Louisville Housing Authority Minutes 2009 06 30

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The air conditioner problem for a resident has been taken care of and fixed the day after the meeting. ARRA Funding Update: Weatherization Program Outreach Flyers regarding marketing the free weatherization services available through the ARRA act were distributed to the board. A discussion was held regarding the growth of this program and its effectiveness, and a request was made to encourage others to help market this program, to help get the stimulus money out to the community where it is needed. Flyers were distributed to share with anyone who could use the service. Housing Crisis Funds Program Update BCHA won the National Association of Counties (NACO) award for the Housing Crisis Prevention program. This is national recognition program where all counties receive a brief of our program which is designed to allow them to replicate the program. We have received a lot of requests for information. BCHA has submitted a Letter of Interest to administer $1.5 million of homeless prevention and rapid re-housing program (HPRP) dollars with the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. The homeless dollars will be matched to our HCPP funding. HPRP is a program for homeless prevention and rapid re-housing situations either underway or needing to be fixed. Applicants do not have to be TANF eligible for these dollars. Colorado Coalition for the Homeless will be the designated administrator for the HPRP and BCHA would be a subgrantee for the funds. Senior Housing Selena Jaramillo gave recognition to Frank and the Housing Authority for having such lovely places for seniors to live. The suggestion was made that that perhaps the city council should be invited to do a tour of these locations and let them know that we are not asking for money, we are asking for land. The city has land that could be used for housing seniors. We need perhaps 3 to 5 acres to do another Lydia Morgan. Foreclosure Prevention Program BCHA has worked with Foreclosure Prevention program, tripling the staff. We took over the financial management classes. There were about 6 attendees per month previously, now we have 400 per month attending the classes. There has been a huge increase in the number of people coming in for help with the eviction process or foreclosure process, and we acquired short-term emergency dollars to help stabilize families. st Since April 1 of last year, we have helped 450 families avoid foreclosure and eviction. With our statewide coalition partners we have been able to apply for $1.5 million for a 3-year program for case management and housing programs.