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5 <br />and Housing Challenge Program (Challenge), and the Workforce and Affordable Homeownership <br />Development Program as specified in law. <br />Will Minnesota Housing be monitoring the use of housing aid prior to the reporting deadline <br />for cities and counties? <br />Minnesota Housing will not require reporting prior to December 1, 2025, when the first report is due <br />from cities and counties. <br />However, Minnesota Housing will be checking in with local governments to offer support and track <br />spending progress. <br />Definitions and Clarifications <br />What is a Tier I and a Tier II city? <br />The terms Tier I and Tier II are used to determine cities that will receive aid. <br />A Tier I city is a statutory or home rule charter city that is a city of the first, second or third class. For <br />LAHA, it must be in a metropolitan county. For SAHA, it must not be in a metropolitan county. Read the <br />full definition of cities and classes. <br />A Tier II city is a statutory or home rule charter city that is a city of the fourth class and not located in a <br />metropolitan county (see subd. 4). <br />The bill requires aid be spent on a qualified project. What is the definition of spent? If a <br />project is started but not completed, are the funds considered to be spent? <br />The definition of spent was clarified in 2024 session law. Funds must be committed to a qualifying <br />project by December 31 in the third year following the year the aid was received (for aid received in <br />2024, this would be December 31, 2027) and expended by December 31 the fourth year after the aid <br />was received. <br />Is SAHA funding from appropriations ongoing? <br />The following table reflects amounts appropriated to SAHA through the fiscal year ending in 2027. The <br />appropriations are set at a base level with one-time increases in the first two years. <br />SAHA Appropriations Fiscal Year Ending <br />6/30/24 <br />FYE <br />6/30/2025 <br />FYE <br />6/30/2026 <br />FYE 2027 and each <br />year after <br />To the 87 counties in <br />Minnesota <br /> $ 13,050,000 $ 13,050,000 $ 5,550,000 $ 5,550,000 <br />Page 39 of 43