DATE: October 20, 2026
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Substantial Amendment to the HOME Investment Partnerships - American Rescue Program (HOME-ARP) Allocation Plan
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Amend FY 2021-22 Action Plan and HOME-ARP Allocation Plan;
Authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning or designee to execute Standard Form 424s and Certifications for the HOME Investment Partnerships - American Rescue Plan;
Amend FY 2025-29 Consolidated Plan to delete HOME-ARP projects, HOME-ARP funds, and relevant references to the HOME-ARP program; and
Amend FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27 Action Plans to delete HOME-ARP projects, HOME-ARP funding, and relevant references to the HOME-ARP program.
REPORT
There is no Net County Cost (NCC) inherently associated with the recommended actions. The recommended actions are necessary for the County's use of its HOME Investment Partnerships - American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) program, permitting staff to amend the FY 2021-22 Action Plan and HOME-ARP Allocation Plan and to submit the amendments to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The third and fourth recommended actions are necessary to remove references to the HOME-ARP program from the 2025-29 Consolidated Plan and 2026-27 Action Plan based on HUD direction that the HOME-ARP program is to be included only in the 2021-22 Action Plan. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may choose not to approve the first and second recommended actions, in which case the County will not amend the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan to establish preferences for qualified populations served in projects funded by HOME-ARP, and the proposed Sendero Commons project will be ineligible for funding. In the more than three years since the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan was adopted, no developers have been willing to navigate the complex HOME-ARP process until now, an...
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