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HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF DUPAGE AND
CATHOLIC CHARITIES, DIOCESE OF JOLIET, INC.
PROJECT HM21-02a - $300,000
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WHEREAS, the Illinois General Assembly has granted COUNTY authority to make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to the property and concerns of the county necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers (Illinois Compiled Statutes, Chapter 55, paragraphs 5/5-1005), and to enter into agreements for the purposes of receiving funds from the United States government under the “Housing and Community Development Act of 1974”, the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, and COUNTY may disburse those funds and other county funds for community development and other housing program activities (Illinois Complied Statutes, Chapter 55, paragraph 5/5 1093); and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY has applied to HUD for HOME Investment Partnerships Act funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) as provided by the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended (Title II, Pub. L. 101-625) (“ACT”); and
WHEREAS, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, DIOCESE OF JOLIET, INC., an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, (hereinafter called “SUBRECIPIENT”), having a principal place of business at 16555 Weber Rd., Crest Hill, IL 60403 has been selected as a SUBRECIPIENT to receive a portion of COUNTY’S HOME funds to be used for eligible costs associated with Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) known as HOME project HM21-02a; and
WHEREAS, HOME funding was identified for the TBRA Program as part of the 2021 Action Plan under Resolution HHS-R-0086-21 as part of the 2020-2024 DuPage County Consolidated Plan submitted to HUD for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program under Resolution #HHS-R-0068-20; and
WHEREAS, on October 3, 2023 the DuPage HOME Advisory Group and on November 7, 2023 the County Human Services Committee has recommended funding Three Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($300,000) for eligible costs associated with Tenant Based Rental Assistance; and
WHEREAS, an Agreement has been prepared requiring compliance with HOME requirements, and said Agreement has been approved by CATHOLIC CHARITIES, DIOCESE OF JOLIET, INC.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Chair of the DuPage County Board is authorized and directed to execute said Agreement on behalf of DuPage County and the Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest to such execution and affix the official seal thereto; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the DuPage County Board, or his designee, is authorized and directed to execute additional documents that may be required to complete the transaction on behalf of DuPage County and the Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest to such execution and affix the official seal thereto; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the DuPage County Board is hereby authorized to approve amendments to PROJECT HM21-02a so long as such amendments further the completion of the project and are in accordance with regulations applicable to the HOME Investment Partnerships Act and the policies of DuPage County; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk be directed to send certified copies of this Resolution to CATHOLIC CHARITIES, DIOCESE OF JOLIET, INC. 16555 Weber Rd., Crest Hill, IL 60403; and the Community Development Commission.
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Enacted and approved this 14th of November, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK