City of Houston Housing and Community Affairs Committee met Oct. 17

Housing and Community Affairs Committee 

Tiffany D. Thomas (Chair) - David Robinson (Vice Chair) 

Karla Cisneros - Mike Knox – Martha Castex-Tatum

Michael Kubosh – Tarsha Jackson - Carolyn Evans-Shabazz

Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. 

City Hall Council Chamber 

901 Bagby, 2nd Floor, Houston, Texas 77002 

This meeting will also be broadcast on HTV, the City of Houston’s Municipal Channel.

Presentation handouts will also be available at

https://www.houstontx.gov/council/committees/housing.html

I. Call to Order/Welcome/Attendance 

II. Compliance & Grant Administration  

The Housing and Community Development Department (HCD), recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing and approving a First Amendment to the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Harvey (CDBG-DR 2017) Subrecipient Agreement (#21-134-000-C788) with the Texas General Land Office (GLO). (All Districts)

Keith W. Bynam, Director

Kennisha London, Deputy Director

III. Planning & Grant Reporting 

a. HCD recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing (a) The submission of required application materials to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), for a $750,000.00 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending award (CPF) to benefit residents of the City of Houston, (b) The execution by the Mayor, or the Mayor’s designee, of the Agreement between the City of Houston (City) and DOL for the CPF grant; and (c) The execution by the Mayor, or the Mayor’s designee, of related forms and documents for the CPF grant. (All Districts)

b. HCD recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing (a) The submission of required application materials to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for two Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending awards (CPF) totaling $2,300,000.00, under the HUD Economic Development Initiative, to benefit residents of the City of Houston, (b) The execution of the Agreements between the City of Houston (City) and HUD for the two CPF grants by the Mayor, or the Mayor’s designee; and (c) The execution of related forms and documents for the CPF awards by the Mayor, or the Mayor’s designee. (All Districts)

Keith W. Bynam, Director

Derek Sellers, Deputy Director

Action may be taken on any item listed above. Committee meetings are open to the public. For more information about this committee, please contact districtf@houstontx.gov

IV. Public Services 

a. HCD recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing an Agreement between the City of Houston (City) and SEARCH Homeless Services (SEARCH), providing up to $1,377,820.95 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Homeless Housing and Services Funds (HHSP), and Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) funds for a program that will serve a total of approximately 2,000 individuals.

(All Districts)

b. HCD recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing an Agreement between the City of Houston (City) and SEARCH Homeless Services, providing up to $277,970.00 in Emergency Solution Grant (ESG) funds for a program providing rapid re-housing case management to a minimum of one hundred (100) households. (District I)

c. HCD recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing a First Amendment to the Subrecipient Agreement between the City of Houston (City) and West Houston Assistance Ministries (WHAM), providing up to an additional $273,688.00 in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program funds to provide rapid rehousing case management and housing navigation services to 56 unduplicated households annually. (District F)

Keith W. Bynam, Director

Melody Barr, Assistant Director

V. Single Family 

a. HCD recommends Council approval of an Ordinance (1) to deallocate funding from the inactive/declined Master Contract Agreement for the Community Entrepreneurship Program (CEP) for the Home Repair Program (the “Agreement”) by and between the City of Houston, Texas (“City”) and Homebase Repairs, LLC and FMG Construction Group, LLC; and (2) to equally distribute $100,000.00 to the contracts of the following CEP contractors: All in One Building Maintenance & Construction, LLC, Delpa Services LLC dba MCP Construction, and HCG Management, LLC dba Honesty Construction Group. (All Districts)

Keith W. Bynam, Director

Cedrick LaSane, Assistant Director

VI. Director’s Comments 

Keith W. Bynam, Director

VII. Public Comments

Action may be taken on any item listed above. Committee meetings are open to the public. For more information about this committee, please contact districtf@houstontx.gov

https://www.houstontx.gov/council/committees/housing/2023_10_17/agenda.pdf