Fiscal Note
$29,441 in Federal ESG funds are available within the Housing Development Fund and $31,000 of ESG funds will be repaid prior to the implementation of the project.
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SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the provision of Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds to assist Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) to renovate Office space to serve families in ways that address City, Community and Neighborhood Development Objectives.
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AGENCY:
Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) is a local community-based agency established to serve homeless families with children unable to succeed within the traditional homeless system. The organization initially used volunteers and the spare space of religious organizations to provide support, basic shelter, and referral. They now serve approximately 60 families each year, coordinating the contributions of over 50 religious and community organizations.
PROJECT:
IHN has partnered with several private rental property owners and religious organizations to place its families in vacant apartments, and to provide support services for up to twenty-four months, operating from an Office leased from a church on University Avenue. The church is now in the process of selling the building and IHN has negotiated a lease for a new office and day center on Olin Avenue. The proposal would provide funds toward leasehold improvements that would permit IHN to continue to serve families. The owner of their current site is obligated to pay back to the City a portion of the funds used on that site for remodeling. The project, if approved, is designed to move ahead only on the repayment of these earlier funds to the City.
ACTION:
WHEREAS, the ESG program, as amended, and its implementing regulations located at 24 CFR Part 590ff, permit the City of Madison to help community agencies in the provision of assistance to homeless families;
WHEREAS, CD staff and the CDBG Commission have reviewed this proposal and find that it furthers the goals exp...
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