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2004 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM
RENEWAL GRANT AGREEMENT
This Grant Agreement is made by and between the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development (RUD) and Augusta-Richmond County, 925 Laney Walker Boulevard,
2nd Floor, Augusta, GA 30901, the Recipient, whose Tax ill number is 58-6000513 for Project
Number GA01B404003/PIN GA15051.
The assistance, which is the subject of this Grant Agreement, is authorized by the
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 42 U.S.c. 11381 (hereafter "the Act"). The term
"grant': or "grant funds" means the assistance provided under this Agreement. This grant
agreement will be governed by the Act, the Supportive Housing rule codified at 24 CFR 583,
which is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Attachment A, and the Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA) published May 14, 2004, at 69 FR 26942 and 27497. The term
"Application" means the original and renewal application submissions on the basis of which a
Grant was approved by HUD, including the certifications and assur~ces and any information or
documentation required to meet any grant award conditions. The Application is incorporated
herein as part ofthis Agreement, however, in the event of conflict between the provisions of
those documents and any provision contained herein, this Renewal Grant Agreement shall
control. The Secretary agrees, subject to the terms of the Grant Agreement, to provide the grant
funds in the amount specified below for the approved project described in the Application.
Although this agreement will become effective only upon the execution hereof by both
parties, upon execution, the term of this agreement shall run from the end of the Recipient's final
operating year under the original Grant Agreement for a period of October 1, 2005, to
September 30, 2006. Eligible costs, as defined by the Act and Attachment A, incurred between .
the end of Recipient's final operating year under the original Grant Agreement and the execution
ofthis Renewal Grant Agreement may be paid with funds from the first operating year of this
Renewal Grant. '
RUD's total fund obligation for this project is $67,517, allocated as follows:
1. Grant for operating $
2. Grant for supportive services $
3. Grant for Leasing $
4. HMIS $64.302
5. Grant for Administration $3.215
The Recipient must provide a 20 percentcash match for the supportive services budget
and a 25 percent cash match for the operations budget.
The Recipient agrees to comply with all requirements of this Grant Agreement and to
accept responsibility for such compliance by any entities to which it makes grant funds available.
The Recipient agrees to participate in a local Homeless Management Information System
(HMIS) when implemented.
The Recipient and project sponsor, if any, will not knowingly allow illegal activities in
any unit assisted with grant funds.
HUD notifications to the Recipient shall be to the address of the Recipient as written
above, unless RUD is otherwise advised in writing. Recipient notifications to RUD shall be to
the HUD Field Office executing the Grant Agreement. No right, benefit, or advantage ofthe
Recipient hereunder be assigned without prior written approval ofHUD.
For any project funded by this grant, which is also financed through the use of the Low
Income Housing Tax Credit, the following applies:
HUD recognizes that the Recipient or the project sponsor will or has financed this
project through the use of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. The Recipient or
project sponsor shall be the general partner of a limited partnership formed for
that purpose. If grant funds were used for acquisition, rehabilitation or
construction, then, throughout a period of twenty years from the date of initial
occupancy or the initial service provision, the Recipient or project sponsor shall
continue as general partner and shall ensure that the project is operated in
accordance with the requirements of this Grant Agreement, the applicable
regulations and statutes. Further, the said limited partnership shall own the
project site throughout that twenty-year period. If grant funds were not used for
acquisition, rehabilitation or new construction, then the period shall not be twenty
years, but shall be for the term of the grant agreement and any renewal thereof.
Failure to comply with the terms of this paragraph shall constitute a default under
the Grant Agreement.
A default shall consist of any use of grant funds for a purpose other than as authorized by
this Grant Agreement, failure in the Recipient's duty to provide the supportive housing for the
minimum term in accordance with the requirements of Attachment A, noncompliance with the
Act or Attachment A provisions, any other material breach of the Grant Agreement, or
misrepresentations in the application submissions.which, if known by HUD, would have resulted
in this grant not being provided. Upon due notice to the Recipient of the occurrence of any such
default and the provision of a reasonable opportunity to respond, HUD may take one or more of
the following actions:
a) direct the Recipient to submit progress schedules for completing approved activities; or
b) issue a letter of warning advising the Recipient of the default, establishing a date by
which corrective actions must be completed and putting the Recipient on notice that more
serious actions will be taken if the default is not corrected or is repeated; or
c) direct the Recipient to establish and maintain a management plan that assigns
responsibilities for carrying out remedial actions; or
d) direct the Recipient to suspend, discontinue or not incur costs for the affected activity; or
e) reduce or recapture the grant; or
f) direct the Recipientto reimburse the program accounts for costs inappropriately charged
to the program; or
g) continue the grant with a substitute recipient ofHUD's choosing; or
h) other appropriate action including, but not limited to, any remedial action legally
available, such as affirmative litigation seeking declaratory judgment, specific
performance, damages, temporary or permanent injunctions and any other available
remedies.
No delay or omission by HUD in exercising any right or remedy available to it under this
Grant Agreement shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver or acquiescence i~
any Recipient default.
For each operating year in which funding is received, the Recipient shall file annual
.certifications with HUD that the supportive housing has been provided in accordance with the
requirements of the Grant Agreement.
This Grant Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto, and
may be amended only in writing executed by HUD and the Recipient. More specifically, the
Recipient shall not change recipients, location, services, or population to be served nor shift
more than 10 percent of funds from one approved type of activity to another, or make any other
significant change, without the prior written approval ofHUD.
SIGNATURES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
By:
John L. Perry, Director
Atlanta Office of Community
Planning and Development
Type name and Title of signatory
Augusta-Richmond County
Name of Organization
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Official Contact Person
Telephone No. and Fax No.
September 1. 2005
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