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To:	Contra Costa County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
From:	Joseph Villarreal, Housing Authority
Date:	March 9, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 5233 RECOGNIZING HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE EAST BAY AND SILICON VALLEY FOR THEIR ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY

Action of Board On: 03/09/2021

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, Commissioner
Candace Andersen, Commissioner
Diane Burgis, Commissioner
Karen Mitchoff, Commissioner
Federal D. Glover, Commissioner

Contact:

925-957-8028

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 9, 2021
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BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATIONS

ADOPT Resolution No. 5233 recognizing Habitat for Humanity of the East Bay and Silicon Valley for their ongoing partnership with the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa (HACCC).

BACKGROUND

Since July 2018, Habitat for Humanity counselors facilitated over 350 one-to-one financial counseling appointments with FSS families. In these meetings, financial counselors work directly with FSS families to develop an individualized budget, review a free copy of the family’s credit report and draft an action plan for accomplishing financial goals. Habitat for Humanity of the East Bay and Silicon Valley also facilitated moe than ten (10) Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Certified Homeownership Workshops with over 400 FSS and Homeownership Path families. These workshops prepare FSS members for the home buying process, promote progress on FSS employment goals and create opportunities for members to join together with peers on the path to self-sufficiency.

BACKGROUND (CONT'D)

FSS and Homeownership Path families who engage the one-to-one financial counseling and workshops are offered the HACCC Homeownership Option Pre-Application. The first of this group of applicants closed on their new home in May 2019. The programming guidance provided by Habitat for Humanity of the East Bay and Silicon Valley was essential to improving FSS program outcomes. This partnership makes it possible for HACCC to integrate financial empowerment opportunities with housing subsidies and

workforce development programming. By joining these services, HACCC’s asset building model FSS program offers Contra Costa County working families a bridge out of poverty.

FISCAL IMPACT

None. Habitat for Humanity of the East Bay and Silicon Valley works with participants of HACCC’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program free of charge to participants and HACCC.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION

None. Information item only.