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At its Board meeting today, Hillsborough County Commissioners officially approved 18 agreements with various local groups to help build affordable housing and provide services to the community. The awards were a result of competitive bid processes for funds that are managed by the Affordable Housing Department.
Florida Home Partnership, Inc. received almost $1.24 million to fund site development and infrastructure costs to build their Bayou Pass III subdivision in Ruskin. The subdivision will include 166 self-help homes, which means that each family that occupies a home must contribute a minimum of 600 hours of sweat equity towards the purchase of their home. Additionally, 100 of the units will be available to clients whose incomes are under 80 percent of the area median income.
The funds for this project came from the federal HOME program. The County has assisted Florida Home Partnership, Inc. in building other affordable housing projects in South County, including Hidden Creek Subdivision and Bayou Pass Phases I and II. The proposal was selected after being scored by a review committee.
Also during the Board meeting today, the Commission approved distributing $652,662 in Community Development Block Grant Funds to 17 non-profit organizations to provide social services to the community. The organizations and the amounts they will receive this year and next year are:
- Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. -- $31,546
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay, Inc. -- $29,010
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay, Inc. -- $22,533
- Catholic Charities, Diocese of St. Petersburg, Inc. -- $68,623<
- Children's Home Society of Florida -- $123,380
- Computer Mentors Group, Inc. -- $25,988
- Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa, Inc. -- $28,013
- Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, Inc. -- $22,592
- Hillsborough Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc -- $71,591
- Hispanic Services Council, Inc. -- $23,165
- Mary and Martha House, Inc. -- $30,026
- Redlands Christian Migrant Association, Inc. -- $50,535
- Seniors in Service of Tampa Bay, Inc -- $23,044
- Spring of Tampa Bay, Inc.-- $36,054
- Tampa Bay Academy of Hope, Inc. -- $20,000
- Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, Inc. -- $21,685
- United Cerebral Palsy of Tampa Bay, Inc. -- $24,877
In order to compete for the funds, non-profits had to show that their services assist primarily low-income residents, they had been an incorporated non-profit for at least one year and are currently providing social services in the community, and provide a financial audit report.
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