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A
A
B
Morning,
welcome
to
the
February
Housing
Opportunity
Fund
vizor
e
board
meeting.
We
are
currently
one
person
short
for
a
quorum,
but
we
are
going
to
go
ahead
and
get
started
with
public
comment
and
then,
hopefully,
by
the
time
we
get
to
any
resolution,
we
will
have
a
quorum
in
place.
Normally,
we
have
public
comment.
Anyone
that
would
like
to
give
up
to
three
minutes
of
public
comment
to
sign.
We
did
not
receive
any
signatures.
Is
there
anyone
that
would
like
to
give
up
to
three
minutes
of
public
comment?
B
Okay,
I
also
have
another
brief
announcement.
You
will
see
that
we
are
going
to
have
sign
language
interpretation
at
all
of
our
meetings,
so
I
ask
that
when
giving
public
comment
and
also
the
advisory
board
to
speak
a
little
bit
slower,
it
pause
for
longer
periods
so
that
the
sign
language
interpreter
can
can
get
caught
up.
C
E
B
We're
see
burn
not
here,
Megan
winters
here
representing
us,
I
can
have
it
out
of
it.
Okay,
did
everyone
get
a
chance
to
review
the
minutes
from
the
December
10th
meeting?
Is
there
any
questions,
changes?
Modifications,
alright,
can
I
have
a
motion
for
acceptance,
Jamil
motions
to
accept?
Is
there
a
second
Megan?
Second,
all
those
in
favor.
F
B
If
anyone
needs
to
recuse
themselves,
in
accordance
with
our
conflict
of
interest
policy
related
to
the
rental
gap
program,
we
are
into
2019
funds
for
rental
gap.
So
if
you
think
that
an
organization
you
are
connected
with
will
be
applying
for
2019
rental
gap
funds,
please
upstate,
please
yeah
get
up
move
to
the
general
public.
G
All
right
good
morning,
my
name
is
Evan
Miller,
with
the
Center
for
housing
opportunities
at
the
ura
and
today
I'm
here
to
present
rental
gap
program
project
for
the
Montana
Building,
which
is
at
five
four
five,
six
Penn
Avenue
technically
in
the
Friendship
neighborhood
I.
Think
a
lot
of
people
consider
the
strip
of
AB
Penn
Avenue
to
be
Garfield.
But
the
applicant
in
this
for
this
project
is
the
Montana
Development
Corporation
they're
a
nonprofit
that
owns
and
operates
this
building.
G
It's
16
units
of
affordable
housing
in
a
a
late
early,
1900's,
late,
1800s
apartment
building
in
the
neighborhood.
It
was
purchased
by
the
Montana,
Development
Corporation
MDC
in
1992
and
renovated
at
that
time,
and
now,
28
years
later,
it's
in
need
of
additional
upgrades,
mostly
to
the
exterior
of
the
building,
but
then
also
into
your
repairs,
such
as
common
area,
electrical
new
furnaces
kitchen
appliances
and
cabinets
shape.
Development
Group
is
the
contractor
who
will
be
managing
the
project
it's
altogether
about
a
six
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollar
endeavor.
G
G
Four
of
these
16
units
in
the
building
will
be
rented
to
households
at
or
below,
30
percent
AMI
and
the
remaining
12
will
be
rented
to
households
at
or
below.
50
percent,
ami
and
MDC
has
agreed
to
accept
a
permanent
deed
restriction
on
these
properties,
which
is
a
very
significant
investment
in
affordable
housing
in
that
in
that
area
of
the
city
for
a
century
to
come.
G
Basically,
so
we've
broken
down
the
uses
in
the
packet
I
won't
get
completely
into
that,
but
BGC
is
was
one
of
the
founding
members
of
Montana
Development
Corporation
and
remains
a
presence
on
their
board
today,
and
so,
when
it
comes
to
supportive
services,
there's
not
a
defined
supportive
services
plan.
However,
this
project,
as
well
as
the
other
units
that
are
operated
in
conjunction
with
bheegi
bheegi,
see
in
the
area,
do
have
the
support
of
the
group.
Should
residents
need
any
type
of
assistance
while
living
there,
minority
and
women
business
enterprise
participation.
G
This
project
does
trigger
the
requirements
by
the
URA
performance
and
compliance
departments,
so
before
closing,
there
will
have
to
be
a
final
MWBE
plan
in
place,
but
as
of
right
now,
the
projects
in
good
standing
with
their
initial
efforts.
So
here
today
we
have
Rick
Swartz
from
Bloomfield
Garfield
corporation
and
then
also
Doug
van
Heitzman
from
Shape
development
group.
So
I
will
turn
it
over
to
the
advisory
board
for
any
questions,
and
the
representatives
in
attendance
are
free
to
make
comments
as
well.
H
No
just
that
this
is
a
building
with
eight
one-bedroom
apartments
and
eight
two
bedroom
apartments.
We've
been
able
to
hold
the
rents
to
a
very
reasonable
levels
over
the
years,
but,
of
course,
what
that
has
done
is
that
has
taxed
our
ability
to
build
up
reserves
for
the
kind
of
capital
improvements
that
we're
going
to
make
to
the
building
the
building
on
the
exterior,
probably
60%
of
the
budget
will
be
spent
on
the
exterior
of
the
building.
The
building
needs
repointed
on
three
sides
that
front
facade
needs
repainted.
H
We
have
fire
escapes
on
both
sides
of
the
building.
The
sections
of
those
escapes
are
going
to
need
to
be
replaced
and
on
the
interior
we
thought,
since
we're
going
to
get
kind
of
one
bite
at
the
Apple.
Let's
go
ahead
and
replace
furnaces.
Let's
replace
air
conditioner
units
on
the
roof,
let's
go
ahead
and
do
some
roof
replacement.
We've
got
about
thirty.
Two
thousand
dollars
budgeted
for
roof
replacement,
so
the
intent
here
is
to
prolong
the
useful
life
of
the
building
to
improve
over
time
the
cash
flow
on
the
building.
H
We
do
raise
rents
on
an
annual
basis,
but
generally
those
increases
are
limited
to
two
to
three
percent
a
year.
So
we
have
a
good
mix
of
tenants
in
the
building
most
go
to
work
everyday
and
the
rents
that
we
charge
or
within
the
ability
of
somebody
making
less
than
$24,000
a
year
to
be
able
to
go
for
dunk
can
tell
you
a
little
bit
more
about
the
renovation
program.
If
you
have
questions
about
that,
are.
I
J
H
Original
loan
on
the
building
came
out
at
eight
and
a
half
percent,
so
you're
going
back
to
1992.
The
new
loan
will
probably
be
somewhere
around
four
percent.
With
a
longer
amortization
period.
We
can
actually
borrow
more
from
the
bank
than
we
did
originally,
so
the
goal
was
to
try
to
leverage
as
much
Bank
capital
to
the
project
as
we
could
and
then
have
the
URA
funding
back
fill
the
difference,
so
we
didn't
start
with
the
ura
first.
We
actually
started
with
PNC
first
right.
B
H
Part
of
the
PNC
funds
will
recapitalize
the
replacement
reserve
on
the
building,
so
we've
drained
that
reserve
down
to
barely
a
few
thousand
dollars.
We
want
to
increase
that
again
because,
as
we
move
forward
with
unit
turnover,
you
generally
have
to
go
to
the
replacement
reserve
to
get
the
apartment
back
into
leasable
condition
in
2018.
H
We
had
three
tenants
all
decide
to
move
out
within
sixty
days
of
each
other,
and
it
left
us
looking
at
about
$15,000
and
costs
to
prepare
those
units
to
be
released
so
McKay
my
think,
the
driving
factor
in
looking
at
the
overall
condition
of
the
building
itself
and
not
trying
to
just
piece
together
the
next
five
or
six
or
seven
years
we
needed
to
get
the
building
back
on
to
a
more
stable
financial
footing
and
we
needed
to
protect
the
integrity
of
the
structure
itself.
The
masonry
walls,
the
roof,
the
fire
escapes.
H
All
that
needs
to
be
needs
to
be
addressed,
and
once
that
work
is
done-
and
we
have
probably
another
twenty-five
to
thirty
years
before
we
come
back
and
look
at
other
capital
improvements.
But
we
won't
be
reporting
the
brick
again
in
twenty-five
years.
We
won't
be
replacing
the
fire
escapes
in
twenty-five
years.
Those
should
last
well
beyond
that
period
of
time.
The
fire
escapes
on
the
building
today
are
over
a
hundred
years
old.
H
Started
out
as
a
partnership
between
the
Bloomfield
Arthur
corporation
friendship,
development
Associates,
which
is
now
out
of
business
and
the
East
End
cooperative
ministry,
which
bought
both
the
Montana
building
and
the
Idaho
building
next
door.
In
the
last
several
years,
the
East
End,
co-operative
ministry
and
friendship,
developed
associates
have
withdrawn
from
the
board
and
we
are
reconstituting
the
board
that
will
have
membership
from
the
BGC.
H
The
the
Garfield
buy-in
Trust,
which
is
now
being
formed
and
as
going
for
their
own
tax-exempt
status,
is
going
to
be
brought
on
to
the
membership
of
this
board,
with
the
idea
that,
even
if
the
BGC
at
some
point
in
time
were
to
step
out
or
withdraw
from
the
board
of
the
montana
department
collaboration,
the
land
trust
would
be
firmly
positioned
to
hold
the
building
as
affordable
housing
permanently.
So
we're
trying
to
bring
the
land
trust
more
now
into
what
I
would
call
a
leadership
role
within
the
neighborhood
around
preserving
long-term,
affordable
housing.
K
B
G
K
A
G
G
B
It
came
out
of
our
kind
of
green
standards
to
see
if
I
mean
I
think
what
it
means
is
your
radon
us
less
than
whatever
you
know
number
is
where
you
have
to
treat
for
it.
I
think
that's
what
it
means,
but
I
think
we
probably
do
not
look
at
it
correctly
when
we
review
these
and
it
will
be
part
of
for
those
of
you
that
were
here
last
week
we
talked
about
kind
of
revising
our
scoring
system
when
we
go
to
funding
rounds
so
we'll
make
sure
to
address
it.
H
We
work
with
the
tenants
fairly
closely
in
the
building.
We
have
a
management
agent
who
collects
rents,
pays
the
bills
and
handles
what
I
would
call
very
conventional
responsibilities,
but
many
of
the
tenants
come
to
our
office
to
pay
the
rent
and
we
interact
with
them
on
a
regular
basis.
So
we've
had
several
tenants
who
have
fallen
behind
in
their
rent
and
we've
been
able
to
get
them
to
the
Housing
Opportunity
Fund
rent
stabilization
program.
We
have
an
employment
center.
If
a
tenant
loses
a
job,
we
can
work
with
them
to
find
a
new
job.
H
We
don't
have
many
children
living
in
the
building,
probably
all
of
maybe
two
or
three
children
so,
but
we
have
programs
in
the
community
if
they,
if
kids
need
an
after-school
program
to
go
to.
So
we
have
the
ability
to
work
with
tenants
who
are
facing
any
kind
of
issues
or
complicating
factors
in
their
life.
H
B
H
B
F
Can
just
make
one
last
comment:
the
I
think
everybody
in
this
room
realizes
the
challenge
of
keeping
apartments
maintained
on
low
income
rents,
but
going
through
that
building
and
taking
lots
of
subcontractors
through
that
building.
A
comment
that
I
would
regularly
hear
is:
oh,
this
is
really
well
maintained.
The
tenants
always
say
we
really
like
living
here
BGC
and
in
that
Montana
development
corporately
should
be
congratulated.
M
F
So
most
of
the
work
won't
involve
being
in
the
units.
Most
of
most
of
that
value
of
the
work
is
on
the
outside
in
the
common
areas.
The
work
that
is
contemplated
for
being
inside
the
units
are
things
that
will
not
require
vacating
the
unit
we
can
go
in
and
replace
a
kitchen
in
a
day.
You
know
replace
window
work
on
the
windows,
all
that
can
happen
without
having
any
displacement.
H
We
have
these
are
not
large
apartments,
so
if
you're
going
to
repaint
an
apartment
in
a
building
like
this,
you
literally
would
have
to
move
all
the
tenants
furniture
out
into
the
hallway
to
accomplish
that.
So
we
thought,
rather
than
do
that,
let's
at
least
focus
on
kitchens
baths
areas
of
those
need
improvements,
things
that
will
not
greatly
inconvenience
the
tenant
and
then,
when
we
have
someone
who
moves
out,
then
we
will
go
in
and
do
repainting
recarpet
adduced
the
replacement
reserve
on
the
building,
anticipating
that
that
will
happen
down
the
line.
H
So
tenants
were
very
anxious
when
we
started
bringing
contractors
to
the
building.
We
get
letters
from
investors
every
month
asking
if
this
building
is
for
sale.
So
when
everybody
saw
the
cluster
of
contractors
outside
the
building
rumors
spread
through
the
building
that
we
were
selling
the
building,
we
had
to
tamp
down
those
rumors
and
tell
them
no,
that's
not
what's
going
on,
but
there
is
a
lot
of
displacement
that
is
happening
in
these
neighborhoods
right
now,
it's
fair
to
say:
what's.
E
H
Let's
say
three
to
four
senior
tenants,
one
of
whom
is
uses
the
Housing
Choice
Voucher
program
for
her
rent,
the
others
pay
themselves.
We
have
a
husband
and
wives
with
children
and
the
very
top
floor.
They
were
displaced
from
a
house
in
Garfield
about
six
months
ago.
We
were
able
to
move
them
into
the
building.
So
it's
a
nice
mix
of
people.
It's
it's
a
quiet
building,
not
a
lot
of
activity,
so
everybody
seems
to
get
along
fairly
well.
H
B
D
D
D
H
O
Good
morning,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Brett
Morgan
and
I'm,
with
the
ore's
Center
for
housing
opportunities
and
today,
I'm
presenting
to
all
a
$120,000
rental
gap
program
loan
for
the
complete
rehab
of
six
to
seven
North
Homewood
Avenue,
that's
better
known
as
the
given
er
building
it's
located
at
the
intersection
of
Kelly
Street
and
North
Homewood
have
in
the
Homewood
South
neighborhood.
We
have
operation
better
block
who
is
acting
as
the
borrower,
developer
and
nonprofit
applicant.
They
will
also
be
the
service
provider
and
the
property
manager.
B
O
The
project
itself,
the
idea,
is
to
create
two
ground-floor,
affordable
commercial
spaces
and
the
second
and
third
floors
will
have
six
affordable
units
all
1-bedroom
1-bath.
There
also
be
room
in
the
basement:
it's
756
square
feet
for
tenant
storage,
and
the
adjacent
lot
will
be
cleared
for
green
space
when
the
projects
completed
regarding
the
actual
units,
though
four
of
them
will
be
at
or
below
50%
and
the
other
two
will
be
at
or
below
80%.
O
O
So
with
me
today,
I
would
like
to
introduce
mr.
Latasha
tinker
from
operation
better
block
and
miss
Gabrielle
De
Marchi,
as
well
from
operation
better
block
to
answer
any
questions:
the
financing
itself,
as
I
mentioned,
$20,000
brenell
gap
program
loan,
zero
percent,
annual
interest
rate.
We
have
a
course
of
a
30-year
term,
I'll
be
splitting
50%
cash
flow
with
another.
You
are
a
loan
$280,000
rid
of
loan
and
again
also
all
six.
These
units
will
have
a
99-year
affordability
period
on
them
and.
B
It
is
worth
mentioning
if,
when
you
look
at
the
sources
and
uses
on
here,
the
request
to
hof
is
120,000
because
they
do
at
a
project
of
this
scale
neighborhood.
It
was
really
hard
for
them
to
get
30%
ami
units
and
to
make
the
math
work
at
all,
so
they
have
for
50%
ami
units
and
our
guidelines
are
30,000
per
unit
450.
B
So
that's
why
it's
120
for
us,
but
because
of
the
community
nature
of
the
development
with
two
ground-floor
commercial
spaces
to
go
to
local
businesses
and
then,
with
all
four
units
being
you
know,
workforce
or
affordable
housing.
The
URA
also
is
putting
in
other
resources
into
this
project
as
well.
M
Like
to
add
to
everything,
Brett
said
this
project
has
been
in
planning
mode
for
the
last
six
years.
I
presume
there's
billing
I
thought
vacant
5%
about
20
years
or
the
residents
are
very
excited
to
see
this
billing
renovated
not
only
to
see
this
blighted,
building
taking
care
of
on
such
a
prominent
Street,
but
the
importance
that
it
brings
a
home
with
a
business
district.
D
B
K
I'd
make
a
motion
to
recommend
the
approval
of
the
rental
gap
program
funding
in
the
amount
of
one
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars
for
the
redevelopment
of
the
Gibler
building
in
Homewood.
The
deed
restriction
will
be
tied
to
four
units
at
or
below
50%
area
median
income.
The
commitment
will
expire,
June,
6
2020.
Thank.
L
B
M
B
Okay,
next
on
the
agenda,
was
a
presentation
by
the
Fair
Housing
Partnership.
Just
a
couple
of
comments
on
this.
We
have
been
working
with
them
over
the
last
couple
months.
A
lot
of
you
know
that
that
they
come
to
the
advisory
board,
often
with
questions
and
the
staff
has
met
with
them
and
gone
through
a
lot
of
their
questions
and
together
we're
working
with
about
how
to
track
the
data
that
they
would
like
to
see
regarding
affirmatively,
furthering
fair
housing
and
they're
also
pulling
some
of
their
own
resources
together.
B
They
were
on
the
schedule
today
to
speak
and
do
about
a
30
minute
presentation
to
the
advisory
board.
They
contacted
me
yesterday
and
said:
do
two
to
one
of
their
staff
folks
being
out
of
the
office
for
a
while
and
not
really
being
able
to
to
get
the
presentation
ready.
They
quested,
to
put
it
off.
It'll
probably
happen
in
April,
but
I
did
want
you
to
know
that
these
conversations
have
been
happening.
Kelley
was
also
part
of
one
of
the
meetings
we
had
with
them.
Kelley
is
the
Fair
Housing
representative
on
Advisory
Board.
B
J
We
have
the
HSP
coordinated
entry
RFP
out
for
about
two
weeks.
It
closed
yesterday
and
received
one
response
from
United
Way
to
one
one
to
be
a
coordinated
entry
provider.
So
we
will
be
moving
forward
with
that,
depending
on
how
long
contracts
take
in
our
process
and
some
meetings,
we
don't
need
to
get
with
them
before,
actually
starting
we're
hoping
that
we
can
actually
start
coordinated
entry
sometime
between
late
February
and
early
March.
B
So
no
not,
but
now
we
are
so
what
happened
was
yes,
we
were
working
with
United
Way
when
we
got
United
Way
the
contract.
They
had
some
questions
about
some
content.
That's
in
our
government
contract
at
the
ura.
We
have
two
different
kinds
of
contracts.
We
have
one
when
we
publicly
procure
and
we
have
one
when
it's
kind
of
a
non
public
procurement
process
and
the
language
they
had
concerns
with
was
language
that
goes
in
when
it's
not
publicly
procured.
B
So
in
order
for
them
to
feel
comfortable,
we
needed
to
publicly
procure
it
and
we
did
talk
to
them
that
when
we
publicly
procure
we
will,
you
know
highly
consider
anyone
that
responds
to
it.
It
just
so
happens
that
only
one
which
was
United
Way
responded.
So
now
we
will
move
forward
through
the
contracting
process,
with
the
United
Way.
How.
K
B
J
J
Before
going
to
the
other
update
slides
to
other
things,
we
want
to
update
you
on
April
30th.
We
will
be
having
our
second
annual,
fair
housing
resource,
fair
it'll,
be
at
the
URA
and
we'll
have
all
of
our
community
partners
there
and
all
of
our
you
are
a
resources
and
we'll
be
using
the
slate
of
consultants
for
community
outreach.
For
that
event,
yeah.
B
Just
kind
of
update
on
that
we've
had
more
interest
recently
from
consultants
to
be
added
to
our
slate,
so
we've
added
a
couple
more
more
firms
recently
I
think
we're
a
little
bit
over
10
firms,
so
we
will
be
reaching
out
to
all
the
firms
and
asking
them.
You
know
to
put
a
very
brief
small
proposal
together
for
their
services
to
help
us
really
recruit
as
many
people
as
possible
to
hear
about
the
fair
to
come
here
about
home
ownership
and
rental
resources.
B
A
lot
of
you
know
that,
right
now
in
the
City
NeighborWorks
is
administering
neighborhood
lifts
down
payment
program.
The
URA
has
a
program.
The
Housing
Authority
has
a
program.
There
are
a
lot
of
resources
right
now
for
folks,
and
we
just
want
to
make
sure
we
can
get
as
many
people
as
possible
to
this
event
that
we
have
so
you'll
hear
a
lot
more
about
about
it
over
the
last
over
the
next
couple
months.
How
many
people
were
at
the
event
we
had
last
year
yeah?
B
So
so
most
of
you
were
there
and
you
saw
it
was
pretty
well
attended
and
we
want
to
try
to
beat
the
attendance
and
additionally,
a
lot
of
the
vendors
that
participated
last
year,
HUD
and
the
Housing
Authority-
and
you
know
some
of
the
nonprofit's
they've
they've
came.
They
bet
said
to
us:
are
you
doing
this
again
this
year?
Because
it's
a
really
good
time,
for
you
know
the
local
HUD
staff
to
local
pH,
FA
staff.
You
know
to
come
out
and
and
interact
with
the
community
as
well.
I'm.
J
Building
off
of
that
another
event
that
will
be
happening
later
this
month,
latina
forgot
the
date
for
the
lenders
breakfast
February
28th.
There
is
a
flier
in
your
packet.
If
you
could
help
distribute
that
to
your
networks,
vitina
can
get
you
more
if
you
need
that,
but
essentially
we're
trying
to
get
the
down
payment
and
closing
cost
assistance
program
deployed
to
more
households.
So
we
will
be
meeting
with
the
area
lenders
and
bankers
to
try
to
get
more
of
their
participation
to
help
push
the
down
payment
program.
Yeah.
B
So
if
you
work
with
lenders,
you
know
through
your
day
job,
please,
please
get
that
word
out
to
us
leave
them.
We
had
a
breakfast,
you
know
when
we
started
this
probably
last
March
and
we
feel
like
we
we
need
to
do
it
again,
see
we
can
get
more
bankers
in
the
room.
We've
also
seen
you
know
a
lot
more
online
loans,
as
we've
been
working
with.
You
know
trying
to
close
these
through
Quicken,
Loans
and
others
like
that.
J
And
one
more
thing:
an
update
on
the
small
landlord
fund,
as
this
was
brought
to
the
advisory
board
for
some
guidance
a
couple
months
ago.
As
a
reminder,
small
landlord
fund
is
not
funded
by
hof,
but
we
will
be
starting
that
later
this
month,
we'll
be
doing
a
soft
launch
with
the
Housing
Authority,
as
the
intention
of
this
program
is
to
help
bring
more
units
online
that
can
rent
out
to
housing
choice,
voucher
holders.
B
B
To
like,
in
our
conversations
with
the
housing
authority,
you
know
sometimes
it's
two
thousand
three
thousand
dollars
that
that
fail
a
unit.
You
know
that
they
just
need
3,000
or
4,000
dollars
worth
of
work.
So
so
we
might
do
a
lot
smaller
loans,
which
will
be
fine.
We
can
just
give
more
units.
You
know
online
with
that.
The.
J
A
P
Morning,
everyone,
so
these
are
just
the
monthly
updates
that
we
have.
This
map
shows
all
the
commitments
and
closings
for
all
the
hof
programs
Ivan
if
you
want
to
switch
over.
These
are
the
programmatic
updates
that
show
what's
allocated
committed
and
not
yet
committed,
and
one
thing
to
note
is
that
the
HSP
line
item
now
does
include
households
that
have
completed
the
program
and
households
who
are
currently
in
the
process
of
completing
the
program.
So
that
includes
like
money,
that's
out
the
door
from
HSP
and
then
money
that
we
have
committed
to
households
and.
P
B
That
number
is
does
not
count
the
given
er
building
and
the
Montana
building
that
we
did
today
so
we're
down.
You
know
another
600,000,
so
we
have
about
500,000
remaining
in
the
2019
reynold
gap
program
line
items,
so
I
suspect
that
you'll,
probably
maybe
next
month,
will
draw
that
completely
down
and
then
at
that
point
is
when
we'll
set
up
a
committee
to
help
us
think
through
sort
of
the
way
we
review
the
funding
rounds.
We
will
probably
then
once
we
get
to
2020
funding.
We
will
then
do
the
funding
round.
B
Sometime
in
this
summer
and
and
Wow
since
I
just
mentioned
it,
the
2020
funds
will
be
introduced.
The
legislation
will
be
introduced
that
council
on
Tuesday
and
then
we
will
be
meeting
with
council
members
to
walk
them
through
the
legislation
and
then
it
will
be
discussed.
The
following
Wednesday
right.
P
And
along
those
lines
to
HSP
will
be
opening
up
the
RFP
for
service
providers
for
the
2020
funds.
We
had
I
believe
for
volunteers
who
volunteered
to
review
the
applications
which
included
Adrian,
Ethel,
mark
and
Sonja,
and
myself
will
be
on
that
committee
to
review
the
applications,
and
we
just
have
received
a
lot
of
interest
from
other
social
service
providers
who
wanted
to
provide
the
service
throughout
the
city.
So
that
is
why
we
decided
to
open
up
the
RFP
process
again
for
the
HSP
2020
funds.
J
So,
generally,
things
have
been
going
well,
there
were
a
few
months
where
we
needed
to
all
get
on
track
in
terms
of
internal
process,
referrals
invoicing.
But
at
this
point,
Breanna
has
been
the
lead
and
has
been
doing
a
great
job,
getting
the
providers
a
support
they
need
to
give
them
all
to
the
same
place
of
getting
on
time.
Invoices
and
just
kind
of
getting
comfortable
with
our
processes.
J
B
But
I
mean
you
know:
reham
ffice
I's
the
the
demand
has
been
overwhelming
and
the
providers
have
been
a
little
overwhelmed
that
time.
So
if
you
are
hearing
feedback,
you
know
that
people
are
kind
of
waiting.
There
is
a
bit
of
a
wait.
We,
you
know,
wanted
to
have
a
program
that
was
immediate,
but
just
due
to
the
overall
demand,
there's
a
bit
of
a
wait.
Yeah.
D
B
B
We've
kind
of
gone
back
and
forth
festive
contracts
need
to,
you
know,
be
brought
to
this
advise
report,
but
but
there
are
three
for-profit
contractors
that
are
going
to
join
on
to
the
program
primarily
to
work
on
what
we
are
now
calling
how
Plus,
which
is
the
households
between
50
and
80
percent
AMI.
But
there
may
be
some
overlap
with
HAP,
but
but-
and
we
already
had
one
private
for-profit
contractor.
So
we
are
now
up
to
after
the
Uwharrie
board
meeting
will
be
up
to
you
for
for-profit
contractors
and
six
not-for-profit
program.
Administrators
I'm.
B
K
J
Yes,
some
of
it
is
contractors
some,
but
some
of
its
just
nonprofit
capacity
by
bringing
on
that
for-profit
contractor
to
help
with
a
hat
back,
has
really
helped.
So
to
answer
your
your
question
currently,
there's
about
72
projects
assigned
under
construction
with
the
providers
and
another
75
on
the
waiting
list.
So.
B
B
B
Right
and
so
so,
what
we
do
and
Derek
is
here
to
you
can
speak
to
this
a
little
bit
better
than
I
can,
but,
but
once
somebody
applies,
they
get
a
response
from
us
pretty
immediately
between
Doron
and
Derek.
Within
you
know
a
few
days
or
a
week,
they
check
their
income,
they
check
to
see
if
their
name
is
on
the
deed
and
they
check.
B
You
know
taxes
and
if
all
three
of
those
things
are
within
the
the
programmatic
requirements,
then
a
letter
is
sent
to
the
homeowner.
So
within
a
week.
The
problem
is
that
the
letter
does
then
say
you
know
there
might
be
way
before
a
program
administrator
contacts
them.
So
if
you
do,
you
know
hear
from
people
saying
yeah
I
got
a
letter,
but
nobody's
called
me
there
they're
in
a
bit
of
that
waiting
period
and.
P
K
B
I
mean
that
that
is
a
correct
statement,
and
this
is
something
that
we've
been
sorting
through.
So
so
our
program
administrators
have
been
going
into
people's
houses
and
sometimes
there's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
need
and
that
the
program
is
cap
at
thirty
thousand
dollars.
So
it's
really
about
identifying
you
know,
maybe
there's
seven
things
that
that
need
done.
But
what
are
the
three
like
as
health
and
safety?
You
know
issues
and,
and
do
those
you
know
correctly,
don't
try
to
do
seven
things.
B
You
know
not
fully,
but
do
three
things
fully
or
four
things
fully.
That's
really
what
we're
working
on
now
and
and
are
the
you
are
a.
We
have
a
good
working
relationship
with
permits,
licenses
and
inspections,
and
we
are,
you
know,
checking
to
make
sure
things.
You
know
our
past
those
inspections
as
well.
D
J
B
B
Are
currently
you
know
out
there
and
then
the
process
of
having
program,
Innes,
traitors,
and
now
these
contractors
working
with
them
and
and
they
are
I
mean
these-
are
not
easy,
because
these
are
houses
that
that
need
a
lot
of
repair
and
pulling
off
the
roof,
often
shows
other
issues
that
they
they
didn't
know
what's
there.
So
so
these
are
really
not
easy.
That's.
B
D
B
Don't
really
want
to
speak
for
them,
except
the
scope
of
some
of
their
programs
might
be
different
than
this
scope.
I'm
just
you
know
it's
just
all
very
different
in
and
then
learning
our
process
and
you
know
getting
passed
code,
inspection
and
everything.
It's
just.
It's
just
different
I,
you
know
I
feel,
like
you
know,
we're
still
in
the
first
year
of
operations
of
these
programs
and,
like
I,
said,
focus
on
the
fact
that
we
have
seventy
out
there
in
the
bidding
process.
Right
now,.
E
D
E
D
L
J
L
Cuz
I,
if
I
remember
correctly,
we
were
going
to
go
backwards
and
try
to
see
who
may
who
may
have
missed
in
the
process
correct
before
it
was
established
and
kind
of
see
where
we
are
I'm
just
a
little
bit
concerned
as
we're
thinking
about
bringing
on
new
providers.
That
would
be
able
to
actually
evaluate
who's
already
doing
it
and
what
kind
of
complaints
or,
if
there's
any
pattern
that
we
should
be
aware
of
with
them
before
giving
them
more
money
or
with
other
people
before
bringing
them
online.
I
I
There
was
a
meeting
in
Homewood
yesterday
where
there
were
several
complaints
about
the
speed
and
the
response
of
the
contractors
and
the
inspections,
and
we
need
to
fix
that
immediately.
So
I
think
we
can
do
this
simultaneously.
I
think
we
can
analyze
the
data.
We
have
some
real-time
feedback.
I'll
show
you
my
emails.
That
will
be
illuminating,
but
we
really
need
to
get
high
capacity
contractors
in
the
bullpen.
If
we
really
want
the
program
to
be
effective,
turn.
K
K
K
J
A
A
D
N
Greetings
everyone,
so
generally,
what
will
happen
when
it
comes
to
an
appeal?
If
a
person
is
denied
assistance
based
on
the
unit
is
outside
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh?
They
don't
meet
the
income
requirements.
The
program
provider
will
send
out
a
denial
letter
and
attach
with
that
is
the
letters
of
how
they
can
appeal,
whether
they
can
text
a
number
email
or
they
can
call,
and
they
do
have
ten
days
from
the
date
of
the
appeals
to
being
can
be
within
the
standards
of
whatever
the
continuum
of
care.
L
So
that's
just
what
I
was
referencing
is
that
we
were
in
that
conversation
discussing
what
happened
to
people
that
were
denied
before
the
process
was
in
place
and
I
know.
One
of
the
things
we
were
talking
about
is
that
would
be
easier
to
get
that
data
once
we
had
a
centralized
point
of
contact.
So
with
this
early
March
I
was
just
curious
as
to
and.
N
Just
a
piggyback
off
of
your
point
Kelly,
my
distant
all
of
the
providers
and
email,
letting
them
know
to
send
me
the
individuals
that
they
have
denied
and
I
do
go
through
our
HSP
central
site
and
if
I
see
someone
who
hasn't
been
inspected
or
I
have
it's
been
stagnant.
I
do
send
an
email
out
with
those
individuals
and
ask
them
what's
going
on
and
then
what
I've
come
across
is
the
person's
been
denied
or
they
found
a
way
to
self
resolve
their
situation.
B
B
Then
next
slide,
then
you
already
went
over
to
down
payment
a
couple.
Other
announcements,
one
of
the
rental
gap
program,
borrowers,
dissenter,
Avenue
YMCA-
is
holding
a
groundbreaking
on
Valentine's
Day
at
I,
think
10:30
in
the
morning,
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
the
Advisory
Board
action
housing.
You
know
also
wanted
to
make
sure
that
request
was
put
into
the
visor
E
board
that
if
you
would
like
to
attend
that
event.
B
We've
also
had
a
couple
other
large
closings
recently.
You
know
some
of
the
deals
have
you've
seen
earlier.
The
Lymington
home
closed
right
before
the
holidays.
For
those
of
you,
you
know
that
drive
through
East
Liberty,
the
construction
you
see
coming
up
behind
the
McDonald's
was
funded
by
the
Housing
Opportunity
Fund
I.
Just
true
by
that
this
morning,
I
went
a
different
way
to
work
than
usual
and
I
was
like
wow
there.
It
is
like
you
can
see
it.
B
K
Q
Morning
my
name
is
crystal
Jennings.
I
am
standing
here
on
behalf
of
city
of
bridges,
Community
Land
Trust,
which
I've
been
hired
to
full
time
with
benefits
our
city
of
bridges,
Community,
Land,
Trust
and
I'm,
also
standing
here
as
PPA
set
PPSA,
so
I
want
to
piggyback
with
Jessica
just
said.
Yes,
PPSA
has
been
working
with
truck
development
for
the
new
development
over
in
East
Liberty
behind
the
McDonald's.
So,
yes
is
up
in
okay,
then
Plaza
support
Action
Coalition
as
PPSA
I'm.
Sorry,
thanks
Alice,
so,
yes,
the
the
project
is
underway.
It
looks
beautiful.
Q
I
am
hard
at
work
with
trying
to
get
as
many
pimple
as
the
residents
that
got
displaced
from
the
pimple
has
apartment
complex.
To
come
back
to
that
area.
For
those
apartments,
we
have
37
units
that
are
allocated
to
Penn
Plaza
residents
first,
so
that's
really
really
exciting.
Also
I
want
to,
on
behalf
of
city
of
bridges.
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
you
guys.
We
have
six
of
our
permanently
affordable
housing
that
we're
working
on
in
Lawrenceville
for
CLT
three
are
already
ready
for
sale.
Q
J
A
Sorry
I
was
late.
It
was
a
lot
of
traffic,
though
I
missed
the
beginning
of
the
media.
It's
not
on
the
agenda,
but
I
know
there
was
a
call
around
the
and
budget
and
I
was
wondering
if
that
information
will
be
available
to
the
public
around
the
admin
budget,
for
the
house
opportunity
fund
for
last
year
and
for
the
proposed
budget
for
this
year.
So
I
wanted
to
ask
about
that.
A
A
That
needs
the
happy
program
that
would
be
able
to
be
connected
to
that.
So
I
think
that's
really
cool
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for
that.
I!
Don't
really
have
too
much
more
to
say,
except
for
we're
in
year.
Three,
that's
really
exciting.
For
me,
I
think
I
want
to
call
this
like
the
year
of
attention.
Hopefully
we
can
slow
down
some
of
these
processes
as
he
what's
working,
what's
not
working
and
really
getting
the
people
that
need
these
resources
the
most
connected
to
them,
because
that
is
the
goal.