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Resolution to Dissolve the Housing and Human Services Advisory Board and Amend the Ann Arbor Affordable Housing Fund Guidelines
Memorandum
Staff are recommending the dissolution of the Housing and Human Services Advisory Board (HHSAB) and amending the Ann Arbor Affordable Housing Fund (AAAHF) Guidelines to remove the HHSAB and Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development from the process.
The City of Ann Arbor's Community Development Department merged with Washtenaw County's Office of Community and Economic Development in 2005. At the time, the City had several advisory boards, including the Human Services Advisory Board, the Housing Policy Board and the HUD Waiver and Review Board that were supported by City of Ann Arbor staff. Over time, these boards changed and were supported by Washtenaw County OCED staff. In 2007, the Human Services and Housing Policy boards merged to form the Housing and Human Services Advisory Board (HHSAB). The purpose of the merged board was to develop policy recommendations for City Council regarding affordable housing and human service issues and to make recommendations to City Council related to human services general funds and federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for nonprofit agencies and HOME and Ann Arbor Affordable Housing Fund funds for housing studies and housing development related activities.
The function of the HHSAB and its predecessor boards have evolved over time. Since 2009 the functions related to CDBG and HOME are now the responsibility of the Washtenaw Urban County Executive Committee, which includes a member from the City of Ann Arbor along with 20 other local governments, with the Washtenaw County OCED serving as the lead administrative agency for these HUD funds. Likewise, the City's general funds for human services, previously known as Coordinated Funding, and now known as the New Human Services Partnership, is administered by County OCED staff with funding allocation...
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