HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021/02/23-Attachments-IR_TERAP_121020 v.2.pdfFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
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SUBJECT: STATUS OF APPLICATION SUBMISSION TO TEXAS DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (TDHCA) FOR TEXAS EMERGENCY
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TERAP) RESPONDING TO CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC
On November 23, 2020, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) notified entitlement
communities, including Fort Worth, of an additional allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV)
CARES Act funds available to communities in the state of Texas who have existing COVID-19 rental assistance programs
and have indicated an interest to participate in the Texas Emergency Rental Assistance Program (TERAP).
TERAP provides rental assistance to income -eligible households impacted by COVID-19 to help them stay housed during
the pandemic. The program can pay up to six months of an eligible household's rent, including rental arrears, with at
least one of those months covering a month of future rent. As a set -aside within the program, 10% of funds are
specifically earmarked to provide the Texas Eviction Diversion Program (TEDP) which provides rental assistance to
tenants who have been sued for eviction, providing the landlord and tenant an alternative to eviction.
Funds allocated to the City of Fort Worth, totaling $1,840,489.70, including a 10% allocation for administrative expenses
of $184,048.98, require submission of an application to TDHCA. The application opened on December 1, 2020, and is
due on December 28, 2020. Neighborhood Services Department plans to submit an application for the full allocation
amount and partner with current subrecipient agencies to administer the program. This includes direct allocation of
funds to approximately five (5) public service agencies that have recently applied for and/or been awarded CARES Act
funding through one or more of the following programs: CDBG-CV, ESG-CV, ESG-CV2, CDBG-CV3, NGO.
Contract start date for these funds is January 15, 2021. An M&C to be posted on the January 26, 2021 City Council
agenda is underway to ratify and accept the award of funding, as well as designate the partner agencies to be
considered for funding.
David Cooke
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER
FORT WORTH, TEXAS