§ 17-102. Establishment of the Local Housing Assistance Program.  


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  • Miami-Dade County shall use any funds received from the State Housing Initiative Partnership Program (the "SHIP Program") and other sources, to implement Miami-Dade County's Local Housing Assistance Program, which is hereby created and established. Assistance provided under this program to persons and families will be secured by a mortgage or a grant agreement. The Miami-Dade County Local Housing Assistance Program shall consist of the following components:

    (a)

    Housing Development Assistance. The Housing Development Assistance component provides funding to defray the costs of land acquisition, site development, new construction, rehabilitation and/or other costs associated with the development of single-family homeownership and affordable rental housing units. It is the intent of this program to increase housing opportunities for very-low, low and moderate income persons by encouraging the creation and rehabilitation of affordable housing units.

    (b)

    Down Payment Assistance. The Down Payment Assistance component provides down payment, and closing costs assistance to qualified very-low, low and moderate-income persons to assist in the purchase of rehabilitated or newly constructed single-family homeownership affordable housing units.

    (c)

    Housing Rehabilitation. The Housing Rehabilitation component provides financing to single-family homeowners to assist them in making necessary repairs to their home. The house must be owner-occupied as the homeowner's primary place of residence.

    (d)

    Homeownership Assistance. The Homeownership Assistance component provides funds to very-low, low and moderate-income persons to acquire newly-constructed and existing homeownership affordable housing units.

    (e)

    Home Buyer Education and Counseling. The Home Buyer Education and Counseling component provides education and counseling to eligible persons regarding the purchase and financing of single-family affordable housing units. Homebuyer counseling is a requirement for homeownership assistance.

    (f)

    Other strategies/components. Miami-Dade County will develop and implement other affordable housing strategies/components, inclusive of Surtax programs within Section 29-7 of the County Code that are in accordance with Sections 420.9070 through 420.9079 of the Florida Statutes, Chapter 9I-37 of the Florida Administrative Code, and other federal and local requirements. Such strategies/components will conform to the local housing assistance plan and shall be approved by the Board of County Commissioners.

(Ord. No. 95-70, § 2, 4-18-95; Ord. No. 97-65, § 3, 5-20-97; Ord. No. 07-18, § 2, 2-6-07)