APPENDIX E City of Pawtucket HOME Program Site and Neighborhood Standards Policy and Procedures Background HOME Program regulations at 24 CFR 92.202(b) state that for new construction of rental for making the determination that proposed housing “a participating jurisdiction is responsible sites for new construction meet the requirements in 24 CFR 983.6(b).” In order to properly conduct and document the review required by the regulations, the following policy and procedures are used: City staff will perform a HUD Site and Neighborhood Standard Standards review for all new construction rental projects requesting HOME Program funds. This review will occur as a part of the staff underwriting process after receipt of the funding application and before any funding recommendation is made to the board. Procedure All HOME project files shall contain a Site and Neighborhood Standards “HUD review”. During the staff underwriting phase staff will perform this review by completing the and “Site Neighborhood Standards the requirements at 24 CFR 983.6(b). The Checklist” which includes CD Program Manager will review and sign off on the determination. For the purposes of the of minority concentration” shall be defined as census review, “areas tracts where the percentage of any minority group is greater than or equal to twice the percentage in the population of the jurisdiction as a whole as based on the most recent census data. For the purposes of the of low/moderate income concentration” shall be defined review, “areas as census tracts where 51% or more of the residents are at or below 80% of area median income as determined by HUD. In order to determine the census tract of the proposed project site, and to determine whether the census tract meets the definition of of minority staff shall use the US an “area concentration”, Census American Fact Finder website: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. In order to determine whether the census tract meets the definition of of low and an “area moderate income staff shall use by concentration”, “Summarized Low/Mod Data” provided HUD for the jurisdiction at .
APPENDIX E City of Pawtucket HOME Program Site and Neighborhood Standards Policy and Procedures Background HOME Program regulations at 24 CFR 92.202(b) state that for new construction of rental housing “a participating jurisdiction is responsible for making the determination that proposed sites for new construction meet the requirements in 24 CFR 983.6(b).” In order to properly conduct and document the review required by the regulations, the following policy and procedures are used: City staff will perform a HUD Site and Neighborhood Standard Standards review for all new construction rental projects requesting HOME Program funds. This review will occur as a part of the staff underwriting process after receipt of the funding application and before any funding recommendation is made to the board. Procedure All HOME project files shall contain a “HUD Site and Neighborhood Standards review”. During the staff underwriting phase staff will perform this review by completing the “Site and Neighborhood Standards Checklist” which includes the requirements at 24 CFR 983.6(b). The CD Program Manager will review and sign off on the determination. For the purposes of the review, “areas of minority concentration” shall be defined as census tracts where the percentage of any minority group is greater than or equal to twice the percentage in the population of the jurisdiction as a whole as based on the most recent census data. For the purposes of the review, “areas of low/moderate income concentration” shall be defined as census tracts where 51% or more of the residents are at or below 80% of area median income as determined by HUD. In order to determine the census tract of the proposed project site, and to determine whether the census tract meets the definition of an “area of minority concentration”, staff shall use the US Census American Fact Finder website: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. In order to determine whether the census tract meets the definition of an “area of low and moderate income concentration”, staff shall use “Summarized Low/Mod Data” provided by HUD for the jurisdiction at .
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