HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.11.22 CDBG-DR Action Plan 2020
From:Hatcher, Casey
To:BOS
Cc:Boston, Shelby; Jimerfield, Joshua
Subject:2020 CDBG-DR Action Plan
Date:Wednesday, May 11, 2022 10:29:38 AM
Good morning Board Members
Congress appropriated $201,046,000 in CDBG-DR funds for disaster recovery activities and
$30,157,000 for mitigation activities to California for 2020 disasters. State HCD issued the Draft
Grant Action Plan for 2020 CDBG-DR, which includes two major disaster declarations for California in
2020. The North Complex Fire is included for Butte County along with more than 9,900 fires that
burned in the State between August and November of 2020.
The Action Plan calculates an unmet need between $600 Million and $1.3 Billion for housing,
infrastructure, and economic recovery. The appropriation of $231 Million does not meet the needs
of communities across California for disaster recovery after these fire. Given the substantial unmet
need, the Action Plan focuses on housing programs and leveraging other funding sources. It is
unclear at this time if there will additional appropriations for 2020 CDBG-DR and what other
resources the State hopes to leverage for disaster recovery needs.
The State Action Plan proposes to use the CDBG-DR funds primarily for housing with a limited
amount for infrastructure:
Housing ($183 Million)
o Owner-occupied reconstruction (OOR) program ($45.8 Million) – similar to the
current RecoverCA program (program administered by HCD)
o OOR mitigation ($21.4 Million) – the State will use a portion of the mitigation funds to
enhance the OOR reconstructions with mitigation activities, such as defensible space
(program administered by HCD)
o Homebuyer assistance program ($9.1 Million) – down payment assistance to low-to-
moderate-income homeowners to relocate outside the high-risk areas/disaster
declared areas (program administered by HCD)
o Multifamily housing ($128.3 Million) – financing for affordable rental housing
development (program administer by HCD)
o Multifamily mitigation ($7.1 Million) – the State will use a portion of the mitigation
funds to enhance the MHP constructions with mitigation activities, such as
hardening and wildfire retrofitting (program administered by HCD)
Infrastructure ($7.3 Million)
o Funding for local jurisdiction for the local share of costs for approved FEMA Public
Assistance infrastructure projects.
The Multifamily allocation for the Butte County area is $33,720,696, which will be administered by
the State. This allocation is based on Butte County’s percentage of low-to-moderate income renters
impacted based on FEMA individual assistance data. Butte County has the second largest multifamily
allocation and Santa Cruz County received the largest allocation at $43,479,657.
The State is accepting public comment on the draft Action Plan until June 6, 2022. County staff will
attend the public comment meeting on May 18, 2022 at 6:00 pm and provide input about the unmet
needs in Butte County including housing, infrastructure, and hazard mitigation projects. County staff
will also share concerns about the multifamily housing program being operated at the State level
and the lack of local input to the process. Our staff have established a good relationship with HCD
and they often look to us when they have questions about the local perspective and impacts. This is
the third round of CDBG-DR funds that apply to Butte County in the last five years.
Please let me know directly if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Casey
Casey Hatcher
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.552.3336 | M: 530.518.3508
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