Simplification of the Development and Redevelopment Process for Public Housing Sample Clauses

Simplification of the Development and Redevelopment Process for Public Housing. 1. OHA is authorized to develop and adopt reasonable policies and procedures that will allow local conditions to determine and control major development decisions and will simplify and streamline the HUD approval process for redevelopment and redevelopment activities involving building demolition, property disposition, homeownership opportunities and mixed finance agreements and partnerships. OHA may choose to implement its development decisions, policies, procedures and strategies in conjunction or in partnership with OHA Partners to: (i) develop innovative residential and/or retail opportunities consistent with eligible uses of funds; (ii) further OHA’s neighborhood revitalization strategies; and/or (iii) further OHA’s affordable housing strategies. 2. As stated in the MTW Agreement, the regulatory requirements of 24 CFR Part 941 shall not apply to the implementation of the activities of OHA except for the provisions of 24 CFR 941.202, 24 CFR 941.207, 24 CFR 941.208, 24 CFR 941.209, 24 CFR 941.602(d), 24 CFR 941.610(b) and 24 CFR 983 all as modified by the terms of this MTW Agreement; provided, however, that in determining the location of six or more newly constructed or substantially rehabilitated units or developments, OHA is authorized to adopt the alternative Site and Neighborhood Standards set forth in Section IV.E.3 for project-based Section 8 locations and in Section II.K.9 for public housing locations. OHA and HUD agree that OHA may certify to HUD that it has met HUD site selection requirements. OHA agrees to use its HOPE VI funds for eligible HOPE VI activities and its MTW funds for eligible activities under the MTW Agreement including HOPE VI 3. OHA may at the discretion of OHA, allow any authorizations and regulatory relief granted to OHA pursuant to this MTW Agreement to inure to the benefit of OHA Partners with respect to MTW eligible activities, and HUD hereby agrees to the amendment of any and all evidentiaries necessary to implement the least restrictive regulatory requirements allowable. 4. OHA is authorized to establish reasonable cost formulas for development and redevelopment activities that will replace HUD’s Total Development Cost (TDC) limits in order to reflect local marketplace conditions for quality construction in Oakland. 5. OHA is authorized to establish reasonable and modest design guidelines, unit size guidelines and unit amenity guidelines for development and redevelopment activities that will replace HUD guidelines with g...

Simplification of the Development and Redevelopment Process for Public Housing. This authorization waives certain provisions of Sections 4, 5, 9, 24, 32 and 35 of the 1937 Act and 24 C.F.R. 941 as necessary to implement the Agency’s Annual MTW Plan. a. The Agency may, at its own discretion, allow any authorizations and regulatory relief granted to the Agency pursuant to this MTW Agreement to inure to the benefit of the Agency’s Partners with respect to MTW eligible activities, and HUD hereby agrees to the amendment of any and all evidentiaries necessary to implement the least restrictive regulatory requirements allowable. b. The Agency is authorized to establish reasonable low-income homeownership programs, such as a lease-to-own program, that are not limited by the existing public housing homeownership requirements, provided that units can only be sold to current public housing residents and that any disposition of current public housing units must be approved in advance by HUD. Any disposition application will be submitted and processed in accordance with this Agreement.