HomeMy WebLinkAboutCAP 2016-02-08 Item 2C - Discussion - Minor Home Repair ProgramCity of Tukwila
Jim Haggerton, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Ekberg
Community Affairs and Parks
FROM: Laurel Humphrey, Council Analyst
DATE: February 3, 2016
SUBJECT: Overview of Minor Home Repair Program
ISSUE
At the January 25, 2016 Community Affairs and Parks Committee meeting, members asked
Human Services Staff to return to provide additional information about the Minor Home Repair
Program. Questions from the January 25 Committee meeting, along with written responses, are
listed below and were also distributed to the full Council on January 29, 2016.
DISCUSSION
Responses from Human Services to Questions asked at the January 25, 2016 Community
Affairs and Parks Committee Meeting re: Minor Home Repair Program
1. How are funds allocated among the cities? Is there a formula?
No formula - funding is based on previous years usage, pending jobs, personnel costs,
ER /Lead Paint Reviews. If, towards the end of a funding cycle, a particular city has
unspent funds, the other cities can continue accepting projects to expend the unspent,
overall program balance that partner cities did not use.
If we take the cost of Environmental /Lead Based Paint review off the top ($4,000) and
Personnel costs (City of Des Moines, $2,000), that leaves $124,000 or $31,000 per
partner city, per contract year.
2. Does the allocation include compensation for Tukwila's administration of the program?
No. What Tukwila, Covington and SeaTac staff provide is in -kind.
3. Has the late invoicing /reimbursement always gone smoothly?
Yes. We have a great cooperative relationship with our partner cities as well as with
King County.
4. Is there data to show how many requests are turned down?
We do not collect turn -away data. However, if a project is too large for our program
(less than $2000 per incident up to $6K in a lifetime), we refer residents to KC's Home
Repair Program.
5. What is the average turn - around time for project completion?
It depends on the availability of the contractor and homeowner, urgency of situation
and complexity of the problem. After a referral is made from our office (usually within a
day) to a contractor, jobs are scheduled and completed very quickly (usually within a
week or two, much quicker if it is a heating /plumbing, security emergency)
6. Does the table of HUD income guidelines (page 21) include or exclude tax exempt sources
of income?
It includes all income sources.
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7. Does Human Services have discretionary ability to prioritize need?
Yes, we can prioritize based on urgency /type of repair needed.
8. Based upon previous years, what is the estimated need in Tukwila (dollar amount and
number of applications)?
Amount in Tukwila is $30,000 (actually $30K for all cities) and the estimated need,
based on last year's data is: 20 Tukwila households were served with 37 individual
repair jobs.
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