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Communication from the City Manager and Community Development Director with a Request to RECEIVE AND FILE the Final Development Plans for HABITAT FOR HUMANITY for the Project Located at the 1000 BLOCK of NE MONROE STREET and Provide PUBLIC NOTICE of the ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY'S (IHPA) Finding of NO ADVERSE EFFECT on the North Side Historic District Resulting from Said Development. (Council District 1)
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BACKGROUND: On March 22, 2016, City Council approved the HUD HOME funds award of $300,000 to Habitat for Humanity Greater Peoria Area for the construction of four (4) new, affordable, single-family, owner-occupied homes located at the 1000 block of Northeast Monroe (Council Item # 16-092). Additionally, City Council approved the lot donation at 1019, 1021 and 1023 NE Monroe for this development (Council Item # 16-093). The $300,000 in HUD HOME funding is from the Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) set aside funds from 2015. Habitat is certified by the City as a CHDO. Per HUD HOME regulations, a CHDO is a private, nonprofit, community-based, service organization that have paid staff with the capacity to develop affordable housing for the community it serves.
On April 12, 2016 (Council Item # 16-102), City Council approved an amendment to its original action on March 22, 2016 to remove the CHDO designation from the first of the four houses to be developed with the awarded $300,000. This first house is a Habitat Women's Build that is sponsored by Congresswoman Cheri Bustos. Due to a potential conflict of interest with regard to the investment of federal funds in a project sponsored by a Congresswoman, the Chicago HUD field office would require the City to complete a conflict of interest review on the property before construction could begin; a 30-90 day process. In lieu of the conflict of interest review, the amendment removed the CHDO designation from the Women's Build house resulting in four hom...
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