Heather Johnson

Hello- We just set up a new homebuyer project in IDIS, and in the setup, in the usual spot, we placed the proposed HOME assisted unit quantity and estimated HOME amount. We entered 1 unit and the do...

Hi- We use the high HOME rents as our standard for CDBG. Our state has used the 65% of FMR standard for their CDBG-ish programs like NSP and CDBG-DR. That level is published along with the HOME rents ...

Hi- There was a post about this a while back on the forum, linked here: That post refers only to what we do in our city, not necessarily a regulation requiring it. Our thinking has been that our pro...

Hello- We do not have a program like this, but have been looking into it for our CDBG-CV3 dollars. As part of that process I spoke to Kelley Walsh of Portland, Maine. The have has a child care scholar...

Hi Marion- I don't have an example of an urgent need activity, as we have not used it here. I did want to point out this resource from HUD, in case you were not familiar with it already. The Guide to...

Hi- Our parks and library departments are looking at funding a summer program for kids who have suffered learning/literacy loss as a result of COVID related school closures. We would fund this summer ...

I think this is a duplicate post, I posted an answer to it in the other posting.

I am not sure if you could do ONLY a laundry room for several reasons. The HOME program requires that you bring the unit fully up to your property standards, as well as do an assessment of the useful ...

For our pre-2013 HOME Final Rule rental projects we utilize our public housing utility allowances, which we pay for annually from HAPPY Software. For HOME projects that came after the 2013 Final Rule ...

I am not sure about the planned future use, but what caught my eye was that CDBG was used to rehab the library "a few years ago". Keep in mind the change of use provisions, that property acquired or i...

Hi- I was looking for information about the change of use provision today, and came across information about your question entirely by accident! On page 2-40 of this document (which I believe is a cha...

Hi Cassie- I have not seen formal guidance on this from HUD yet. However, CDBG-CV is being run through IDIS. You should be setting up and funding IDIS activities with CDBG-CV funds under whatever plan...

Hi Marybrook- I attended a non-HUD training several years ago where the trainer touched on this topic. He said: Generally, HUD is going to hold you to what you wrote in your HOME mortgage and covenan...

We do an application/lottery hybrid kind of thing, for both our new construction and our acquisition/rehab/resale properties. Basically we do it in a "round" with 2-3 houses in each round. We advertis...

Hi- I don't have an exact answer for HOME, but I have some info for CDBG, if that helps. We have quite a few privately owned retaining walls here, and several times people have tried to get us to use ...