[Year hj` ] City of Alexandria FY 2013 Annual Action Plan Third year of the City FY 2011 - 2015 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development May 2012 City of Alexandria, Office of Housing 421 King Street, Suite 200 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: 703-746-4990 Website: alexandriava.gov/Housing [Pick the date] Table of Contents Citizen Summary ............................................................................................................................ i Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 Section 1 - City FY 2013 Action Plan Development Overview 1.1 Action Plan Report Format and Criteria ................................................................................. 4 1.2 Priority Levels and Strategies ................................................................................................. 4 1.3 Lead Agency and Consultation with Other Entities in the Development of the Action Plan . 5 1.4 Citizen Participation Process .................................................................................................. 5 1.5 CDBG/HOME and Areas of Minority Concentration .............................................................. 6 1.6 Income Limits for CDBG and HOME Funded Activities .......................................................... 9 1.7 CPD Outcome Performance Measurement System ............................................................. 10 Section 2 - Housing Programs and Services to be Undertaken During City FY 2013 2.1 Extremely Low- and Low-Income Renters ........................................................................... 11 2.2 Current Low- and Moderate-Income Homeowners ............................................................ 13 2.3 Low- and Moderate-Income Homebuyers .......................................................................... 14 2.4 The Homeless and Persons Threatened with Homelessness .............................................. 16 2.5 The Elderly and Frail Elderly ................................................................................................ 24 2.6 Persons with Physical and Sensory Disabilities ................................................................... 26 2.7 Persons with Mental Illnesses, Intellectual Disabilities and/or Substance Use Disorders .. 27 2.8 Persons Living With or Affected By HIV/AIDS ..................................................................... 28 Section 3 - Non-Housing Community Development Programs and Services 3.1 Public Service Needs ............................................................................................................ 30 3.2 Economic Development ....................................................................................................... 31 3.3 Other Community Development Activities .......................................................................... 32 Section 4 - Other Activities to be Undertaken 4.1 Actions to Address Obstacles to Meeting Underserved Needs .......................................... 33 4.2 Actions to Foster and Maintain Affordable Housing ........................................................... 33 4.2.1 Housing Master Plan ................................................................................. 34 4.2.2 Resolution 830 ........................................................................................... 35 4.2.3 Housing Trust Fund Contributions ............................................................. 35 4.2.4 Affordable Units Pledged by Developers .................................................. 35 4.2.5 Affordable Housing Development Preservation ....................................... 35 4.2.6 The Alexandria Housing Development Corporation ................................. 36 4.3 Actions to Remove Barriers to Affordable Housing ............................................................ 36 4.4. Fair Housing Activities ......................................................................................................... 36 4.5. Actions to Evaluate and Reduce Lead-Based Paint Hazards ............................................... 37 4.6. Actions to Reduce the Number of Poverty Level Families .................................................. 38 4.7. Developing Institutional Structure ...................................................................................... 38 4.8. Coordination Between Public and Private Housing and Social Service Agencies .............. 39 4.9. Fostering of Public Housing Improvements and Resident Initiatives ................................. 39 4.9.1 Public Housing Improvements ............................................................................... 39 4.9.2 ARHA Resident Initiatives ...................................................................................... 39 APPENDIX I: Federal Application and Certification Forms City FY 2013 CDBG and HOME Budgets Listing of Proposed City FY 2013 CDBG/HOME-Funded Projects APPENDIX II: HUD Tables 1-C Summary of Specific Homeless/Special Needs Objectives 2-C Summary of Specific Housing/Community Development Objectives APPENDIX III: Maps Figures 2a and 2b: Locations of Assisted Rental Housing Figure 3: Housing for the Homeless and Persons with Special Needs Figure 4: Block Groups with Highest Percentage of Low/Mod Persons APPENDIX IV: Summary of City Comments on Action Plan and City Response APPENDIX V: Proof of Publication Figure 1: Proof of English Publication for the 30-Day Comment Period Figure 2: Proof of Spanish Publication for the 30-Day Comment Period Citize n City of Alexandria Summary FY 2013 Action Plan City of Alexandria, Office of Housing, 421 King Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314, Tel: 703.746.4990, Website: alexandriava.gov/Housing Inside the Page i Summary Page What is t he Annual Action Plan? What is the Action Plan? i The City of Alexandria’s Annual Action Plan for the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 describes Citizen Participation i activities to be undertaken to promote the City’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2011- 2015 Consolidated Plan goals. The Plan also describes how federal, state, City, and private funds are allocated during the Plan period to Affordable Housing ii address the housing and community development needs of the City’s low- and moderate-income Needs populations, and homeless and special needs populations during the one-year period. Homeless and Special iii-iv The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires localities receiving federal Needs Housing funds, including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Non-Housing Community v (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)*, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), Development (Other) to complete and submit the Action Plan each year as a condition of receipt of funds. The FY 2013 Action Plan will serve as the City’s application for the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2012 allocations of CDBG and Evaluation of Past v HOME funds estimated at $678,236 and $373,796 respectively. This equals a 46% reduction in grant Performance funds from the City’s FY 2012. Geographic vi The City of Alexandria is an entitlement grantee under the CDBG and HOME programs, but not under Distribution the ESG and HOPWA programs. However, the City receives ESG funds through the state’s allocation. HOPWA funds from a HUD allocation to the entire Washington, DC Metropolitan area may be used in CDBG and HOME vi Alexandria. Funded Programs *Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) replaces the Emergency Shelter Grant, and expands the eligible activities to include Other Major Federally vi homelessness prevention and rapid-rehousing components. Funded Housing Programs Citizen Participation in the Development of the Plan Public Comment Period vi Notice The Office of Housing is the headed by the Department of public hearing in the spring on Congressional Budget lead agency for overseeing Community and Human April 14, 2012 before the Allocation, 2010 Census the development of the City’s Services and whose clientele Alexandria City Council to and the American Consolidated Plan, Action includes persons with obtain citizen input prior to Plan, and Consolidated disabilities, elderly persons, the Plan’s finalization and Community Survey Annual Performance children, homeless persons, submission to HUD. A public Effect on The City of Evaluation Report (CAPER). persons with HIV/AIDS and hearing was also conducted in Alexandria FY 2013 their families, persons af- the fall on Wednesday, Federal Grants Throughout the development fected by mental illness, intel- September 22, 2011 by City of the Action Plan the City lectual disabilities and sub- staff. Notices of the Draft consults with public and stance use disorders; the Alex- Action Plan, public hearings, The combined HOME and CDBG private housing, health andria Redevelopment and and 30-day comment period grant loss from FY 2012 to FY services, and social services Housing Authority; and the are published in the local 2013 is $905,611 or 46%. This agencies, which provide one City’s Planning and Zoning newspaper with general loss is attributable to a year goals and objectives and Department. The full list of circulation in the City. The combination of federal budget federal, state and local major public and private notices are printed in reductions and grant formula resources expected to be agencies responsible for English-language and Spanish adjustments based on the 2010 available, to address priority administering programs are language newspapers, and the needs as identified in the listed in the Action Plan. Draft Action Plan is made Census and the American Consolidated Plan. available for public review at Community Survey (ACS) data. As required by HUD, the City is Alexandria libraries and on the The result of the federal funds Included in this consultation providing 30 days for citizens to Office of Housing website at reduction is the minimizing of are the Homeless Services comment on the Draft Action alexandriava.gov/Housing. See Coordinating Committee, Plan and will be conducting a page vi for public comments (Continue on page ii.) 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The City’s five-year objective Secure completion of six set-aside rental housing units Performance involving privately-owned rental units affordable to households at 60% AMI. with project based assisted is to Measure continue to preserve and maintain approximately 2,542 units, and to Provide and achieve a net increase in this number. preserve Old Town Commons Redevelopment of ARHA’s decent housing James Bland Property with improved Homebuyers and Homeowners affordability Goals: Provide education, training and affordable homeownership opportunities to City residents and employees working within the City with incomes at or below the HUD moderate-income (Continued from page i.) limits; and improve living conditions and maintain affordability for existing homeowners within HUD’s moderate-income limits. the City’s Home Ownership Programs. A Flexible Homeownership Assistance The City will provide a revised program FY 2013 Annual Objectives and Outcomes Program will be created to provide to meet the needs of homebuyers and (all subject to available resources) assistance only for the purchase of continue to provide the existing home- owners program for Alexandrians with previously assisted resale-restricted Assist up to eight households meeting income and other incomes at or below HUD’s moderate- eligibility criteria to secure ownership housing; units and for special projects. This income limits. These programs include program which replaces the City’s the following: Provide nine no-interest rehabilitation loans to home- three downpayment assistance owner households with incomes at or below HUD’s programs, will operate based on loan Flexible Homeownership Assistance moderate –income limits; and Program— Provides deferred-payment repayments and minimal projected second trust loans of up to $50,000 for In collaboration with private agencies, provide modest, carryover funds from FY 2012. The down payment and closing cost free repairs or renovations to 125 owner-occupied current homeownership counseling assistance to income qualified first- housing units for households at or below HUD’s moderate-income limits. program is also not funded. time homebuyer households, specifically for resale of previously assisted resale The current proposed FY 2013 Budget restricted units and special projects. also calls for the elimination of the Special assistance to City and ACPS employees may also be provided for CDBG Funded Eviction Storage this program. Program. Although no new funding is proposed for the Rental Accessibility Home Rehabilitation Loan Program— Modification Program (RAMP), the Provides no-interest deferred pay- ment loans to low-and moderate- program will continue to operate with income homeowners for home reha- carryover monies. bilitation activities that include energy efficiency improvements. HOMELESS AND SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING Page iii Homelessness Goals: Provide programs and services to prevent homelessness; coordinate programs and services to address the individual needs of homeless individuals and families; provide emergency shelter facilities and transitional housing; and provide transitional and permanent supportive housing for homeless families and individuals. The City’s public and private homeless in Alexandria will homeless service providers be eligible for federal FY 2013 Annual Objectives and Outcomes offer a comprehensive array homeless-services funding. (all subject to available resources) of services and facilities In preparation for the through a continuum of care development of each year’s Provide 145 beds for emergency shelter; HUD system designed to address Continuum of Care, HSCC the needs of persons in the conducts a one-day Performance Provide 67 beds for Winter Shelter; City who are homeless or “point-in-time” count of threatened with homeless- the homeless in a variety of Measure ness. The goal is to promote settings. The City has also Provide 21 units in facility-based transitional/ successful placement in developed a 10-Year Plan permanent housing; Provide permanent, affordable to End Homelessness housing without recurring including Chronic Provide transitional housing in six programs; decent housing episodes of homelessness. Homelessness. with Provide 12 permanent supportive housing beds A Continuum of Care for the chronic homeless; and improved document was developed by Provide 30 homeless households residing in the Homeless Services shelter or overcrowded situations with budget/ affordability Coordinating Committee housing counseling and emergency housing (HSCC) and is revised each payments to move into affordable housing. and/or year for submission to HUD so that agencies and accessibility organizations serving the Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities Goals Promote housing stability for elderly renters and homeowners and enable elderly persons to age successfully in place; promote housing stability for disabled renters. The City promotes housing af- Property Tax Relief Program- FY 2013 Annual Objectives and Outcomes fordability to assist lower-income Provides forgiveness or deferral (all subject to available resources) elderly and frail elderly persons, of real property taxes for and disabled renters and home- income eligible elderly Relieve the housing cost burden for 1,222 owners. The following programs homeowners who are over age income-eligible elderly and/or disabled are offered through the City: 65 and/or who are permanently homeowners under the Real Property Tax Rent Relief Program- disabled. Other guidelines may Relief Program; Provides rent assistance to apply. income eligible elderly and/or Relieve the housing cost burden for 52 income disabled renters who are not eligible and/or disabled renters under the paying income-based rents under Rent Relief Program; and a federal or state assistance program. Provide modifications for one privately-owned rental housing units occupied by disabled Rental Accessibility Modification renters with incomes at or below HUD’s Program (RAMP)- moderate-income limits. Offered to disabled renter households with incomes at or below HUD’s moderate-income limits who are living in privately owned rental properties and require accessibility modifications. HOMELESS AND SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING Page iv Persons Affected by Mental Illness, Intellectual Disabilities and Substance Use Disorders Goal: Deliver compassionate best-practice services that measurably improve the quality of life for Alexandrians affected by mental illness, intellectual disabilities and substance use disorders. FY 2013 Annual Objectives Alexandria Community Another 44 transitional and Outcomes Services Board and and permanent (all subject to available resources) Sheltered Homes of supportive housing beds Alexandria operate that include 3 HUD permanent supportive placement housing for Continue to provide a continuum of housing programs that are residential services to individuals with family households are mental illness, intellectual disabilities Performance open to persons who need also available through and substance use disorders; and supportive housing in 8 programs that group homes and 34 Measure specifically target Continue to manage 50 tenant-based supervised apartments homeless persons in 1 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers to with a combined capacity Provide decent group home and 20 ACSB clients per year. of 130 beds. supervised apartments. housing with improved Persons with HIV/AIDS Goal: The City’s general goal for persons living with HIV/AIDS is to continue to address the housing affordability and supportive service needs of such persons and their families. and accessibility FY 2013 Annual Objectives and Outcomes Northern Virginia Family other housing services (all subject to available resources) Services (NVFS) offers including housing and long-term tenant-based financial counseling Maintain tenant-based rental housing rental assistance to and emergency utility vouchers to provide rent subsidies to persons living with AIDS. assistance, which are income eligible persons living with HIV/ This program provides provided on a regional AIDS and their families, including providing Tenant Based Rental Assistance Vouchers vouchers to eligible basis and are available to an estimated 10 Alexandrians, and households living in the to Alexandrians living providing short-term rental housing City of Alexandria. NVFS with HIV/AIDS. assistance and short-term security deposit also offers short-term assistance to 10 Alexandria households. housing assistance and Persons with Physical and Sensory Disabilities Goal: Promote housing stability and accessibility for disabled renters and homeowners with incomes at or below HUD’s moderate-income limits. The City’s objectives HUD’s moderate-income FY 2013 Annual Objectives involving the use of limits. The City’s Rental and Outcomes resources to rehabilitate Accessibility Modification (all subject to available resources) existing ownership and Program (RAMP) provides rental housing for grants to assist with the Support accessibility modifications accessibility purposes are costs associated with in three existing privately-owned intended to increase the retrofitting rental units. rental housing units occupied by supply of accessible housing disabled renters with incomes at or and to improve quality of below HUD’s moderate-income life without creating undue limits. financial burden for persons with disabilities whose incomes are at or below OTHER Page v Non-Housing Community Development Goal: Improve Alexandria’s economy and create jobs through a variety of economic development activities. The City provides the infra- structTuhree , Csietyrv picreosv iadneds othteh einr f r a structure, FY 2013 Annual Objectives and Outcomes economic development incen- services and other economic development (all subject to available resources) tives to attract businesses that incentives to attract businesses that will will create jobs in low-income create jobs in low-income neighborhoods. It Provide job training to 4,573 residents neighborhoods. It is anticipat- is anticipated that job training will be including persons with incomes at or below ed that job training will be provided to over 4,250 residents per year. HUD’s moderate-income limits; and provided to over 2000 citizens The City’s economic development efforts per year. are directed toward building a stable Continue to convene an implementation economy and a diversified business base advisory group to help implement the HUD recommendations of the 2003 Arlandria Plan capable of supporting job growth, and, as it relates to economic development, to commercial development, professional and Performance prioritize projects in the Plan for CIP funding, retail trades and tourism activities that considering goals such as economic contribute to an expanded tax base. development, incentives for redevelopment, Measure public safety, and community identity. Provide EVALUATION OF PAST PERFORMANCE economic opportunity The City of Alexandria did well in achieving, meeting or exceeding its program goals during City FY 2011, the first year of the 2011-2015 Five-Year Consolidated Plan period. For example, 170% of the first-year goal was achieved in providing transportation and up to 60 days of storage to 37 low-income households facing eviction; 104% of the first-year goal was achieved in providing 101 income eligible elderly and disabled households with rent assistance; 100% of the first-year goal was met in providing 28 low-and moderate-income first-time homebuyers with down payment and closing cost assistance; 79% of the first-year goal was achieved in assisting 1,200 elderly and disabled households under the Real Property Tax Relief Program; and 70% of the first-year goal was met in completing rehabilitation work for 7 extremely low-, low-, and moderate - income households. A total of 67 beds continued to be available for homeless persons living outdoors during hazardous weather exposure, and 41 permanent and supportive housing units continued to be maintained to assist 151 low-income persons with mental health, intellectual disabilities, and/or substance use disorders. Details of other past performance are found in the City’s FY 2011 Consolidated Annual Performance Report (CAPER). CDBG and HOME Geographic Distribution Unless otherwise indicated in the Action Plan, the geographic area to be served by programs supported with CDBG and HOME funds during City FY 2013 will be the entire City of Alexandria, which includes areas of minority concentration. Page vi CDBG and HOME Funded Programs Program Proposed FY 2013 Federal FY 2013 Performance Funding Measure Affordable Housing Development/Preservation $ 1 , 939,409 (New HOME - $336,639; HOME 2 Projects Assistance Match - $71,073; HOME Carryover - $1,531,697) Home Rehabilitation Loan Program $973,184 (New CDBG -$464,867; Carryover- 9 Units $383,317; Program Income - $125,000) Homeownership Assistance Program $61,000 (Projected CDBG Program Income- 2 Units $25,000; Projected HOME Program Income- $36,000) Rental Accessibility Modification Program $57,500 (CDBG Carryover) 1 Units Transitional Assistance Program $52,000 (New CDBG) 30 Households Winter Shelter $20,000 (New CDBG) 67 Beds Fair Housing Testing $21,383 (New CDBG - $11,383; Carryover- One Round of Testing $10,000) Program Administration $167,146 (New CDBG - $129,986; New n/a HOME - $37,157) Other Major Federally Funded Housing Programs Program Projected FY 2013 Federal FY 2013 Performance Funding Measure Resolution 830 (Public and Replacement Housing) $6.6 Million 1,150 Units Housing Choice Voucher Program $19.4Million 1,450 Vouchers Private Owned Subsidized Rental Units LIHTC, Tax-Exempt Bonds, Section 8 2,560 Units Project Based Emergency Shelter $164,163 145 Beds Safe Haven $54,608 12 Beds ACSB Transitional/Permanent Supportive $402,638 44 Beds Housing HOPWA (Long-term Tenant Based) $87,120 10 Vouchers Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Response $625,000 249 Persons Emergency (CARE) Summary of Comments and Reviews The FY 2013 Action Plan was made available for public comment beginning April 2, 2012 and ending Wednesday, May 2, 2012. A public hearing was held on Saturday, April 14, 2012, in the City Council Chambers, located on the second floor of Alexandria City Hall, 301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Copies of the FY 2013 Action Plan was available for review beginning Monday, April 2 at the Office of Housing, 421 King Street, Suite 200, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The FY 2013 Action Plan was also available on the City’s website at alexandriava.gov/Housing and for review at the following City libraries: BEATLEY CENTRAL LIBRARY: 5005 Duke Street, Alexandria BARRETT BRANCH LIBRARY: 717 Queen Street, Alexandria BURKE BRANCH LIBRARY: 4701 Seminary Road, Alexandria DUNCAN BRANCH LIBRARY: 2501 Commonwealth Avenue, Alexandria The FY 2013 Action Plan was in a format accessible to persons with disabilities, upon request. Written comments could be delivered to the Office of Housing or emailed to [email protected]. No public comments were made or received during the comment period. The FY 2013 Action Plan was approved by City Council on Tuesday, May 8, 2013 at the City Council Legislative Meeting located on the second floor of Alexandria City Hall. City of Alexandria, VA– City FY 2013 Action Plan 3 Proof of Publication Figure 1: Proof of English Publication for the 30-Day Comment Period Comment Period Introduction The City of Alexandria FY 2013 Action Plan serves as the application for the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2012 allocations of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership funds. The FY 2013 Action Plan covers the period beginning July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. It describes how City programs and activities will be carried out to promote the third year of the City’s FY 2011- 2015 Consolidated Plan goals, as well as how federal, state, City, and private funds will be allocated to address the housing and community development needs of the low- to moderate-income populations, homeless and special needs populations, and any target areas the City has identified. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires entitlement grantees to submit an Annual Action Plan as a condition of the receipt of funding under the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships (HOME), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and Emergency Solution Grant (ESG), previously named the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG). The City is an entitlement grantee under the CDBG and HOME programs, but not under the ESG and HOPWA programs. However, the City receives ESG funds through the state’s allocation and HOPWA funds from a HUD allocation to the entire Washington, DC Metropolitan area. Note: The City is in the process of developing a citywide Housing Master Plan, which will establish a comprehensive vision to guide future development with the goals of preserving and enhancing affordable housing opportunities, community diversity, and economic sustainability. The draft Housing Master Plan is expected to be released during spring 2012.