Year 2018 (Twenty-Third (23rd) Year Action Plan)
Heard before City Council as Resolution 20-202
AWARD REDUCTION OF $135,240
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA)
Project Description: Reduction of grant funds for the acquisition of rental units for youth, individuals, or families at or below 60% AMI.
Fiscal Year: 2018 (23rd Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: HOME
Proposed Amount: $276,482 (originally $411,722)
Location: 1109 Acacia Road, Unit 324, Pearl City, Hawaii 96782
PROPOSED NEW AWARD OF $135,240
City and County of Honolulu / Non-Profit Organizations — Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and/or Construction Projects within Honolulu County
Project Description: Grant funds for the acquisition, rehabilitation and/or construction of one or more properties, located in Honolulu County, to provide affordable housing to very-low-
to low-income households.
Fiscal Year: 2018 (23rd Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: HOME
Proposed Amount: $135,240
Location: Property Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and/or Construction project(s) within Honolulu County.
Fiscal Year 2019 (Twenty-Fourth (24th) Year Action Plan)
Heard before City Council as Resolution 20-203
NEW AWARD OF $340,288.94 and
CHANGE OF ELIGIBLE CATEGORY OF SPENDING
City and County of Honolulu / Non-Profit Organizations — Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and/or Construction Project(s) within Honolulu County
Project Description: Increases the amount of grant funds for the acquisition, rehabilitation and/or construction of one or more properties, located in Honolulu County, to provide affordable housing to very-low- to low-income households by reprogramming accumulated program income, which needs to be re-invested into City HOME projects. Expands description to include rehabilitation and construction projects.
Fiscal Year: 2019 (24th Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: HOME
Proposed Amount: $2,080,866.99 (originally $1,740,578.05)
Location: Property Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and/or Construction project(s) within Honolulu County.
Pending approval by the Honolulu City Council as Resolution 20-234
REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF UNITS
Honolulu Habitat for Humanity – Building Homes for Low-Income Families
Community Housing Development Organization
Project Description: Reduction in units for demolition and re-construction from four (4) homes currently occupied by low-income families to two (2).
Fiscal Year: 2019 (24th Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: HOME
Location: 22 Austin Lane C-1, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Heard before City Council as Resolution 20-215
AWARD REDUCTION OF $64,863,63
Kalihi-Palama Health Center – Emergency Relief Program
Project Description: Reduction of grant funds for a homelessness prevention program, which includes short-term or medium-term rental assistance, financial assistance, and housing relocation and stabilization services, excluding moving costs.
Fiscal Year: 2019 (24th Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: ESG
Proposed Amount: $91,394.37 (originally $156,258)
Location: 915 North King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
NEW AWARD OF $64,863.63
Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
Project Description: Grant funds for the maintenance and management of HMIS.
Fiscal Year: 2019 (24th Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: ESG
Proposed Amount: $94,863.63 [$30,000 City Funds; $64,863.63 ESG]
(originally $30,000 City Funds)
Location: 200 Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Fiscal Year 2020 (Twenty-Fifth (25th) Year Action Plan)
Heard before City Council as Resolution 20-212
AWARD REDUCTION OF $472,000
Honolulu Habitat for Humanity – Building Homes for Low-Income Families
Community Housing Development Organization
Project Description: Reduction of grant funds for demolition and re-construction of four (4) homes currently occupied by low-income families.
Fiscal Year: 2020 (25th Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: HOME
Proposed Amount: $0 (originally $472,000)
Location: 22 Austin Lane C-1, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
AWARD REDUCTION OF $450,000
DCS – Down Payment Loan Program
Project Description: Reduction of grant funds to assist low-income first-time homebuyers.
Fiscal Year: 2020 (25th Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: HOME
Proposed Amount: $550,000 Program Income (originally $450,000 HOME funds and $550,000 estimated Program Income receipts)
Location: 51 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
PROPOSED NEW AWARD OF $1,023,468.54
City and County of Honolulu / Non-Profit Organizations — Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and/or Construction Projects within Honolulu County
Project Description: Grant funds for the acquisition, rehabilitation and/or construction of one or more properties, located in Honolulu County, to provide affordable housing to very-low- to low- income households.
Fiscal Year: 2018 (23rd Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: HOME
Proposed Amount: $1,023,468.54 [$922,000 HOME; $101,468.54 Program Income] (originally $0)
Location: Property Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and/or Construction project(s) within Honolulu County.
Heard before City Council as Resolution 20-216
CLARIFYING LANGUAGE REGARDING REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS
Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
Project Description: Grant funds for the maintenance and management of HMIS. Clarifying language allows any funds reprogrammed pursuant to Resolution No. 19-34 CD1, Resolution No. 20-55, and Resolution No. 20-132, not committed or spent by
January 31, 2021 may be further reprogrammed as increased funding for the Homeless Management Information System operated by the Aloha United Way or any other eligible activity that supports ESG recipients generally.
Fiscal Year: 2020 (25th Year Action Plan)
Funding Source: ESG
Proposed Amount: $24,000
Location: 200 Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Interested parties may submit written comments by September 18, 2020, to: the City & County of Honolulu, Department of Community Services, Community Based Development Division, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 200, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 or by email to dcscbdd@honolulu.gov.
Pamela A. Witty-Oakland, Director
Department of Community Services
By order of KIRK CALDWELL, MAYOR
City and County of Honolulu
(SA1295023 9/14/20)
