FY 2008 Annual Action Plan (Action Plan: One Year Use of Funds -- III.C.1.)
[Application deadline for the two-year funding cycle was December 17, 2007.]

The rating factors used for housing applications and their corresponding points are as follows:

• Needs Assessment (maximum points - 47)
• Cost Effectiveness (maximum points - 47)
• Involvement of Auxiliary Entities (maximum points - 4)
• Target Area in a Designated Renewal Community (2 point maximum)

Total Maximum Points: 100 points

All housing units rehabilitated or reconstructed must have been occupied by low-to-moderate income persons. Proof of ownership was required along with the application. In delineating target areas (not to exceed two), the boundaries must have been coincident with boundaries such as streets, canals, etc. Rental units were ineligible for assistance. Mobile homes and modular housing units were eligible to be replaced with a stick-built home. Mobile homes and modular homes were ineligible for rehabilitation and could not be used as replacement homes. Adjudicated homes were eligible.

Determined by dividing the sum of owner-occupied rehabilitation units, reconstruction units, clearance/demolition units, spot rehabilitation untis and vacant units by the number of owner-occupied rehabilitation units, reconstruction units, clearance/demolition units, spot rehabilitation untis and vacant units in need of assistance. Scores were arrayed and the top ranked applicant received 47 points. A project must have met 75 percent of the identified need.

Determined by the following formula:
Cost Effectiveness Pts. =
(Average Rehabilitation Cost your project /
by the highest Average Rehabilitation Cost all projects x
47 x weight)
+
(Average Reconstruction Cost your project /
by the highest Average Reconstruction Cost all projects x
47 x weight)

The involvement of other agencies or organizations (such as Community Action Agencies, Green Thumb, Habitat for Humanity, or any volunteer or civic groups) in the renovation or reconstruction of housing untis in the target area(s) received up to 4 points. The greater the involvement, the higher the points.

Target area(s) located within the boundaries of a federally designated Renewal Community received 2 points.

Activities must have been consistent with the FY 2008 Annual Action Plan.