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Austin Approves Supportive Housing

Thursday, September 3, 2020 Austin Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) Board of Directors AHFC Meeting
  • Major housing funding:

    Approved a $75.6 million service agreement between the City of Houston (as stated in transcript) and the Austin Housing Finance Corporation.
  • New supportive housing project:

    Authorized negotiations for a $2.5 million loan to develop "Espero Austin at Rutland," a 171-unit permanent supportive housing complex.
  • Total housing investment:

    Over $78 million in housing-related funding was approved or authorized for negotiation, highlighting a significant focus on expanding housing options.

Full Transcript

Austin Housing Finance Corporation Meeting Transcript – 09/03/2020 Title: City of Austin Channel: 6 - COAUS Recorded On: 9/3/2020 6:00:00 AM Original Air Date: 9/3/2020 Transcript Generated by SnapStream ================================== Please note that the following transcript is for reference purposes and does not constitute the official record of actions taken during the meeting. For the official record of actions of the meeting, please refer to the Approved Minutes. [11:22:31 AM] And I am going to convene the Austin housing finance corporation here today on September 3rd, 2020. The time is 11:22 A.M. This meeting is happening by teleconferencing. We have a quorum of the directors present. Is staff here today to walk us through the consent agenda? >> Yes, we are. Mandy Austin housing finance a corporation. Two things on your agenda today, item no. 1 is to authorize the one service agreements between the city of Houston and the Austin housing finance corporation in an amount of $75.6 million. Item no. 2 is to authorize the negotiation of a loan agreement with espero Austin at Rutland. You'll recall that this is a 171 unit permanent supportive [11:23:31 AM] housing proposed project at 1934 Rutland drive and it's a partnership between keritsa of Austin and the [indiscernible] Group. That is in the amount of $2.5 million approximately. >> Mayor Adler: Thank you. Those are the two items on the agenda. Is there a motion to approve those items on consent? >> Council member pool has her hand up and council member Ellis have their hands up, mayor. >> Mayor Adler: Council member pool makes the motion and council member Ellis seconds. Any discussion on the consent agenda? Hearing none, let's go ahead and take a vote. Council member harper-madison, how do you vote? >> Harper-madison: Aye. >> Mayor Adler: Everyone else raise your hand. How does it look, mayor pro tem? >> Garza: I see everybody's hand up. >> Mayor Adler: All right, consent agenda is approved. Staff, thank you very much. Mandy. With that, the Austin housing [11:24:32 AM] finance corporation meeting is adjourned at 11:24.