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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />TO: <br /> Elk River HRA Chair and Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> Andrea McDowell Poehler <br /> <br />DATE: <br />Wednesday, December 31, 2014 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> Municipal Housing and Redevelopment Legislative Update <br />__________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />The bylaws for the HRA require an annual update of legislative changes to the Municipal <br />Housing and Redevelopment Act, Minn. Stat. § 469.001 to § 469.047. <br /> <br /> <br /> There were no legislative changes to the Housing and Redevelopment Authority Act. <br /> <br />Other housing and redevelopment legislative changes included the following: <br /> <br /> <br /> Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) supplemental <br />appropriation. <br />Chapter 145 (HF 2374*/SF 1961) appropriated $20 million to LIHEAP. <br />The provisions of this bill are summarized in the Utilities and Energy sections. <br /> <br /> Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) provisions amended and repealed. <br />Chapter 161 (HF 2763/SF 2569*) is the state housing finance agency “Unsession” bill. It <br />repealed Minn. Stat. § 462C.04, subds. 3 and 4, which required local units of government <br />to send MHFA and the Met Council, if the bonds were located in the Twin Cities, the <br />information about housing bonds they have issued. It also repeals the housing preservation <br />program, rent assistance for family stabilization program, community rehabilitation fund <br />account, and employer housing contributions and matching grants in ch. 462A as those <br />programs have all been absorbed into similar programs operated under MHFA’s, <br />economic development and housing challenge program (Minn. Stat. § 462A.33) or <br />housing trust fund. Effective Aug. 1, 2014. <br /> <br /> Housing Opportunities Made Equitable (HOME) pilot project. <br /> Chapter 188 (HF <br />859*/SF 771), section 4 established a HOME pilot project; the project did not receive an <br />appropriation in the budget. The HOME pilot project is established to support closing the <br />disparity gap in affordable homeownership for all communities of color and American <br />Indians in Minnesota. The pilot project may also support the redevelopment and <br />14 <br />Page of <br />179712v2 <br />