Ratification of authorization and acceptance of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) amended HOME-ARP Grant Agreement.

In 2021, the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD or the Department) Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) allocated $5 billion appropriated by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) of 2021 to HOME Investment Partnerships Program participating jurisdictions. These funds, known as “HOME-ARP,” are intended to give the financial tools to assist our most vulnerable citizens by providing housing, shelter, tenant-based rental assistance, and supportive services for persons experiencing or at risk of homelessness, fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, and other populations at greatest risk of housing instability.

 

While conducting recent quality control efforts, HUD discovered an administrative error in the allocations of the HOME-ARP funds. This error resulted in Hidalgo County Urban County Program (UCP) inadvertently being allocated less HOME-ARP funds than it was legally entitled to receive. Specifically, HUD determined that UCP received $11,166.00 less in its HOME-ARP allocation than it should have.
 

Original Home-ARP Award	Additional Allocation Amount	Revised HOME-ARP Award
$7,461,494.00	$11,166.00	$7,472,660.00

Reference:

AI-83033, CC 11-2-2021, Approval of Co. Judge to sign HOME-ARP Grant Agreement