FY 24-26 ADOPTED BUDGET

Housing Programs (continued)

Fund 255 is held by the City of Morgan Hill in its capacity as the Housing Successor to the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Morgan Hill (“ RDA ”). The permitted use of funds includes monitoring and administration, homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing services, development, new construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable housing. The Housing Division also administers: • Fund 237 - BEGIN (Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods Program) which offers downpayment assistance loans. • Fund 238 – CalHome grants downpayment assistance loans. Received the second capacity building grant installment from Destination Home for $150,000 to combat housing insecurity and expand unhoused outreach efforts. As a result of the Destination Home capacity - building grant, the Unhoused Specialist processed; 174 referrals in 2022 and 211 referrals in 2023 and connected with 155 households in 2022 and 184 households in 2023 who were at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness. • Partnered with the County of Santa Clara to become a certified Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) partner to allow immediate access to the countywide coordinated database that facilitates housing placement. • Supported the renovation of necessary dry rot repairs ($208,000) on Villa Ciolino Apartments, a 42 - unit affordable family housing apartment community. • Received Housing Element Certification from HCD on November 29, 2023. • Continue to promote the BMR Program in partnership with HouseKeys servicing 1,183 attendees at BMR workshops and adding 1,052 new potential applicants. • Participated in the City ’ s Economic Mobility grant as part of the International City/ County Management Association (ICMA) grant and launched “ I BELONG, Morgan Hill, ” as part of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) community outreach efforts. FY 2022 - 23 and FY 2023 - 24 Accomplishments • Formed a Morgan Hill Service Provider coalition and raised $165,000 to serve as a local Housing Problem Solving Fund being administered by Saint Vincent de Paul. •

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