Southern Wisconsin Times

The City of Janesville Housing Services Division is pleased to announce funding availability under the Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Program. The overall purpose of the HOME Program is to create affordable housing for individuals with low income levels. Under this RFP, HOME funds can be used to construct or rehabilitate affordable housing and pay for other reasonable housing development expenses, including site acquisition.

The City of Janesville further announces funding availability under the HOME American Rescue Program (HOME-ARP). An award of $759,520 has since been relinquished, and the City of Janesville is now seeking proposals to develop affordable rental housing and supportive services under the HOME-ARP Program with the relinquished funding.  In addition, the City of Janesville’s 2024 budget includes a total of $1,000,000 in HOME funding that is being made available to support affordable rental housing development under the HOME program. 

The overall purpose of the HOME-ARP funding is to provide homelessness assistance and assistance to other vulnerable populations (referred to as “qualifying populations”), including:

• Those who are homeless (McKinney Act definition at 24 CFR 91.5),
• Those who are at risk of homelessness (McKinney Act definition at 24 CFR 91.5),
• Those who are fleeing/attempting to escape domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking (Definitions from VAWA at 24 CFR 5.2003, except Human Trafficking definition from Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000), and
• Other populations where assistance would prevent the family’s homelessness or serve those with the greatest risk of housing instability. 
• Households who have previously been qualified as homeless,
• Households who are currently housed due to temporary or emergency assistance, and Households who need additional housing assistance or supportive services to avoid a return to homelessness.

Applications will be accepted until all funding has been preliminarily allocated to an eligible project or projects. The City anticipates completing a first review of applications in January 2024. This is expected to be a competitive process, and applicants are encouraged to submit their application as soon as it is complete.

For more information and related questions, contact Housing Services Director Kelly Bedessem at bedessemk@janesvillewi.gov. 

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