Submitted By: James Haynes
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Presentation By: James Haynes
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Department: Community Development Services
FORMAL TITLE:
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Budget Resolution 2026-122 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to accept and appropriate 2025-26 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program grant funding in the amount of $242,771
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Fiscally Sustainable, Operational Excellence
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
N/A
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BACKGROUND:
The State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program funds local governments to incentivize the creation of partnerships that produce and preserve affordable homeownership and multifamily housing. The program was designed to serve extremely low-, very low-, low-, and moderate-income families.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
The SHIP program has appropriated $163,800,000 for the state's 2025-26 Fiscal Year, which runs from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026. The City of Ocala has been awarded $485,541. The State has approved the disbursement of the two payments to the City totaling $242,771.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Source:
140-334-000-000-09-33485 SHIP/Dept of Comm Af $242,771
Use:
140-050-699-559-55-34010 Other Services $242,771
PROCUREMENT REVIEW:
N/A
LEGAL REVIEW:
N/A
ALTERNATIVE:
* Approve with Changes
* Table
* Deny
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BUDGET RESOLUTION 2025-122
A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE 2025-26 STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $242,771
WHEREAS, the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program provides funds to local governments as an incentive to create partnerships that produce and preserve affordable homeownership and multifamily housing and is designed to serve extremely low, very low, low, and moderate-income families; and
WHEREAS, the SHIP program has been appropriated $163,800,000 for the state's 2025-26 Fiscal Year that runs from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ocala has been awarded $485...
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