City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 25, 2024
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Request for a Housing Opportunities Fund Loan of $3,475,000 and a Pilot Rental Subsidy Grant of $350,000 to Community Lodgings, Inc. for the Elbert Avenue Project to Facilitate an Application for State Housing Opportunity Tax Credits
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ISSUE: A Housing Opportunities Fund (HOF) loan of $3,475,000; a pilot rental subsidy grant of $350,000 from the Housing Trust Fund (HTF), and other City support for CLI's upcoming application for Virginia Housing Opportunity Tax Credits (HOTC)
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council approve:
(a) a Housing Opportunities Fund (HOF) loan totaling $3,475,000, including $3,000,000 in new FY 2025 CIP funds;
(b) a pilot rental subsidy grant of $350,000 from the Housing Trust Fund (HTF);
(c) authorization of the City Manager to execute such documents as may be necessary to implement the loan and grant agreements, as well as such other items necessary to memorialize the City's support for CLI's state housing opportunity tax credit application.
It is noted that City Council will separately consider a proposed resolution designating the Elbert Avenue Project site a revitalization area.
BACKGROUND: In February 2023, Community Lodgings, Inc., now branded CLI, received DSUP approvals to redevelop 3908-3916 Elbert Avenue, an existing 28-unit property it operates as committed affordable housing, into a 91-unit affordable apartment community. The increase in housing units derives from CLI's use of the Residential Multifamily (RMF) Zone and, in compliance with that Zone's requirements, in exchange for a density increase, CLI has incorporated a substantial component of deeply affordable units, including units affordable to households with incomes at or b...
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