2005 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report

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2005 CAPER

Executive Summary

Introduction

What's in the CAPER

Public Participation

Summary of
Accomplishments

Administration

Planning

Monitoring

HOME Unit
Inspections

        Institutional
        Structure and
        Cooperation

Pursuing Additional
Resources

Anti-Poverty
Strategy

Summary of
Annual Objectives

Affordable Housing

Outcome Indicators

Output Measures

Overview

City Housing
Ordinances

Fair Housing

Continuum of Care

Lead Paint

Public Housing

Goals, Strategies &
Funded Activities

Priority 1: Produce
Affordable Housing

       Priority 2: Promote
       Homeownership and
       Household Mobility

       Priority 3: Preserve
       and Upgrade the
       Existing Housing
       Stock

Priority 4: Protect
the Vulnerable

       Priority 5: Press
       Regional Solutions
       to Housing Issues

Economic Development

Outcome Indicators

Outputs

Overview

Technical Assistance

Tax Incentives

Refugee and DBE
Businesses

Major Development
Projects

Goals, Strategies &
Funded Activities

Priority 1: A Strong
and Vital Downtown

Priority 2:
Waterfront

       Priority 3: North
       Street and Other
       Neighborhood
       Activity Centers

       Priority 4: South End
       Arts & Business
       District (Enterprise
       Zone)

Priority 5: Intervale

       Priority 6: Growth
       and Development of
       Locally-Owned
       Businesses

       Priority 7:
       Brownfield
       Redevelopment

       Priority 8: Equal
       Opportunity /
       Livable Wage /
       Child Care

Priority 9:
Transportation

Priority 10:
Targeted Industries

       Priority 11:
       Cooperative
       Relationships

Social Services

Outcome Indicators

Output Measures

Overview

Homelessness and
Housing Retention

Food Security

Seniors and People
with Disabilities

Early
Childhood/Childcare

Health and Public
Safety

       Youth After School &
       Summer
       Recreational
       Programming

Goals, Strategies &
Funded Activities

Priority 1: Basic
Services

Priority 2: Families
and Youth

       Priority 3: Seniors
       and People with
       Disabilities

       Priority 4: Equal
       Access / Civil and
       Human Rights

       Priority 5: Health,
       Prevention, Public
       Safety and Quality
       of Life

Neighborhood
Development

Outcome Indicators

Output Measures

Overview

Goals, Strategies &
Funded Activities

       Priority 1:
       Neighborhood
       Infrastructure and
       Public Facilities

       Priority 2:
       Environmental
       Quality

Priority 3:
Waterfront

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2005 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report
Housing Goals, Strategies and Funded Activities

Priority 3: Preserve and Upgrade the Existing Housing Stock

Goal: Existing affordable housing, whether subsidized or not, is preserved and no residents live in substandard conditions.

Five-Year Focus:

Adopt a flexible rehab sub-code that provides clear guidelines for each category of rehabilitation, increases the predictability for property owners and reduces the cost of rehabilitation.
Evaluate Housing Preservation and Replacement ordinance to determine if it impedes new housing development or housing rehabilitation.
Increase the use of tax sales of delinquent properties for fairness to other taxpayers and to create housing rehabilitation opportunities.
Encourage and support the Vermont Housing Finance Agency in an effort to secure voluntary affordability preservation agreements for those privately owned Section 8 and Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) developments without such protections.
Enact an ordinance that requires every rental property placed on the market for sale to be inspected for Minimum Housing Code compliance prior to sale.
Promote use of the federal Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit program among Burlington property owners.
Continue to operate and augment the resources for a rehabilitation program for privately owned rental housing (RePAIR).
Ask the Vermont Commissioner of Banking, Insurance and Health Care Access to investigate rapidly escalating insurance costs for multi-family rental property and housing designed for people with special needs or to explore more affordable alternatives to private-sector insurance.
Support a statewide rental housing inspection program for communities that do not already have a local inspection program, designed so as to address any potential loss of housing through the provision of relocation benefits for tenants by enforcement actions and financial resources to help property owners bring their units up to code or to build replacement units.
Rehabilitate sub-standard housing through loans and grants provided by the City's Home Improvement Program to owner-occupants of 1 to 4 unit buildings.
Support the housing repair and rehabilitation work of nonprofit housing organizations.

Annual Action Plan

The City expended Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and/or HOME funds on the following projects and programs in program years 2003-05 to further the priority of preserving and upgrading the existing housing stock:

Project Title	Relation to Consolidated Plan	Program Year	CDBG Funds Expended	HOME Funds Expended	Other Funds Leveraged	Projected Accomplishments	Actual Accomplishments
Burlington Community Land Trust	Organizational support for program delivery costs and for project costs of nonprofit housing developers	2003	$12,014	$0	$904,001	Rehab 20 rental units in the Old North End	Completed rehab of 20 rental units at 115 Archibald, 259 No. Winooski, 257 No. Winooski, 211 Park, 58 No. Champlain, 75 North St.
		2003	$930	$0	$3,500	Provide 5 rehab loans to homeowners	Completed rehab of 1 owner-occupied unit
		2004	$80,991	$0	$2,128,600	Provide housing rehab loans to 2 homeowners	No rehab loans reported
		2004	$80,991	$0	$2,128,600	Acquire and rehab 28 rental units in the Old North End	Predevelopment underway
		2005	$33,666	$0	$1,161,567	Acquire and rehab 28 rental units in the Old North End	2 properties acquired, purchase of 4 more in process

Burlington Housing Initiatives Program	Sliding scale loans for emergency home repairs, grants for residential accessibility modifications, free paint, special projects grants for homeless shelters, down payment assistance, lead paint abatement, technical and funding support for housing production and rehabilitation	2003	$139,940	$133,242	$229,826 (including $22,727 in Section 108 loans)	Provide technical / financial assistance to rehab 50 apartments through RePAIR	Major rehab of 3 units at 128 North St. and 2 units at 19-21 Decatur St. completed
						Provide smoke detector rebates for 20 Section 8 apartments	Provided rebates for 32 Section 8 apartments
						Provide HOME funds for rehab of 35 units	Loan in process for Peterson Place (13 units)Refinanced 20 ECHO units (see BCLT, above)
						Provide CDBG and HOME loans for homeowner rehab of 17 units	Provided CDBG assistance for 4 owner-occupied units
						Provide paint grants for 50 units	Provided grants for 19 units
		2004	$7,688	$ 886,837	$2,701,500 (including $1,104,000 in Section 108 loans)	Provide technical / financial assistance to rehab 45 apartments through RePAIR	Provided assistance for 19 apartments
						Provide smoke detector rebates for 40 Section 8 apartments	Smoke detectors rebates provided for 27 units
						Provide HOME funds for rehab of 43 units	Provided funds for rehab of 95 units
						Provide CDBG and HOME loans for homeowner rehab of 17 units	Provided no loans this year
						Provide paint grants for 60 units	Paint grants provided for 24 units
						Reduce lead hazards in 50 units	Reduced hazards in 27 units
						Pursue policy-related implementation strategies for this priority	Initial stage of developing local lead paint and carbon monoxide ordinances Exploring ways to mitigate impact of recent reappraisal on Section 8 landlords
		2005	$121,574	$580,681	$924,960	Provide technical / financial assistance to rehab 15 apartments through RePAIR	Provided assistance for 21 apartments
						Provide smoke detector rebates for 8 Section 8 apartments	Provided rebates for 6 units
						Provide HOME funds for rehab of 336 units	Northgate project (336 units) completed
						Provide CDBG and HOME loans for homeowner rehab of 5 units	Provided loans for 4 units
						Provide paint grants for 15 units	Provided grants for 8 units
						Reduce lead hazards in 80 units	Reduced hazards in 34 units
						Pursue policy-related implementation strategies for this priority	Vigorous enforcement of minimum housing code and vacant building ordinance, lead safety ordinance pending Council action

Cathedral Square Corporation	Preserve Heineberg Senior Housing	2004	$13,000	$145,000	$4,652,409	Rehab 8 units of senior housing after acquiring 82-unit building	Property acquired 2 bathrooms made accessible, work continuing on 3 more bathrooms plus 5 kitchens
Cathedral Square Corporation	Preserve Heineberg Senior Housing	2005	$2,000	$145,000	$4,652,409		Project complete

Lake Champlain Housing Development Corporation	Organizational support for program delivery costs and for project costs of nonprofit housing developers	2004	$0	$0	$0	Rehab 9 permanent supportive units on Archibald Street	Postponed
Lake Champlain Housing Development Corporation		2005	$0	$0	$0	Preserve 80 affordable units at Salmon Run	Postponed

YouthBuild Burlington	Build and rehabilitate affordable housing while training and educating at-risk and out-of-school youth	2003	$5,034	$0	$2,957	Create/rehab 2 units	Rehabbed 1 unit
		2003	$5,034	$0	$2,957	Train 20 youth	Trained 14 youth
		2004	$10,513	$0	$34,145	Create/rehab 1 unit	Construction underway
		2004	$10,513	$0	$34,145	Train 8 youth	8 youth trained
		2005	$49,487	$0	$81,500	Create/rehab 2 units	Constrruction complete at 24 Volz St.
		2005	$49,487	$0	$81,500	Train 13 youth	13 youth trained

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