TO: Housing Authority Commissioners
FROM: Jennifer Palmer, Director of Housing and Homeless Services
REPORT BY: Alex Carrasco, Staff Service Analyst
SUBJECT: Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Regulatory Agreement Loans
RECOMMENDATION
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Director of Housing and Homeless Services requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign the third and fourth modifications to the regulatory agreement loans with the Department of Housing and Community Development for the Calistoga and Mondavi farmworker centers to extend the term to December 31, 2044.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 2019, the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) awarded the Napa County Housing Authority (NCHA) Joe Serna Grant funding of $250,000 annually for a term not to exceed ten (10) years. The purpose of the funds is to assist the financing, maintenance, and operation of the three county owned migrant farmworker centers (Centers). In exchange, NCHA agreed to continue to demonstrate the capability to effectively serve the needs of farmworkers in Napa County for twenty-five (25) years from the first year of disbursement.
Regulatory agreements were required as a condition of receiving Joe Serna Grant to ensure that the grant money was put to the use for which it was received and that the use continued for the life of the grant. The conditions in the regulatory agreements are designed to ensure that the farmworker centers comply with state law and HCD regulations. With the passage of the bill granting additional direct funding to NCHA for operation of the farmworker centers, HCD required NCHA to enter into a standard agreement before it would issue the funds beyond the first year. The standard agreement required that the conditions in the regulatory agreement be extended to 2044. Without extending the regulatory agreements, the State would withhold the $250,000 of annual funding for the centers.
The Housing Authority Chair's signature will extend the regul...
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