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PROPOSED USE OF FY 97 � COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS Decent. Safe. Affordable Housin� Weatherization and Energy Conservation Improvements $35gp0p The Environment and Energy Resource Center (EERC) implements a deferred repayment loan prOgram for energy conserving home improvements including window replacement. insulation, and water heaters. Suburban households with incomes less than 80 percent of the median income for the metropolitan area (543,500 for a family of four) may qualify for up to 57�000 in financing. EERC funding is also used for emergency improvements such as when a furnace must be replaced in the middle of winter. Funds are combined with MN Housing Finance Agency, NSP, and projected program income of about $13,000 to efFieiently address improvements designed to reduce fuel and other housing costs, maintain property values and stabilize neighborhoods. Since 1986 when the program was started, EERC has performed energy audits and made weatherization improvements to 380 homes in suburban Ramsey County. This allocation will bring the total funds made a�ailable to weatherization improvements to 52,22 1,000. Residential Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation $166,643(FY97�l�nds) $291,570 (FY 96 �lmds) Ramsey County through a contract with Saint Paul PED will make approximately 40 deferred loans a�ailable to very low income single-family homeowners in the suburban area. Rehabilitation loans may be made for up to S 15,000; however since the program began in 1988, the average loan has been $9,950. The program witi also be using $291,670 in previously allocated funding plus program income of an estimated $20,000 resulting in a�ailable funding for the fiscal year of $450,000. Since 1986 when the program was initiated, PED has inspected and rehabilitated more than 225 homes in suburban Ramsey County. This allocation will bring the total funds committed to maintaining and improving the e�sting housing stock to $2,115,866. Affordable Housing - Share A Home $15,000 Lutheran Social Services will use the allocation in combination with other sources of funding for staff who match elderly, handicapped, single-parents and other low-income families who have housing with those who need it. This frquently enables older homeowners to remain in their homes. A minimum of 26 matches are expected which prevent the unnecessary placement of individuals in nursing homes, aid the progress of single parents toward self-suffkiency and reduce potential for homelessness. Safer Homes - Burn/Fire and Carbon Monoxide Prevention $ I5,000 Ramsey County Public Health will use funding to educate families served by the WIC Program about the dangers of fire and scalding and carbon monoxide. Families will receive smoke detectors, hot water gauges, and/or CO detectors and instructions on their use at the 12 suburban clinic locations. About 10001ow income families arc expected to benefit from this intensive home safety effort. n:Uva�projsumm.wpd 1 �