AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM
(HOME)

2008 Fall Funding Request For Proposals Now Available

Click on the links below to download copies of the Affordable Housing Program (AHP)
Program Policies and Guidelines and Application

ADVANCE FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT (WORD)

PROGRAM POLICIES AND GUIDELINES (PDF)

APPLICATION (WORD)

APPLICATION SPREADSHEETS (EXCEL) Form's 10A, 10B, 11B, 12A, 13A, 13B, 14A, and 14B

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Each year the Spokane County Housing and Community Development Department receives a formula allocation of HOME funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) For the 2008 Program Year (July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009), Spokane County anticipates receiving $729,105. These funds will be allocated through a competitive application process by Spokane County.

Please contact Richard Culton (509) 477-4487 for more information on the
Affordable Housing Program.

HOME is the centerpiece program of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA), officially entitled the HOME Investment Partnerships Act.  The Home Program is intended to achieve three specific goals:  1.    To expand the supply of decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing with the primary focus on housing for low, very low, and extremely low-income families.  2.  To strengthen the ability of local governments to design and implement strategies for achieving adequate supplies of decent, affordable housing.  3.  To encourage public, private, and non-profit partnerships to address affordable housing needs.

2008 HOME INCOME LIMITS AND HOME PROGRAM RENTS (pdf) These updated amounts are effective as of March 2008.

 

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN HOME OWNERSHIP?
Spokane County Housing and Community Development has entered into an agreement with Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs to administer our ADDI funds.  This program will provide $10,000.00 in the form of a forgivable loan, to qualified first time homebuyers.
Click here for more information on the American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI)

 

Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and Fair Housing Plan.pdf

As part of the jurisdiction's obligation to affirmatively further fair housing, the jurisdiction must undertake the completion of an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice as well as a Fair Housing Plan. This document will summarized both the analysis completed by the County as well as the strategies developed to address the barriers to housing choice.

HUD has included a wide array of potential issues under the umbrella of "impediments to fair housing choice."  An impediment restricts housing choice for persons who are part of a federally protected classification.

HUD defines an impediment to fair housing choice as any action, omission or decision in a jurisdiction:

•  Taken because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin that restricts housing choice or the availability of housing choice;
• That constitutes a violation, or potential violation, of the Fair Housing Act;
• That is counterproductive to fair housing choice, such as community resistance when minorities, persons with disabilities and /or low-income persons first move into white and/or moderate income areas, or resistance to the siting of housing facilities for persons with disabilities; or
• That has the effect of restricting housing opportunities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin.

Spokane County
Housing and Community Development Department
312 W. 8th Avenue, Fourth Floor
Spokane, WA  99204
(509) 477-2521 Fax:  (509) 477-2561

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