The County of Butte (County) has been awarded federal Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), as appropriated under Public Law 116-20, for the Disaster Recovery Multifamily Housing Program (DR-MHP). This will provide funding for new construction and rehabilitation of affordable multifamily housing in designated areas impacted by the wildfire of November 2018 (DR 4407). The County was awarded a total of $61,361,926 to fund program administration and production of housing units affordable for low to moderate income households within multifamily projects, with $56,000,000 set aside to award to qualifying projects. Of this amount, $53,114,488 has been recommended by the County to HCD for awards through RFP #1 (RFP 08-22), leaving a balance of $2,885,512 available through this RFP #2. In addition to funding that is available in this RFP #2, the State of California Proposed Action Plan for Recovery related to the Camp Fire has a Phase II set-aside of $23,606,779, which is called a Phase II allocation, proposed to be available to all jurisdictions at a later date. HCD has indicated Phase II funds are available to all cities and counties where there remains a demonstrated need. Cities and counties can apply for additional funds from the Phase II funds if they have additional multifamily housing needs. If the County receives projects demonstrating need in excess of the $2,885,512 in its current allocation, it will apply to HCD for the use of the Phase II funds for these projects. The County DR-MHP funds may be spent throughout the County, including the unincorporated areas of the County and within the incorporated jurisdictions of the Cities of Chico, Oroville, Gridley, and Biggs, and the Town of Paradise. Butte County Administration seeks proposals from experienced affordable multifamily housing developers to access DR-MHP funds. Please see attached RFP 46-22 for all details.
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