Housing and Community Development First (5th) Year Action Plan (2019)

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these residents, South Bend supports the inclusion of the following activities: • Grants to low-mod income owner-occupied homes for rehabilitation/repair ' • Delinquency&foreclosure resolution for existing homeowners • Homebuyer education programs/training • Mortgage reduction 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 I • Creation of new rental units for income-qualified tenants • Lead-based paint education, testing services Actions planned to reduce lead-based paint hazards The City is actively working with numerous Community partners on the Lead Affinity Task Force. Coordination with local secondary educational institutions, South Bend Community School Corporation, St.Joseph County Health Department, the Near Northwest Neighborhood, Inc., as well as local medical I services has resulted in new and increased avenues for education, marketing and testing for elevated blood levels in children. The City is also working with the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority as a recipient of State-allocated funds to address lead-based paint through interim controls in a projected 40 housing units in South Bend. The Housing Authority of South Bend (HASB) maintains a Section 8 Landlord Assistance Program in I 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. The HASB also maintains an active list of current lead-safe addresses at http://www.hasbonline.com/docs/safe.pdf. Actions planned to reduce the number of poverty-level families South Bend continues to utilize a team approach to working with its partners in implementing the programs/projects funded through the various federal sources. The Community Investment staff regularly communicates with all sub-grantees, and meets with those entities involved in the targeted areas. Regularly scheduled meetings with the CDCs occur due to the nature of the work and the amount of funds allocated. A CommunityWlNS grant was awarded to the Near Northwest Neighborhood, Inc. to fund a minority and Annual Action Plan 58 2019 OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.06/30/2018)