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Funding for the Affordable Housing Production (AHP) Program is made possible through <br />Ordinance 22-77, which appropriates at least $ 5,000,000 per year for the Office of Housing and <br />Community Development (OHCD) to facilitate programs that support affordable housing <br />production in the County of Hawaii (County), <br />For Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25, OHCD was appropriated $9 million, with an additional $5.5 million <br />planned for reappropriation from a canceled FY2023-24 project, <br />In January 2024, OHCD initiated the process of amending the AHP Program Administrative Rules to <br />improve the program's effectiveness. A public comment period for the proposed amendments ran <br />from February 14 to March 15, 2024, followed by a public hearing in March to gather input and <br />testimony, After reviewing the feedback, OHCD finalized and published the amended rules in April <br />2024. <br />In addition to the public hearing, OHCD held two public meetings in March to gather community <br />feedback on the County's affordable housing needs, as required by the AHP Program Administrative <br />Rules Section §3-3 Grant Application Process (3), Key input from these meetings included the need <br />for homeownership initiatives, addressing the needs of gap groups, workforce housing development, <br />and infrastructure improvements to support housing construction. <br />Based on community feedback and various affordable housing studies, OHCD developed the AHP <br />Program Goals and Priorities for the FY2024-25 Request for Proposals (RFP), The RFP was issued <br />on May 1, 2024, with a submission deadline of July 1, 2024, at 4:30 HST. <br />In May, OHCD also held two informational meetings to outline the RFP process and offer technical <br />assistance to potential applicants, <br />OHCD received 13 proposals requesting approximately $48 million in funding, all reviewed under the <br />AHP Program Administrative Rules and Section 4 of the FY2024-25 AHP Program Proposal Guide, <br />Following the Mayor's final approval, OHCD awarded funding to four applicants. <br />OHCD is now requesting a resolution, in accordance with Chapter 2, Article 25, Section 2-139(3), to <br />approve grants exceeding $25,000 for various organizations, <br />SIGNED: DATE: <br />D rtment Head <br />