Department: Housing and Community Development
Department Head/Elected Official: Thao Costis, Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Grant
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of certification of two CDBG-MIT project area income survey results for the North Forest (Precinct 1) and Ralston Acres (Precinct 1) CDBG-MIT applications and certify compliance with the Fair Housing Act to the Texas General Land Office (GLO).
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Background and Discussion:
To officially submit CDBG-MIT projects to the General Land Office (GLO), HCD must certify income survey results on projects requiring income surveys. As part of the submission process, the CDBG-MIT program requires Harris County to document and report the beneficiaries and service area of each proposed CDBG-MIT project. For CDBG projects where the service area does not benefit the majority of the standard census geographic areas (places, census tracts, or block groups) in where the project is located, an income survey is required to document beneficiaries.
An income survey was required and conducted for the North Forest and Ralston Acres Subdivision Drainage Projects. Harris County staff and consultants conducted outreach activities to notify residents in the area and performed door-to-door paper surveys. The response rate for North Forest was 81.43% and 82.22% for Ralston Acres, exceeding the 80 percent minimum household response rate required. According to the survey results, the North Forest community comprises of 61.19% low/moderate income individuals and the Ralston Acres community comprises of 72.01% low/moderate income individuals. These two projects surpass the 51 percent minimum of low-to-m...
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