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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06251991 - 1.84 HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA TO: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE: June 25, 1991 Perfecto Villarreal , Executive Director FROM: cc: SUBJECT: REVISED GUIDELINES RENTAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTIES I. RECOMMENDED ACTION: APPROVE the revised Guidelines/Rental Rehabilitation Program for Privately Owned Properties dated June 17, 1991, providing for Deferred Payment Loans, as recommended by the Advisory Housing Commission. II. FINANCIAL IMPACT: No monthly payments would be made during the term of the loan, however, the entire principal and accrued interest would be due in full at either: 1. The sale or transfer of the property; or, 2. Ten (10) years from the date of the note. III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND: Rental Rehabilitation program loans are made to assist rental property owners in providing good quality homes to low income families. The Housing Authority receives funds from HUD Rental Rehabilitation and Community Development Block Grant programs to make loans under federal rules and local guidelines. These .loans are usually matched with private investment funds from the property owners. To make the program work, many communities give the Rental Rehabilitation funds to rental owners in the form of grants. In this County, we have required 3% interest and monthly payments under local guidelines. To attract more participants, the program must become more marketable by allowing owners to maintain positive cash flows. Therefore, we propose changing our loans from "amortized" to "deferred" . This means that borrowers, rather than making monthly payments, will make one lump payment of loan principal and all accrued interest at the end of ten years. As in the past, interest at 3% will continue to be charged. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATU(tE: RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ONAPPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS A TRUE AND AYES: NOES: CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: ATTESTED -I— /,?A?/ it Batchelor. Clerk of the Board of Commissioners M3e2/7-e3 BY i%!/l DEPUTY Board of Commissioners June 25, 1991 Page -2- At its Regular Meeting, Monday, June 17, 1991 the Advisory Housing Commission voted to recommend approval of the revised Guidelines/Rental Rehabiliation Program for Privately Owned Properties dated June 17, 1991. IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION: Should the Board of Commissioners elect to not approve the revised guidelines for the Rental Rehabilitation program, opportunities to provide additional decent, safe and sanitary affordable housing for low income families could be lost.