1. Colorado Community Block Grant
Disaster Recovery
Home Access
2013 Floods & 2012 Fires

2. Introductions
Metro Volunteers – mission To mobilize and cultivate volunteerism as a vital force in our communities.
Tell our story – how we got here –
Rebuilding Together
Catholic Charities
Kristy – ED
Tom – Attorney, Project Manager

3. Department of Local Affairs – Housing Division
Two Programs Metro Volunteers is operating:
Home Rehab
Home Access
See the handout

4. Home Rehab
This program is designed to do Housing Repairs (Single Family Rehabilitation) (Not Rebuild)
Repairs necessary to bring the damaged home to meet the HUD CPD Green Building Retrofit Checklist, and DOH Single Family Rehabilitation Standards
Relocation of single family and modular homes in stable/undamaged condition to be moved from floodplain to a permanent location outside of the floodplain.
Rehab owner-occupied homes, as well as single family rental homes (up to 4 contiguous lots)

5. More…
Cost to repair the damage cannot exceed 50% of pre-flood county appraised value, on a per-house basis.
Maximum Award: $100,000 per household for rehabilitation OR for structural relocation)
Beneficiary Eligibility Criteria:
Homeowners who can provide proof of ownership, and or rental properties with 1-4 units, all of which must have received direct or indirect flood damage.

6. And more…
Priority for those directly impacted, persons with disabilities, seniors and, for previous residents of damaged or destroyed manufactured housing.
Household income must be at or below 80 percent AMFI for at least 75 percent of beneficiaries served.
National Objective: Low-and-moderate income (at below 80% AMI) and Urgent Need

7. Home Access This program is designed to serve:
Homeowners unable to access their homes due to damaged roads that are non‐county maintained
Maximum Award: $500,000 max sub-award under the sub-recipient contract

8. More… Beneficiary Eligibility Criteria:
51 percent of the recipients must be low‐and‐moderate income households unless Urgent Need can be substantiated.
Applicants must demonstrate that the private road or bridge access was directly damaged by the floods or fires and provides sole access to the target homes.
Applicants must demonstrate that lack of access is a health and safety issue pertaining to emergency vehicle access, particularly in the event of forest fires.

9. Even more…
National Objective: Low-and-moderate income (at/below 80% AMI) and Urgent Need

10. Program Process – it’s very lengthy
Complete an Application
Project Scoping
Environmental Review
Eligibility Determination
Flood affected
Income verification
Repairs can be done with funds allowed
Maintenance and Use Agreement in place
Funding allocated
Construction completed – payments made
Annual review for compliance

11. CDBG Funding Awards Home Rehabilitation Grant
Five Year Forgivable Loan
Loan Deferred to Sale
Home Access

12. Timeline – as we know it today
May 10 – Presentation to State Housing Board May 17 – Approval Letter Received June – Dec – Environmental Review Dec – Request Release of Funds Dec – Process and Consider Awards/Contract

14. Next Steps Fill out your Application
Gather any documents from work already done: Permits, Reports, Receipts
Send to Kelly Streck
Metro Volunteers
789 Sherman Street, #220
Denver, CO 80203
Questions to Tom Judd
ext. 311
ext.

15. Our Staff: Kristy Judd – Executive Director -. Kjudd@MetroVolunteers
Our Staff: Kristy Judd – Executive Director - Tom Judd – Attorney - Kelly Streck – Application & Compliance – Mike O’Connor – Construction MetroVolunteers.org