First Substantial Amendment to the PY22 Annual Action Plan
The City of Boise (city) receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement funds and Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and is required to submit an Annual Action Plan describing the programs and services/activities funded each year. The City of Boise has determined it necessary to formally amend the 2022 Annual Action Plan (October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2023). This Substantial Amendment is necessary due to the following changes:
1) Revise the “CDBG Housing” Project in the following ways:
- Update the project description to include acquisition of property for affordable rental housing development and direct financial assistance to homebuyers.
- Change Goal Supported to Increase Access/Inventory of Affordable Housing only.
- Change Goal Outcome Indicator as follows:
- Remove: Public Facility or Infrastructure Activities for Low/Moderate Income Housing Benefit (20 households assisted)
- Add: Rental units constructed (120 housing units) and Direct Financial Assistance to Homebuyers (6 households assisted)
- Increase the allocated project funding from $963,896 to $1,707,034.
- Increase the funding allocated to associated goal from $300,000 to $1,910,760.
2) Revise the “CDBG Homeowner Activities” Project in the following ways:
- Revise project description to focus on improvements (rehabilitation) for owner-occupied housing for income-eligible households and remove Direct Financial Assistance to Home Buyers from the description.
- Remove Direct Assistance to Homebuyers from the Goal Outcoming Indicators.
- Revise the project funding from $759,693 to $555,803.
- Revise the funding allocated to the associated goal from $1,686,290 to $622,135
3) Revise the “HOME Housing” Project in the following ways:
- Decrease the number of units in the Goal Outcome Indicator from 100 to 10, as a correction from the total number of anticipated affordable units to the anticipate HOME-assisted units.
Reason: The city has identified an opportunity to acquire property that can be used for affordable rental housing development, in alignment with the Five-Year Consolidated Plan and the city’s housing strategy. Other revisions to Goal Outcome Indicators are necessary to ensure accurate reporting.
The City of Boise’s Housing and Community Development Division will accept public comments on the proposed changes beginning January 17, 2023, through February 17, 2023.
Comments may be submitted by email (housing@cityofboise.org), fax (208-384-4195) or mail (City of Boise, Attn: HCD PO Box 500, Boise, Idaho 83701-0500).
Participants may request reasonable accommodation and/or language interpretation to facilitate participation by contacting the city’s Housing and Community Development Division between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at (208) 570-6834, (800) 377-3529 TTY or by facsimile at (208) 384-4195.