Q&A
Home First program funding and call for increased federal support
2:09:33
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Council Member Diana Ayala inquires about the funding for the Home First program. HPD officials provide details on current funding sources and amounts, and emphasize the need for increased federal support.
- Home First program currently uses HOME funds and can now use capital funds
- $10 million in HOME funding, with an additional $5 million in capital added this year
- HPD calls for increased federal support for HOME funds
Diana Ayala
2:09:33
No.
2:09:34
I I appreciate that.
2:09:35
Can you tell me what the the final my final question to what the home first program funding is?
2:09:40
What is the funding for that program?
Kim Darga
2:09:42
What are we using right now?
Yoselin Genao-Estrella
2:09:43
Uh-huh.
Kim Darga
2:09:44
So we're using home funds right now.
2:09:47
We are we can now use capital as well.
2:09:50
So we did put $5,000,000.
2:09:52
There's $5,000,000 in the budget this year to be able to expand what we can do in the home.
2:09:58
So we added I think we have 10,000,000 overall in home funding.
2:10:03
We added 5,000,000 in capital this year.
2:10:05
We are hoping to be able to serve more homeowners, and we're trying to figure out now if we also expand to moderate in home households.
2:10:15
It is an up to a $100,000 that is available per first time home buyer.
Ahmed Tagani
2:10:21
And the message hasn't come through in addition to, like, tech capacity.
2:10:25
Federal support for increased home funds would be great.
2:10:28
So we'll make sure that we're letting you know about the things that we're pushing our federal partners on and could use support.
Diana Ayala
2:10:35
Thank you.
