Primary Department: Housing and Community Development
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Thao Costis, Executive Director
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
title
Request by Housing and Community Development for approval to allocate up to $670,100 for eligible pre-development costs for the Eastex Project, within the previously approved conditional award of up to $6,000,000 in Community Development Block Program Income (CDBG PI) funds for the purchase of real property to be used for multi-family housing development. Funds will be used to purchase the land, for eligible pre-development costs, and assign the current purchase contract for the Eastex Project pursuant to an approved Subrecipient Agreement, to the Harris County Housing Finance Corporation (or, at the election of the HCHFC, to the applicable title company).
end
Background and Discussion:
On December 10, 2024, the Commissioners Court approved for Housing and Community Development conditional award of up to $6,000,000 of CDBG PI or CDBG funds to negotiate acquisitions of purchase of Real
Property and assign the contracts to Harris County Housing Finance Corporation, who acquire the land and initiate a Request for Qualifications process to develop the land for affordable housing.
On March 27, 2025, Commissioners Court approved for Housing and Community Development to approval of purchase agreements and to conditionally award up to $6,000,000 of Community De...
Click here for full text