So, what I want what I wanted to make sure was highlighted is that the reason for the um tableabling to this particular um session was because our original which was approved in 2023 um was changed and the new policy brought forth um was changing the um focus or the particular um objective for that particular uhou which was to to invest uh in marginally representative um uh black foundational families because of the disparity in um home ownership. And so based on supposedly federal compliance, we were being instructed to to make that change.

So, either you could we could just reflect the record with kind of those simple amendments um and and have that corrected. You can adopt it as amended or we could come back with an amended u minutes and have you approve those. It either way I think will work.

At this point, the developer would be applying for the tax credits and it's a very competitive application process. So, it requires us as a city to commit to providing financial assistance through that process if the funds are awarded. So, that's really what we're asking you to do today.

My only concern is, and Administrator Aves knows that this is probably coming, but I really need, and I'm going to ask for this again, is I'd really like to see a current spend of LAA, a already projected spend, and what we've committed already, just because I know that this is LA is something that they're stating is guaranteed, but I don't want to say anything is guaranteed anymore.

I've always said this and I continue to say this. Um if I can't live there, then I don't want to be a part of it. It's it's really simple. It's pretty black and white. So, you know, when I look at a project like uh the Adora, I see a lot of potential, a lot of opportunity.

So this formally identifies a funding source for the program which is local affordable housing aid or LAAHA dollars. Um it spells out the funding flow. So, it would allow us to issue that first annual payment to Habitat upon execution and then release future installments, not more than annually, but once Habitat submits evidence of qualifying expenditures.

Is it just annually or can we adjust that to be bianually?

So, you can see we kind of quite a range that we could have for this potential project. And we've really come up with two options that we've taken our time and gone through the bids of what we can do with this property.

primarily the benefit of a third bedroom uh in this marketplace right now based on what I'm hearing and I've experienced and and trying to place people in in in housing who have been homeless. The need is there.

I'm good with demolishing. I do think it's going to end up costing a lot more um just with costs. I don't think they're going to I wish that I could say that they were going to get cheaper. I just and once you get into foundation, being a construction worker's daughter, you just never know what you're going to get into once you start working with that foundation. So, that does terrify me a little bit.

I want this property to remain with the city with the H and it remain an affordable lot, however property, however it is done. So that I think meets our mission statement and and everything.

However, since that time, um, the city has passed a missing middle housing ordinance that allows for some some new housing types to be built in the city. And so some of those include triplexes, detached town homes. Um there are various other housing types that are now opportunities that were not opportunities at the time of those discussions.

Can you explain what the difference is with a detached townhouse versus I mean, I understand they're detached. I get that, but what what what makes it a detached townhouse versus just a single family home?

I do have a bit of a concern with the triplexes and you know when you have shared the shared walls but you don't have an HO and I don't want it the city to get into an HOA. I I don't think that's the direction we need to go. But when you have the upkeep and it comes time to it needs a new roof, what if two out of three parties can't afford it or you know there's just and having sold some twin homes that don't have an HOA? It's just it's a concern for those owners and are those houses going to be as wellkept as you know the single family one is the detached one who's not relying on someone else for money.

I know it's been a while since we've updated on this one. So, I just wanted to give you a quick update that the H approved moving forward with five contracts. One of the groups did decline because of the um state the reporting requirements. However, we are actively working with four partners. It's been a little bit slower than we expected to get those funds out the door. So, we're going to be working with our partners to determine what the barriers are and you know what we can do to respond.

I know one of the major issues that I've heard about is the fact of the reporting is the fact that, um, whether citizenship or not, um, there is a marginalized community that really does not want any their names documented anywhere. Um, I don't know how we get around that, but I'm I'm putting a challenge out there to see is there anything that is there anything that can be done um to help with that. I I I understand we have to report I it's a catch you know it's such a tough situation but I know that that's one of the biggest impacts is um there's a big fear in reporting whether no matter immigration status there's just a huge fear of going into a database.

So, the 21st Century Road to Housing Act is federal legislation, and the goal on that is to address the growing housing crisis, and it's a these days rare bipartisan bill that's received a lot of support.