American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Housing & Homeless ProgramsIn North Carolina

Total ARRA

• $787 Billion

• Tax Relief

• $225 Billion: to States

• $100 Billion: to federal agencies/ competitive grants

Objectives

• Stabilize State Budgets

• Create Jobs

• Safety Net

How do funds come to the state?

• Direct payment to individuals

• State Stabilization

• Formula Allocation

• Federal Agency

• Competitive Grants– Public

– Private

Purpose-driven distribution

versus

Place-driven distribution

• One-time funds

• Up to 3 years

• Timelines to be met

• Transparency

• Efficiency

• Accountability

• Merit Selection

• Competitive Process

• Risk Analysis

• Compliance

• OMB Direction

• Federal Oversight

Housing & Homeless Programs

• HUD

• Energy

• IRS

• Homeland Security

Public Housing Authorities (PHAs)

• All PHA monies come from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)

• Public Housing Capital Funds– Money to fund capital improvements already identified

in the PHAs 5 year plan• $89.4M is formula grant• 99 contracts between HUD and N.C. PHAs

• ¼ of the federal allocation (~$1B) is competitive

Public Housing Authorities

• Project Based Housing Vouchers– $83.4M– HUD has 101 N.C. contracts– Assistance to housing complexes that

currently receive project-based Section 8

– HUD doesn’t really think of this as recovery funding, but it does get reported as recovery funding

Weatherization

• U.S. Department of Energy• Administered at the state level by the Office of

Energy with the Department of Commerce, but still physically housed at the Office of Economic Opportunity within Health and Human Services– $131,954,536– Funds will go to Community Action Agencies,

Nonprofits and Local Governments that are already implementing weatherization programs

– Funds are targeted to low-income residents• Homeowners• Renters• Homeless shelters

Tax Credit Assistance Program

• Administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Administered at the state level by the Housing Finance Agency– $52.1 M– Will assist with tax-credit projects that have

cash-flow difficulties because of reduction in syndicators able to purchase tax-credits.

Neighborhood Stabilization Program

• Administrated by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Funds used to stabilize neighborhoods that are in trouble due to high rates of foreclosure and/or abandoned properties.

• Competitive• Division of Community Assistance

submitted an application, we hope to hear results in early December

Domestic Violence Transitional Housing

• Administered by the U.S. Department of Justice

• Applicants are local domestic violence programs

• NC received $1,491,722– Mecklenburg County– Youth Focus in Greensboro– Durham Crisis Response Center

Native American Housing Block Grant

• Administered by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Formula Portion– $6.5 M for 5 tribes in N.C.

• Also competitive portion– No NC tribes funded

Lead Paint Hazard Reduction

• Administered by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development– $ for communities who were eligible for 2008

awards but did not receive due to limited funding

• Charlotte - $2.9 M• Greenville - $1.9 M

Community Development Block Grant

• Administered by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development– Administered at the state level by Division of

Community Assistance within the Department of Commerce

– $12M for non-entitlement communities– Contracts going out any minute

• In addition, 25 entitlement communities receive $6.9 M

Assisted Housing Stability & Green & Energy Retrofit

• Administered by U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

• Competitive

• For projects funded by– Section 8 – project based– Section 811– Section 202

Emergency Food and Shelter Program

• Administered by U.S. Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)

• $3.8 M goes directly to local FEMA boards

• Funds can be used for emergency food, shelter

Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing

• Administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• A new program, not previously funded

• $7M to 7 entitlement communities

• $22M to non-entitlement communities

Eligible Activities

• Preventing Homelessness among households that are in a very unstable housing situation

• Diverting households away from shelters and stabilizing them in secure permanent housing

• Rapidly Re-Housing households already experiencing homelessness

How funds can be spent

• Housing search activities

• Housing stabilization activities

• Flexible Financial Assistance

Where HPRP is available

Where HPRP is available: State-funded Organizations

Lead Organization Service Area East Carolina Behavioral Health Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Jones, Martin,

Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Terrell, Washington Community Link Cabarrus, Davidson, Rowan, Stanly, Union NW Regional Housing Authority Ashe, Alleghany, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey Isothermal Planning Commission Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford Cape Fear United Way Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender Mountain Projects Haywood, Jackson City of Winston-Salem Forsyth Mental Health Partners Burke, Catawba Pitt County DSS Pitt CADA CAA Northampton, Hertford, Bertie, Halifax Alamance United Way Alamance Orange County DSS Orange Open Door of High Point City of High Point and surrounding areas in Guilford, Davidson, and Randolph Wilson County DSS Wilson Surry County DSS Surry, Yadkin McDowell County DSS McDowell Salvation Army of Gastonia Gaston, Lincoln Asheville Housing Support Team Buncombe Durham Housing Support Team Durham Guilford Housing Support Team Guilford

Where HPRP is available: HUD-funded Entitlement areas

• Charlotte• Raleigh• Durham• Greensboro• Winston-Salem• Fayetteville• Wake• Asheville

Contact Information

Martha Are

Office of Economic Recovery and Investment

MSC 20308

Raleigh, NC 27699-0308

919-733-1523

martha.are@nc.gov