CITY OF EL PASO, TEXAS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM
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Community & Human Development, Nicole Ferrini, (915) 212-1659
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strategic goal:
Goal 8 - Nurture and Promote a Healthy, Sustainable Community
subgoal: 8.1 Deliver prevention, intervention and mobilization services to promote a healthy, productive and safe community
SUBJECT:
APPROVE a Resolution / Ordinance / lease to do what? OR AUTHORIZE the City Manager to do what? Be descriptive of what we want Council to approve. Include $ amount if applicable.
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Discussion and action on a Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to sign all contracts, contract amendments and related documents between the City of El Paso and the State of Texas for Texas Emergency Rental Assistance Program (TERAP) funds and to sign all contracts, amendments and related documents between the City of El Paso and agencies receiving sub-awards from the City (Sub-Grantee Agencies) for TERAP funds, as well as all certifications, performance reports, and related documents for Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and Sub-Grantee Agencies.
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Background / DISCUSSION:
Discussion of the what, why, where, when, and how to enable Council to have reasonably complete description of he contemplated action. This should include attachment of bid tabulation, or ordinance or resolution if appropriate. What are the benefits to the City of this action? What are the citizen concerns?
TDHCA has made available $1,977,081.66 from the state allocation of CDBG-CV funds to the City of El Paso to provide emergency rental assistance. TERAP provides rental assistance to income-eligible households impacted by COVID-19 to help them stay housed during the pandemic. The program can pay up to six months of an eligible household's rent, including rental arrears, with at least one of those months covering a month of future rent. As a set-aside within the program, 10% of funds are specifically earmarked to provide the Texas Eviction Diversion Program (TEDP) which provides rental assistance to tenants who have been sued for eviction, providing the landlord and tenant an alternative to eviction.
PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION:
Has the Council previously considered this item or a closely related one?
N/A
AMOUNT AND SOURCE OF FUNDING:
How will this item be funded? Has the item been budgeted? If so, identify funding source by amount numbers and description of account. Does it require a budget transfer?
$1,977,081.66 in State CDBG-CV funds through TDHCA TERAP.
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