Common use of Eligible Activities Clause in Contracts

Eligible Activities. Grant funds awarded to the Contractor and expended by either the Contractor or any entity to which Contractor awards funds shall be used for the eligible activities set forth in Exhibit A as required by the PLHA Statutes. The following additional requirements shall apply: A. Each Contractor shall submit a Plan detailing: 1) The manner in which allocated funds will be used for eligible activities. 2) A description of the way the Local government will prioritize investments that increase the supply of housing for households with incomes at or below sixty percent of AMI. Programs targeted at households at or below sixty percent of AMI will be deemed to meet this requirement. 3) A description of how the Plan is consistent with the programs set forth in the Local government’s Housing Element. 4) Evidence that the Plan was authorized and adopted by resolution by the Local government and that the public had an adequate opportunity to review and comment on its content. 5) The following for each proposed Activity: a) A description of each proposed Activity, pursuant to Section 301 of the Guidelines and the percentage of funding allocated to it. The description shall specifically include the percentage of funds, if any, directed to Affordable Owner-Occupied Workforce Housing (AOWH). b) The projected number of households to be served at each income level and a comparison to the unmet share of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) at each income level. c) A description of major steps/actions and a proposed schedule required for the implementation and completion of the Activity. d) The period of affordability and level of affordability for each Activity. Rental Projects are required to have affordability periods of at least fifty-five years. 6) The Plan is required to be for a term of five years. Local governments shall obtain approval of the Department for amendments made to the Plan in each succeeding year of the term of the Plan. Reallocations of more than ten percent of funds among Activities require amendment of the Plan, with approval granted by the governing body at a publicly noticed public meeting. 7) If funds are used for the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of for- sale housing projects or units within for-sale housing projects, the grantee shall record a deed restriction against the property that will ensure compliance with one of the following requirements if the property is no longer the primary residence of the homeowner due to sale, transfer or lease, unless it is in conflict with the requirements of another public funding source or law: a) PLHA loan and any interest thereon shall be repaid to the Local government’s PLHA account. The Local government shall reuse the repayments consistent with the Eligible Activities per Section 301 of the Guidelines; or, b) The initial owner and any subsequent owner shall sell the home at an Affordable housing cost to a qualified Lower-Income or Moderate-Income household; or, c) The homeowner and the Local government shall share the equity in the unit pursuant to an equity-sharing agreement. The grantee shall reuse the proceeds of the equity-sharing agreement consistent with the Eligible Activities per Section 301 of the Guidelines. 8) If funds are used for the development of an affordable rental housing project, the Local government shall make the PLHA assistance in the form of a loan to the Sponsor of the project. The loan shall be evidenced through a Promissory Note secured by a Deed of Trust. 9) A program income reuse plan describing how repaid loans shall be reused for eligible activities specified in Section 301 of the Guidelines.

Eligible Activities. Grant funds awarded to the Contractor and expended by either the Contractor or any entity to which Contractor awards funds shall be used for the eligible activities set forth in Exhibit A as required by the PLHA Statutes. The following additional requirements shall apply: A. Each Contractor shall submit a Plan detailing: 1) The manner in which allocated funds will be used for eligible activities. 2) A description of the way the Local government will prioritize investments that increase the supply of housing for households with incomes at or below sixty percent of AMI. Programs targeted at households at or below sixty percent of AMI will be deemed to meet this requirement. 3) A description of how the Plan is consistent with the programs set forth in the Local government’s Housing Element. 4) Evidence that the Plan was authorized and adopted by resolution by the Local government and that the public had an adequate opportunity to review and comment on its content. 5) The following for each proposed Activity: a) A description of each proposed Activity, pursuant to Section 301 of the Guidelines and the percentage of funding allocated to it. The description shall specifically include the percentage of funds, if any, directed to Affordable Owner-Occupied Workforce Housing (AOWH). b) The projected number of households to be served at each income level and a comparison to the unmet share of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) at each income level. c) A description of major steps/actions and a proposed schedule required for the implementation and completion of the Activity. d) The period of affordability and level of affordability for each Activity. Rental Projects are required to have affordability periods of at least fifty-five years.. County of Xxxxx 20-PLHA-15105 6) The Plan is required to be for a term of five years. Local governments shall obtain approval of the Department for amendments made to the Plan in each succeeding year of the term of the Plan. Reallocations of more than ten percent of funds among Activities require amendment of the Plan, with approval granted by the governing body at a publicly noticed public meeting. 7) If funds are used for the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of for- sale housing projects or units within for-sale housing projects, the grantee shall record a deed restriction against the property that will ensure compliance with one of the following requirements if the property is no longer the primary residence of the homeowner due to sale, transfer or lease, unless it is in conflict with the requirements of another public funding source or law: a) PLHA loan and any interest thereon shall be repaid to the Local government’s PLHA account. The Local government shall reuse the repayments consistent with the Eligible Activities per Section 301 of the Guidelines; or, b) The initial owner and any subsequent owner shall sell the home at an Affordable housing cost to a qualified Lower-Income or Moderate-Income household; or, c) The homeowner and the Local government shall share the equity in the unit pursuant to an equity-sharing agreement. The grantee shall reuse the proceeds of the equity-sharing agreement consistent with the Eligible Activities per Section 301 of the Guidelines. 8) If funds are used for the development of an affordable rental housing project, the Local government shall make the PLHA assistance in the form of a loan to the Sponsor of the project. The loan shall be evidenced through a Promissory Note secured by a Deed of Trust. 9) A program income reuse plan describing how repaid loans shall be reused for eligible activities specified in Section 301 of the Guidelines.. County of Xxxxx 20-PLHA-15105

Eligible Activities. Grant funds awarded to the Contractor and expended by either the Contractor or any entity to which Contractor awards funds shall be used for the eligible activities set forth in Exhibit A as required by the PLHA Statutes. The following additional requirements shall apply: A. Each Contractor shall submit a Plan detailing: 1) The manner in which allocated funds will be used for eligible activities. 2) A description of the way the Local government will prioritize investments that increase the supply of housing for households with incomes at or below sixty percent of AMI. Programs targeted at households at or below sixty percent of AMI will be deemed to meet this requirement. 3) A description of how the Plan is consistent with the programs set forth in the Local government’s Housing Element. 4) Evidence that the Plan was authorized and adopted by resolution by the Local government and that the public had an adequate opportunity to review and comment on its content. 5) The following for each proposed Activity: a) A description of each proposed Activity, pursuant to Section 301 of the Guidelines and the percentage of funding allocated to it. The description shall specifically include the percentage of funds, if any, directed to Affordable Owner-Occupied Workforce Housing (AOWH). b) The projected number of households to be served at each income level and a comparison to the unmet share of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) at each income level. c) A description of major steps/actions and a proposed schedule required for the implementation and completion of the Activity. d) The period of affordability and level of affordability for each Activity. Rental Projects are required to have affordability periods of at least fifty-five years.. 20-PLHA-15106 6) The Plan is required to be for a term of five years. Local governments shall obtain approval of the Department for amendments made to the Plan in each succeeding year of the term of the Plan. Reallocations of more than ten percent of funds among Activities require amendment of the Plan, with approval granted by the governing body at a publicly noticed public meeting. 7) If funds are used for the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of for- sale housing projects or units within for-sale housing projects, the grantee shall record a deed restriction against the property that will ensure compliance with one of the following requirements if the property is no longer the primary residence of the homeowner due to sale, transfer or lease, unless it is in conflict with the requirements of another public funding source or law: a) PLHA loan and any interest thereon shall be repaid to the Local government’s PLHA account. The Local government shall reuse the repayments consistent with the Eligible Activities per Section 301 of the Guidelines; or, b) The initial owner and any subsequent owner shall sell the home at an Affordable housing cost to a qualified Lower-Income or Moderate-Income household; or, c) The homeowner and the Local government shall share the equity in the unit pursuant to an equity-sharing agreement. The grantee shall reuse the proceeds of the equity-sharing agreement consistent with the Eligible Activities per Section 301 of the Guidelines. 8) If funds are used for the development of an affordable rental housing project, the Local government shall make the PLHA assistance in the form of a loan to the Sponsor of the project. The loan shall be evidenced through a Promissory Note secured by a Deed of Trust. 9) A program income reuse plan describing how repaid loans shall be reused for eligible activities specified in Section 301 of the Guidelines.. 20-PLHA-15106