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2012 CHIP Applicants' Workshop. Compliance Agenda Habitat Development Activity. Environmental Review RequirementsFair Housing and Equal OpportunityProperty Acquisition RequirementsAccessibility - Visitability Section 3. 2012 CHIP Applicants' Workshop. Environmental Requirements. Obligation
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1. Community HOME InvestmentProgram(CHIP)
HABITAT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY
FEDERAL COMPLIANCE
2. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Compliance AgendaHabitat Development Activity
Environmental Review Requirements
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Property Acquisition Requirements
Accessibility - Visitability
Section 3
3. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Environmental Requirements Obligation of Recipients:
Comply with environmental and historic preservation laws
Assess and evaluate environmental effects
Minimize and mitigate any adverse effects
Public Notification
Do not obligate funds until release of funds
4. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Environmental Requirements Choosing an Environmentally Sound Site
Steps Toward Obtaining a “Clean” Site
Choose site carefully
Visual Inspection of site
Inquire about past uses of site
Adjoining Properties/Surrounding Area
Review Federal & State records for possible Toxins and Hazards
5. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Environmental Requirements Choosing an Environmentally Sound Site
DCA Recommendations
Wetlands/Flood Plains
Lead Based Paint
Asbestos
Noise
1,000 feet – major road, highway, or freeway
3,000 feet – railroad
15 miles – military airfield
5 miles – civil airport
6. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Environmental Review Requirements Tier 1 Sub-Recipients
DCA complete Statutory Checklist
DCA publish in newspaper
DCA charge sub-recipient for cost of publishing
DCA request ROF
DCA issue Authority to Grant Funds after HUD clearance
7. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Environmental Review Requirements Tier 2 Sub-Recipients
Submit Environmental Screening Checklist
Submit supporting documentation
Floodplain/Wetland Maps
Noise Study
SHPO clearance
DCA complete Site Specific Environmental Screening Checklist
DCA perform clearance
DCA issue Notice to Proceed
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10. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Single Family Housing Development Program
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Single Family Housing Development Program
12. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Applicable Civil Rights Laws and Regulations
Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Affirmative Marketing
Ethnic and Racial Reporting Requirements
Section 3
13. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity Section 109
The right of all in this country to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property without regard to:
Race Sex
Color Disability
Religion Familial Status
Or
National Origin
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Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity ADA and Section 504
Ensures non-discrimination based on disability
Accessible locations include:
Housing
Public Hearing locations
Application Intake
Public Information
TDD
Georgia relay service
15. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Affirmative Marketing
Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
Market to Appropriate Target Population
Advertise
Newspapers
Television
Town Hall Meetings
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Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Minority Business Enterprises (MBE/WBE)
Make business opportunities available:
Minority
Women
Required to report activity
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Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity What is Section 3?
Provision of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
Helps foster local economic development, neighborhood economic improvement, and individual self-sufficiency
Requires recipients of certain HUD financial assistance to provide job training, employment and contracting opportunities for low or very low income residents in connection with projects and activities in their neighborhood.
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Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Section 3 Applicability:
$200K Threshold for Recipient Grant Award
$100K Threshold for Construction Contracts
Housing rehabilitation
(including lead-based paint abatement)
Housing construction
Other public construction
19. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Ways to qualify for Section 3:
Resident
Business
20. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Who are Section Residents?
Residents of the non-metro county where the HUD-assisted project is located and who have a household income that falls below HUD’s income limits.
Public housing resident
Section 8 resident
Determining Income Levels
Section 3 low income is defined as 80% or below the median income of that area (CDBG low to moderate income standard).
Section 3 very low income is defined as 50% or below the median income of that area (CDBG low income standard).
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Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
What is a Section 3 Business?
51% or more owned by Section 3 residents
Section 3 residents make up 30% of its full-time permanent staff
Provide evidence of a commitment to subcontract more than 25% of the dollar award of all subcontracts to businesses that qualify as a Section 3 business
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Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Ways to Implement Section 3
Contact resident councils, resident managers or other resident organizations to request assistance in notifying residents of jobs
First-source hiring agreements
Sponsor job informational meetings
Partnership with Department of Labor First-source hiring agreement: an agreement that requires any contractor or subcontractor that works on a Section 3 covered project to recruit from and hire persons from certain specified places first.
Job informational meetingsFirst-source hiring agreement: an agreement that requires any contractor or subcontractor that works on a Section 3 covered project to recruit from and hire persons from certain specified places first.
Job informational meetings
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Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Ways to Implement Section 3
Partnership with Local Technical College
Conduct job interviews at the housing development or the neighborhood service area of the project
Use community-based organizations to recruit and screen qualified persons
Compile a list of all existing vocational training and apprenticeship programs in the area.
First-source hiring agreement: an agreement that requires any contractor or subcontractor that works on a Section 3 covered project to recruit from and hire persons from certain specified places first.
Job informational meetingsFirst-source hiring agreement: an agreement that requires any contractor or subcontractor that works on a Section 3 covered project to recruit from and hire persons from certain specified places first.
Job informational meetings
24. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Remember:
Discuss plans for complying with Section 3 in your 2012 Application
Start early establishing systems and relationships
DCA will work on “standard approaches” for recipients
Section 3 Reporting – More to come Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
25. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Acquisition of Property Basic Requirements
Amount Paid Must be Based on Appraised Value
Owner Must be Offered Fair Market Value
Written Purchase Offer
No Tenant Occupancy
First Right of Refusal
No prior displaced tenants
Wishes to purchase rental property
Triggers URA
Not an eligible CHIP Expense
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Accessibility – Visitability Accessibility
Mandated by Federal Law
New Construction
Reconstruction Visitability
Mandated by Georgia Law
New Construction
Reconstruction
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Accessibility – Visitability Accessibility
Zero step entry
Front, side or rear
36 inch door width
First Floor
Interior door 32 inch
Hallway width 36 inches
Bathroom wall reinforced for grab bars
Electrical Plug at least 15 inched above floor
Electrical no higher than 48 inches above floor
Breaker box
Light switch
thermostat
Main breaker inside on first floor
Visitability
Zero step entry
Front, side or rear
All main floor doors with 32 inches of clear passage space
Includes bathroom
At least a half-bath on main floor
28. 2012 CHIP Applicants’ Workshop
Compliance Requirements Questions?
Tarolyn Moore (404) 679-5271
tarolyn.moore@dca.ga.gov