HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 24-228RESOLUTION NO.24-228
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized to submit a grant application for
the PRO Housing (Pathways to Removing Obstacles) Grant through the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in an amount not to exceed
$7,000,000.00.
The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things conducted in strict
compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 17th day of
September, 2024.
-I'Mayor Roy West -
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Through competitive grants, round two of the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO
Housing) competition will provide $100 million in funding for communities across the country to
identify and remove barriers to affordable housing production and preservation.
This unique funding opportunity supports the Biden-Harris Administration's Housing Supply Action Plan,
and highlights the efforts of communities who have committed to housing -forward policies and practices.
Competition Goals and Objectives
• Elevate and enable promising practices for
identifying and removing barriers to affordable
housing production and preservation, while
preventing displacement.
• Institutionalize state and local analysis and
implementation of effective, equitable, and
resilient approaches to affordable housing
production and preservation.
• Provide technical assistance to help communities
fulfill the Consolidated Plan's requirement of
identifying barriers to affordable housing and to
implement solutions.
• Facilitate collaboration and harness innovative
approaches from jurisdictions, researchers,
advocates, and stakeholders to further the
national conversation on affordable housing.
• Affirmatively further fair housing by addressing
and removing barriers that perpetuate
segregation, inhibit access to areas of opportunity
for protected class groups and vulnerable
populations, and concentrate affordable housing in
under-resourced areas.
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Eligible Uses
PRO Housing incentivizes housing -forward actions
to further develop, evaluate, and implement housing
policy plans; address restrictive zoning or land use;
improve housing strategies; and facilitate affordable
housing production and preservation, including:
• Developing, updating, or advancing housing and
community plans
• Creating transit -oriented development zones
• Incentivizing the development of vacant lots or
the conversion of commercial properties to
residential and mixed -use development
• Streamlining permitting processes and
expanding by -right development
• Reducing barriers to development such as
residential property height limitations, off-street
parking requirements, density restrictions, and
minimum lot sizes
Eligible Applicants
Local governments, States, Metropolitan
Planning Organizations (MPOs), and
multijurisdictional entities approved by HUD
may apply for PRO Housing
Urban, suburban, and rural applicants are
encouraged to apply.
Each applicant should identify its barriers
based on local context and propose an
approach to address those specific barriers to
increase the supply of affordable housing.
Additional Resources
To support PRO Housing:
• HUD held a webinar series on identifying and
addressing barriers to housing production and
preservation.
• There is also webinar series to guide potential
PRO -Housing applicants through the application
process.
Both series are available on HUD.gov.
• Allowing accessory dwelling units on lots with
single family homes
• Adopting strategies to preserve and revitalize
affordable housing
• Building capacity of local nonprofit
organizations to increase housing supply
• Increasing community resilience and
mitigating environmental/natural hazards
For More Information
www.hud.gov/progran)--offices/comrn-planiilr)g/pro-housing
C DBG-PROHousing@)hud.gov
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