2018 CDBG Fourth Year Action Plan

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• Homebuyer education programs/training • Forgivable second mortgages and closing cost assistance to income-qualified first-time homebuyers ' • Acquisition/rehab for resale to income-qualified homebuyers • New construction of single-family homes for sale to income-qualified homebuyers ' • Creation of new rental units for income-qualified tenants Actions planned to foster and maintain affordable housing The Housing Authority of South Bend maintains a Section 8 Landlord Assistance Program in which any resident living in a Section 8 unit that has been identified as lead contaminated and where the owner refuses to bring the home into a lead safe status, has an absolute preference on the Public Housing waiting list for the first available unit. Additionally, any pre-1978 Section 8 home that is identified during the Housing Authority's Annual Housing Quality Standards Inspection as having chipping, peeling or cracking paint must receive and pass a clearance test by a State certified inspection. These policies have significantly increased the number of affordable housing units that are lead-safe in the City.The HASB also maintains an active list of current lead safe addresses at http://www.hasbonline.com/docs/safe.pdf ' Additionally, from 2006 through 2016, the HASB received a Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Grant. In ' 2016, due in part to HUD reducing the amount of funds in this program by 50%,the HASB grant was not renewed. The HASB will continue to apply or support another application for additional lead hazard reduction funds to be available to St.Joseph County. , Actions planned to reduce lead-based paint hazards The Housing Authority of South Bend maintains a Section 8 Landlord Assistance Program in which an g Y g Y resident living in a Section 8 unit that has been identified as lead contaminated and where the owner refuses to bring the home into a lead safe status, has an absolute preference on the Public Housing waiting list for the first available unit. Additionally, any pre-1978 Section 8 home that is identified during the Housing Authority's Annual Housing Quality Standards Inspection as having chipping, peeling or cracking paint must receive and pass a clearance test by a State certified inspection. These policies have significantly increased the number of affordable housing units that are lead-safe in , the City. The HASB also maintains an active list of current lead safe addresses at http://www.hasbonline.com/docs/safe.pdf ' Additionally, from 2006 through 2016, the HASB received a Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Grant. In 2016, due in part to HUD reducing the amount of funds in this program by 50%,the HASB grant was not renewed.The HASB will continue to apply or support another application for additional lead hazard Annual Action Plan 54 2018 OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.06/30/2018) '