Approve guidelines for Richmond CARES housing assistance program
In Plain English
The Richmond CARES Program provides housing assistance to residents facing financial hardship. The city needs formal guidelines to operate the program effectively. The resolution also directs staff to explore creating a joint authority with other agencies to implement broader housing recovery efforts.
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Votes
Motion to end debate · Official minutes
End debate
3 aye · 2 nay · 1 abstain
Why This Vote Matters
A motion to end debate on housing assistance program guidelines failed in a divided vote, with Beckles, Butt, and McLaughlin supporting the motion while Boozé and Rogers opposed it, and Myrick abstaining. This procedural vote means the council will continue discussing the Richmond CARES Program, which provides housing help to residents facing financial hardship. The resolution would establish formal operating guidelines for the program and direct staff to explore partnering with other agencies on broader housing recovery efforts. The failed motion suggests some council members wanted more discussion before potentially voting on the housing assistance guidelines.
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Motion · Official minutes
Adopt Resolution No. 120-13 approving certain guidelines for Richmond CARES Program and restating desire for staff to work towards Joint Powers Authority for purposes of implementing Housing Recovery Program
4 aye · 2 nay
Why This Vote Matters
The council approved formal guidelines for the Richmond CARES Program, which provides housing assistance to residents facing financial hardship, in a divided 4-2 vote. The resolution also directs city staff to explore creating a joint authority with other agencies for broader housing recovery efforts. This matters because it establishes the framework for how the city will distribute housing aid and potentially expand those efforts through partnerships. Council members Boozé and Rogers voted against the measure, while Beckles, Butt, McLaughlin, and Myrick supported it.
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Richmond CARES program direction
Adopted Resolution No. 108-20(A) and Resolution No. 108-20(B) Accepting and appropriating CARES Act and FEMA Public Assistance grants related to City of Richmond's COVID-19 Emergency Response; approving the draft CARES Act expenditure plan allocating $1,356,676 million in funding to support City-related costs, including $150,000 in support to Richmond residents impacted by COVID-19 through the Richmond Rapid Response Fund (R3F); authorizing the city manager or her designee to enter into a contract with EdFund West for the management of the R3F allocation; and authorizing the city manager to make adjustments to the CARES Act expenditure plan, as needed, per approved state guidelines
Richmond Distressed Housing Rehabilitation Program
Richmond Rapid Response Fund (R3F) Update
Presentation on the Richmond Housing Renovation Program