Task Force Meeting January 12, 2018

AgendaProgram Updates

§ Homeowner Program§ Rental Housing Programs§ Economic Development Programs§ Infrastructure Programs

January 12, 2018

Homeowner Assistance Program

January 12, 2018

Solut ion1PROGRAMMANAGED

Solut ion2HOMEOWNERMANAGED

Solut ion3REIMBURSEMENT

Key Program Stats

January 12, 2018

§ Approximately 47,000 homeowners have submitted the survey§ More than 39,000 qualify for

Phases I – VI § Over 38,400 environmental reviews have

been completed§ 37,900 homeowners have been invited to

complete the application and approximately 22,000 homeowners have submitted

§ Over 10,664 scopes of work have been performed

§ Approximately 4,790 homeowners have received grant award acknowledgements totaling $138 million

Applications

January 12, 2018

666,153

3,044

1,278 1,946

1,884

4,709

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5 859 828 683 1,107 1,907 6,231 5,561 56

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Outreach Events

January 12, 2018

JAN 9, 2 PM – 6 PM BATON ROUGEJAN 10, 2 PM – 6 PM DENHAM SPRINGSJAN 11, 2 PM – 6 PM LIVINGSTONJAN 16, 2 PM – 6 PM BATON ROUGEJAN 17, 2 PM – 6 PM BAKERJAN 18, 2 PM – 6 PM DENHAM SPRINGSJAN 23, 3 PM – 7 PM PONCHATOULAJAN 24, 2 PM – 6 PM AMITEJAN 25, 2 PM – 6 PM PRAIRIEVILLEJAN 30, 2 PM – 6 PM YOUNGSVILLEJAN 31, 2 PM – 6 PM ABBEVILLEFEB 1, 2 PM – 6 PM MONROE

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• Program representatives will be present to answer any outstanding questions and assist in completing the application.

• Applicants will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.

• No appointment is required.

DETAILS

Homeowner Program

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The Pipeline

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APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED SCOPES OF WORK COMPLETED GRANTS AWARDED

MONTHLY PROGRESS BY CATEGORY

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Action Plan Amendment #7

§ Reallocates funding from Multifamily Restoration Loan Program to the Neighborhood Landlord Program ($4.78M) and the Piggyback Program ($17.7).

§ The ($4.78M) movement to the Neighborhood Landlord Program will fully fund the eligible applications to date, with some buffer to cover any change orders due to abatement issues found during the environmental review.

§ The ($17.7M) movement to the Piggyback Program will create about 250 additional units of affordable housing.

§ Public comment is scheduled for January 24 – February 7, 2018.§ These rental program budgets reflect the anticipated approval of APA 7.

January 12, 2018

Funds Reallocation Among Rental Housing Programs

Rental ProgramsNeighborhood Landlord Program

§ Total Program Budget: $53,947,904

§ Program objective: To provide forgivable loan assistance to landlords to restore their flood-damaged properties and to non-profit developers to develop new rental housing stock in order to restore and create long-term affordable rental housing stock. Assistance is limited to properties with 7 or fewer units.

§ Eligible applicants: § For-profit landlords who owned flood-damaged rental properties at the

time of the floods§ Non-profit developers§ Public Housing Authorities

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January 12, 2018

Parish Amount requested

# of applications # of units

Ascension $1,500,000 3 12Bienville $1,000,000 2 12Caddo $3,000,000 6 33Calcasieu $25,000 1 1East Baton Rouge $13,197,096.89 59 150Evangeline $3,364,065.19 9 26Iberia $115,000 1 1Jackson $3,000,000 6 33Jefferson Davis $341,109.19 3 4Lafayette $2,125,000 3 15Lincoln $4,875,000 7 34Livingston $563,141 2 7Ouachita $9,780,759 19 102St. Landry $1,750,000.00 4 19St. Martin $6,000 1 1Tangipahoa $900,000 4 6Webster $4,400,000 8 48Grand Total $49,942,171.27 138 504

Of the above only about $37,520,806M are eligible based on current policy.

Neighborhood Landlord Program: Applications by Parish

Rental ProgramsMultifamily Restoration Loan Fund

§ Total Program Budget: $22,515,518

§ Program objective: To provide loan assistance to developers of properties with 20 or more units to restore their flood-damaged units in order to restore and create long-term affordable rental housing stock.

§ Eligible applicants:§ Developers with existing affordable or mixed income properties§ Developers with market-rate properties willing to convert at least 51% of

their units to affordable housing for LMI families§ Public Housing Authorities

January 12, 2018

Rental ProgramsMultifamily Restoration Loan Fund: Applications by Parish

January 12, 2018

ParishAmount requested

# of applications # of damaged

unitsCaddo $2,887,623.00 1 50

East Baton Rouge $4,631,091.15 3 192

Iberia $2,125,024.03 4 94

Lafayette $1,200,000.00 1 30

Livingston $2,741,286.00 3 147

Ouachita $3,048,888.00 3 131

St. Landry $1,200,000.00 1 30

St. Martin $89,973.82 1 9

Grand Total $17,923,886.00 17 683

Rental ProgramsPiggyback Loan Program

§ Total Program Budget: $36,700,000§ Program Objective: To addresses long-term affordable rental housing needs in

the flood-impacted parishes by providing gap financing for developments that will offer benefits to low and moderate income persons.

Affordability Requirements§ Term: must remain affordable for the term of the loan (30-35 years)§ All developments will benefit low to moderate income individuals§ At least 5% of the total units must be set-aside for Permanent Support Housing

(PSH)

January 12, 2018

Rental ProgramsPiggyback Loan Program

Program Timelines

§ NOFA published on LHC website & Restore LA 12/15/17

§ Deadline to submit inquiries to LHC 1/12/18

§ FAQs Posted 1/19/18

§ Application Deadline 3/16/18

§ Notice of awards 5/9/18

LHC plans to hold outreach events across the state tentatively scheduled for January 18th in Baton Rouge.

January 12, 2018

Rental ProgramsRapid Rehousing and Permanent Supportive Housing

§ Total Program Budget: $24,000,000§ Rapid Rehousing: $16,000,000§ Permanent Supportive Housing: $5,000,000

§ Program objective: To provide rental assistance and wrap-around services to vulnerable low and very-low income renters in order to prevent homelessness

§ Eligible applicants:§ Vulnerable low to moderate income renters who were displaced by the

floods§ Participants in Permanent Supportive Housing must also be disabled

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Rental ProgramsPermanent Supportive Housing

§ As participants enter the Rapid Rehousing Program they are being vetted for PSH services

§ The Louisiana Housing Authority has submitted it’s annual Public Housing Authority plan to HUD that expands the use of the Project-Based Vouchersstatewide. The plan creates a preference for disaster survivors. The plan has received HUD approval and was effective 1/1/18.

§ 103 households are currently receiving services

January 12, 2018

Rental ProgramsRapid Rehousing (RRH)

January 12, 2018

§ Received approximately 722 renter applications.

§ 252 households are in the housing search process.

§ 343 households have been placed in rental units through the program so far.

§ During the 1st week of 2018, 10 people living in the tents under the North Blvd. overpass were housed.

§ This represents 40% of the population sleeping under the overpass on any given night.

§ On track to serve 600 households by program conclusion.

Economic Development ProgramsSmall Business Loan Program§ Total Program Budget: $51,200,000

§ Program objective: To provide partially forgivable loan assistance to small businesses for eligible non-construction unmet needs to help in their long-term recovery from the Great Floods of 2016. Loan awards range from $10,000-$150,000.

§ Eligible applicants are small businesses who:§ Have 50 or fewer employees and a minimum annual gross revenue of

$25,000§ Experienced either a physical or financial loss as a result of the flood

events

January 12, 2018

Small Business Loan Program

January 12, 2018

Recap of the October Update:• The following adjustments were made:

• Increased the forgivable amount of the loan award from 20% to 40%.• Re-opened the application window (previously had a deadline of Oct 31st)• Focus put on additional outreach efforts

Changes Since Last Meeting:• Additional outreach- In addition to our lender’s own outreach efforts, OCD has done the

following:• Radio campaign via the Louisiana Radio Network- Throughout December, over 5,000 thirty

and fifteen second informational spots aired over 61 partner networks across the state. • Chamber of Commerce Outreach- OCD approached the chambers in the 10 MID parishes to

do special outreach work above and beyond their normal practices. The Baton Rouge Area Council accepted the offer and is working on an in-person outreach effort in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas. This is still pending.

• OCD recommends a final deadline of February 28th to submit an application to one of the lenders. No new applications will be accepted after that deadline.

Small Business Loan Program

January 12, 2018

Total LoansClosedasof1/8/18: 87

AmountFundedasof1/8/18: $10,111,452

AverageAwardAmount: $116,224

Total#ofInquiriestotheProgram 3742

# ofApplicationsinOCD’ssystem 318

#ofLender’sPendingApplications(Incomplete, notinthesystemyet) 166

Weeklyincreaseininquiries(priortoOct31st) +133

Weeklyincreaseininquiries(afterOct31st) +60

§ OCD does not anticipate using all $51.2 million allocated for this program. OCD estimates that $28 million will fully fund the program. This amount includes program delivery costs, the current pipeline amount, and a buffer to fund pending applications that might be approved.

Economic Development ProgramsLouisiana Farm Recovery Grant Program

January 12, 2018

§ Total Program Budget: $10,000,000

§ Program objective: Provide grant assistance to farmers to help them in their long-term recovery from the Great Floods of 2016.

§ Eligible applicants: § Farmers who experienced crop and/or livestock losses in either the March

or August flood events.

Louisiana Farm Recovery Grant Program

January 12, 2018

Program Timeline

Start End

Outreach

Outreach to applicants 7/10/2017 8/30/2017Intake & Processing

Application intake period 7/26/2017 9/6/2017Process applications for eligibility and award amount 7/26/2017 1/31/2018Notification of award amounts to applicants 2/1/2018 2/16/2018

Funds Disbursement

Closing and Transmission of Funds to Awardees 3/5/2018 3/29/2018

Infrastructure ProgramFEMA PA Cost Share Match Program

§ Total Program Budget: $105,000,000

§ Program objective: Provide grants to state agencies, local governments and non-profit organizations eligible for FEMA Public Assistance in order to offset the burden of the 10% or 25% state and local match requirements.

§ Eligible applicants are any FEMA PA eligible applicant, including: § State agencies§ Local governments and agencies§ Non-profit organizations

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§ Awaiting guidance from HUD and DOL on the following topics:§ Small projects support documentation requirements§ Applicability and timing of Davis Bacon to FEMA PA projects

when partially funded with CDBG-DR§ OCD-DRU continues to provide On-Site Technical Assistance § As of December 15, 2017 all Participation Forms have been received. § OCD-DRU staff is working with GOHSEP to process completed

projects.

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Infrastructure ProgramFEMA PA Cost Share Match Program

FEMA PA Match Non-Federal Cost Share Program

January 12, 2018

FEMA Approval and OCD-DRU Disbursement StatusTotalProjected FEMAApproved OCD-DRU

ProcessedCDBG-DRDisbursed AwaitingRequestfor

ReimbursementfromGrantee

NumberofPW's:

2194 1767 26 25 1

Amount: $101,300,000.00 $76,024,809.96 $15,905,779.44 $15,877,749.71 $28,029.73

CDBGEligibleActivityAmountofCDBG-DR

Projects#ofCDBG-DR

ProjectsCDBG-DRProjects

ApprovedCDBG-DRAmount

ApprovedDebrisRemoval(FEMACatA) $10,670,914.19 104 $0.00PublicServices(FEMACatB) $43,817,612.07 674 26 $15,905,779.44PublicFacilities(FEMACatC-G) $21,536,283.70 989 $0.00GrandTotal $76,024,809.96 1767 26 $15,905,779.44

Projects by CDBG-DR Activity Type

Participation Form Outreach ResultsApplicants PWs TotalOCD-DRU

MatchAmountFEMAApproved 436 1767 $76,024,809.96ResponsesReceived 324 1702 $122,932,082.11

Infrastructure ProgramWatershed Modeling and Planning

§ Total Program Budget: $9,800,799

§ Program objective: Develop a statewide approach to watershed planning and assist local entities with their watershed planning needs to help the state optimize future flood reduction investments.

§ Progress: Office of Community Development, DOTD, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and GOHSEP have been participating in working meetings and interviews with potential stakeholders to determine the best approaches to reducing impacts of future flood events, including organization around watershed boundaries.

January 12, 2018