3/2/2017 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE Minutes

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3 Community Preservation ConnUittee Minutes March 2, 2017 APPOINTMENTS HEARINGS. Leila Botsford Mash ce Housing Authorit —H date on Housing Assistance Pro Leila Botsford, Executive Director of the Mashpee Housing Authority was in attendance to update the Community preservation CoDAMittee on the Housing Assistance Program. This program is in its second funding terra and it has been fully supported and funded by the Community Preservation Committee. The program was initially funded by the CPA in May of 2012 for a three-year peod with a grant award of 300,000 or 100,000 per year. Community Preservation Act f coding supported the continuation of the much needed Mashpee Housing Assistance Program in May of 2016 for an additional three-year period granting a CPA. award of$330,000 or$110,000 per year. The funds are distributed on a quarterly basis,and the Housing Authority is required to update the CPC and Board of Selectmen quarterly on the progress of the program. Ms. Botsford indicated there has been a lot of outreach being conducted to re-announce the program. To obtain a greater connection to promote public awareness and to disperse the information regarding the program, it was recommended that additional community outreach be conducted. This inclines working with the Human Services Cominittee and Mashpee Cultural ounci l as well as the Council on Aging, It was noted the administrative costs of the program are minimal, approximately 8% of the funding allocation. The staff warps diligently on the program and intensively with short-term rental assistance clients to develop goals working toward self-sufficiency. Applicants are fully vetted and counseled. Funding is based on the individual needs of each client. Grants are made in accordance with income and goals are reviewed every thin month to review progress. Dental payments are made directly to the landlord. Recipients are eligible to receive grant assistance for up to a two year Period. Referrals are also made with respect to counseling, therapy, assistance with job applications, education, child care, health cage, and the food Pantry, Assistance is provided in the following categories; Ongoing short-term rental assistance(12-24 month duration) One-time assistance for first/last/security deposits One-time emergency assistance for rent Mortgage assistance for short-term (1-3 months) Down payment assistant for first-tune homebuyers Statistics in the first three years of the program are noted as follows-, Short-terra rental assistance—57 clients served with an average of 8 months of assistance First/last/security assistance,emergency mortgage assistance and emergency rent assistance; 24 clients served.