*Adopt and authorize the submission of the 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan and the FY 2021-22 Action Plan application for the Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnership, Emergency Solutions Grant, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Programs to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

The City of Portland ordains: Section 1. The Council finds: The City of Portland, as a local government, is eligible to receive four federal housing and community development entitlement grants (“Formula Grants”) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Community Development Block Grant, pursuant to Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; HOME Investment Partnership grant, for the development of affordable housing for low and moderate income households, as authorized by The HOME Investment Partnership Act, as amended; Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program, as authorized by subtitle B of title IV the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act as amended by S.896 The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 11371-11378); Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant, pursuant to the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act [42 U.S.C. 12901], as amended. Since 1995, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has required a single consolidated submission for the planning and applications aspects of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), HOME Investment Partnerships, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids (HOPWA) formula programs. The multi-year Consolidated Plan and annual Action Plans have replaced the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS), the HOME program description, the Community Development plan and the CDBG final statement, and the ESG and HOPWA applications. The CDBG program regulations provide that jurisdictions may create a consortium for the purpose of making application for formula grants through submission of a multi-year Consolidated Plan and annual Action Plans. The City of Portland has formed a Consolidated Plan Consortium with the City of Gresham and Multnomah County Oregon, for this purpose each year since 1991. The City of Portland is the lead jurisdiction in the Consolidated Plan Consortium. The most recent Consortium agreements are effective till June 2021 and this will be renewed for a five-year period of FY 21-22 to FY 2025-26 that aligns with this Consolidated Plan period of 2021-2025. The HOME program regulations provide that jurisdictions may create a consortium for the purpose of receiving and administering their HOME grants. The City of Portland has formed a HOME Consortium with the City of Gresham and Multnomah County, Oregon, for this purpose each year since 1991. The City of Portland is the lead jurisdiction in the HOME Consortium. The most recent HOME Consortium agreements are in place through FY 2019-2021 and new agreements will be executed for the period beginning July 2021. The City of Portland has been designated by HUD as the lead applicant for the HOPWA grant on behalf of Clackamas, Clark, Columbia, Multnomah, Skamania, Washington, and Yamhill Counties. Staff from the Portland Housing Bureau (PHB) and the Joint Office of Homeless services (JOHS) plan for the allocation of these funds with representatives from the seven counties. Matching funds estimated to equal $1,001,236.75 are required for the HOME program. The members of the HOME consortium will each contribute their pro rata share of match. Key sources of match are expected to include local Tax Increment funds; local General Funds; grant funds from the State Housing Trust Fund, value of below market financing using the Oregon Affordable Housing Tax Credit; value of donated property and donated labor; the value of property tax exemptions for low- and moderate-income home ownership properties developed under the Homebuyer Limited Tax Exemption (HOLTE) program; the value of property tax exemptions for low‑ and moderate-income rental housing owned by charitable non‑profits and rented to income-qualified tenants; the value of property tax exemptions for low- and moderate-income housing developed under the Multiple-Unit Limited Tax Exemption (MULTE) program; the value of building permit fee waivers and system development charge waivers; and the value of contributions from charitable and corporate sources. Although General Fund match may be available, federal regulations do not require a General Fund match for the HOME grant. Dollar-for-dollar matching funds are required for the ESG program. The source of the $745,056 match is expected to be General Fund allocated in the Portland Housing Bureau (PHB) FY 2021-22 budget to Housing Access & Stabilization programs benefitting people experiencing homelessness. Federal regulations do not require a local match for the CDBG, and HOPWA grants. HUD has notified the City of Portland that, with its partners in the Consolidated Plan Consortium, the HOME Consortium and the HOPWA EMSA, it is entitled to funding for Fiscal Year 2021-22 in the following amounts: Grant Amount Entitlement Area Community Development Block Grant $8,672,468 City of Portland HOME Investment Partnership Program $3,743,539 Portland HOME Consortium Emergency /Solutions Grant $ 745,056 City of Portland Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS $1,797,490 City of Portland for EMSA (Clackamas, Clark, Columbia, Multnomah, Skamania, Washington, and Yamhill Counties) The City of Portland, as the lead jurisdiction in the Consolidated Plan Consortium, has complied with public notice and hearing requirements set forth in the Consolidated Plan regulations and the Consortium’s duly adopted Citizen Participation Plan. Council has been fully apprised of the Portland Housing Bureau budget, and the federal funding projected for PHB program and projects. The Consolidated Plan for 2021-2025, the annual Action Plan for FY 2021-2022 (See Exhibit A), and the applications and certifications for the aforementioned plans are due to be submitted to HUD on or before July 15,2021. It is appropriate and in the public interest that the Mayor be authorized to apply for and receive these formula grant funds from HUD for the City of Portland and its inter-jurisdictional partners. It HUD requires each local government to submit a certification with its annual Action Plan that it is Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) (24 CFR 91). The City of Portland has complied with public notice and hearing requirements set forth in the Consolidated Plan regulations, the Consortium’s duly adopted Citizen Participation Plan (CPP). The CPP is not submitted for approval to HUD but is updated at the same time a Consolidated Plan is updated (See Exhibit B). Signed certifications that the City of Portland, City of Gresham, and Multnomah County are Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing and other certifications are submitted with the annual one-year Action Plan 2021-22 grant application. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs: A. That the City adopt the 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan, the FY 2021-2022 Action Plan. B. The Mayor is authorized to apply to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the following grants in the amounts specified and on behalf of the City of Portland and all other jurisdictions identified: Grant Amount Entitlement Area Community Development Block Grant $8,672,468 City of Portland HOME Investment Partnership Program $3,743,539 Portland HOME Consortium Emergency Solutions Grant $ 745,056 City of Portland Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS $1,797,490 City of Portland for EMSA (Clackamas, Clark, Columbia, Multnomah, Skamania, Washington, and Yamhill Counties) C. The Mayor is authorized to provide such assurances and information to the Department of Housing and Urban Development as may be required for application and orderly management of the grants. D. This ordinance is binding City policy. Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists because the program funds must be obligated within required timeframes; therefore, this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by Council.