City of Dallas - File #: 22-29

• File #: 22-29
• Version: 1
• Type: PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS
• Status: Hearing Closed; Approved
• File created: 11/22/2021
• In control: Office of Homeless Solutions
• On agenda: 1/12/2022
• Title: A public hearing to receive comments on Substantial Amendment No. 2 to the FY 2021-22 Action Plan to accept HOME Investment Partnerships Program American Rescue Plan Act Grant Funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Homelessness Assistance and Supportive Services Program in the amount of $21,376,123.00; and, at the end of the public hearing, authorize (1) final adoption of Substantial Amendment No. 2 to the FY 2021-22 Action Plan; (2) the establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $21,376,123.00 in the ARPA Homelessness Assistance and Supportive Services Program Fund; and (3) the receipt and deposit of funds in an amount not to exceed $21,376,123.00 in the ARPA Homelessness Assistance and Supportive Services Program Fund - Not to exceed $21,376,123.00 - Financing: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HOME American Rescue Plan Act Grant Funds
• Indexes: 300

STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Human and Social Needs
AGENDA DATE: January 12, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): N/A
DEPARTMENT: Office of Homeless Solutions
EXECUTIVE: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
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SUBJECT

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A public hearing to receive comments on Substantial Amendment No. 2 to the FY 2021-22 Action Plan to accept HOME Investment Partnerships Program American Rescue Plan Act Grant Funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Homelessness Assistance and Supportive Services Program in the amount of $21,376,123.00; and, at the end of the public hearing, authorize (1) final adoption of Substantial Amendment No. 2 to the FY 2021-22 Action Plan; (2) the establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $21,376,123.00 in the ARPA Homelessness Assistance and Supportive Services Program Fund; and (3) the receipt and deposit of funds in an amount not to exceed $21,376,123.00 in the ARPA Homelessness Assistance and Supportive Services Program Fund - Not to exceed $21,376,123.00 - Financing: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HOME American Rescue Plan Act Grant Funds

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BACKGROUND

Following enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") in March 2020 and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act ("CRRSA") in December 2020, President Joe Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARPA") on March 11, 2021. ARPA included $1.9 trillion to provide additional federal resources for economic stimulus and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. City Council was briefed on ARPA funds on April 21, 2021, June 16, 2021, and August 18, 2021.

Included in ARPA is $5 billion in supplemental allocations under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD")'s HOME Program for a new Homelessness Assistance and Supportive Services ("HASS") Program allocated to communities using the HOME Investment P...