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CC:HA - Adoption of Respective Resolutions Authorizing the Creation of the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
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Meeting Date: May 26, 2020
Contact Person/Dept: Tevis Barnes/Housing Division
Sol Blumenfeld/CDD
Phone Number: 310-253-5780
310-253-5700
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: Committee on Homelessness (05/21/2020); Landlord Tenant Mediation Board (05/21//2020); Saint Joseph Center (05/21/2020); Culver City Chamber of Commerce (05/21/2020); Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (05/21/2020); California Apartment Association (05/21/2020); Protect Culver City Renter (05/21/2020) (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (05/21/2020)
Department Approval: Sol Blumenfeld, Community Development Director (05/19/2020)
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RECOMMENDATION:
The City Council Ad Hoc Housing and Homelessness Subcommittee (Mayor Eriksson and Vice Mayor Fisch) (Subcommittee) recommends the City Council and Culver City Housing Authority (Authority) Board adopt respective resolutions authorizing the use of $1.505 million in repayments of amounts that were borrowed from, or payments owing to, the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund of the former Culver City Redevelopment Agency ("ERAF/SERAF Funds") citywide for the implementation of a COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (COVID-19 ERAP) to assist low-income Culver City renters impacted by the COVID-19 public health crisis.
BACKGROUND
On May 11, 2020, the City Council directed staff to return with guidelines to reactivate the Rental Assistance Program (RAP) which had been winding down by former City Council direction. There are currently 16 program participants. The Subcommittee met with Community Development Department...
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