The City of Bend is beginning its allocation process for resources that benefit low-income residents. Available resources include the Affordable Housing Fund and the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.

Before Requests for Proposals are released to apply for these funds, the City of Bend will host informational meetings that describe each available resource and answer questions regarding system development charge exemptions, expedited permitting and other affordable housing development incentives. The informational meetings will take place virtually on Monday, September 21, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. or on Thursday, October 1, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. The virtual meeting information is detailed below. The same information will be covered at each meeting, and a potential applicant should only attend one meeting.

Non-profit organizations intending to apply for CDBG funds must attend one of the scheduled informational meetings. Details regarding CDBG project requirements, timeliness requirements, and outcome reporting requirements will be reviewed in the last hour of the presentation. If a non-profit organization that intends to apply cannot participate in the scheduled informational meeting, please contact Racheal Baker, the Affordable Housing Coordinator, at rbaker@bendoregon.gov.

Requests for Proposals (RFPs) will be issued on Friday, October 2^nd. A question and answer session regarding the RFPs will be available virtually on Thursday, October 22^nd at 3:00 p.m. This virtual meeting information will be provided at the informational meetings. The Requests for Proposals will be due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 2^nd. The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee will deliberate the allocations of funding available at their public meetings from December to February. Funding recommendations will be made to City Council in February and April of 2021. A detailed description of the Affordable Housing Program Funding Schedule is available here.

If you have questions about the allocation informational meetings or the allocation process, please contact me at (541) 312-4915 or rbaker@bendoregon.gov.

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Affordable Housing Program Training – Session 2 – October 1, 2020 at 10 a.m.

This will be a virtual training. Meeting time is 10:00 a.m.; however, please join a bit earlier (5-10 minutes) so that any technical issues can be resolved before the meeting begins. Some have experienced 10-15 minute delays when first starting the link to get all applications (sound/video/chat) running.

We wanted to ensure that you were able to use Webex on your systems. Some users have had more success using Chrome web browser rather than Explorer.  Please click this link to perform a test online meeting. Please do this significantly before the training event. https://help.webex.com/en-us/nti2f6w/Webex-Meetings-Join-a-Test-Meeting

Training meeting link: https://bendoregon.webex.com/bendoregon/onstage/g.php?MTID=e9bf481df037de483f6dec3d520eca373

Event password (if asked): g8DxrMzdM39

Join by phone:

              Toll-free:            1-855-282-6330

              Access Code:     146-146-0511##

If you have technical difficulties connecting to the meeting, call 541-410-9341.

You may watch this meeting live or later at https://youtu.be/0443xVnP8rM.