Cuyahoga County has received the following financial assistance from the Ohio Housing Trust Fund.

The AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland received a $154,800 grant to provide supportive services to homeless persons suffering from HIV/AIDS with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income. The program will serve 250 households/persons (2005).

Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland received a $150,000 grant to provide rental and security deposits to women with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income who are seeking reunification with their children. The program will serve 150 households consisting of 375 persons (2005).

Emerald Development and Economic Network received a $500,000 grant to provide coordinated services to homeless or at risk households/persons with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income; provide homeless persons with basic household furnishings; provide emergency rent, utility payments and rental deposits; and administer a tenant-based rental assistance program. Coordinated services will be provided to more than 1,000 persons, household furnishings will be provided to 50 persons and rental deposits will be provided to 410 households consisting of 656 persons (2005).

Famicos Foundation received a $269,800 grant to provide transitional housing with supportive services and project-based rental assistance to chronically homeless persons with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income. The program will serve 44 households/persons (2005).

Lutheran Housing Corporation received a $227,500 grant to provide emergency home repairs and handicapped accessibility modifications to homeowners with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income. The program will serve 162 households consisting of 168 persons (2005).

New Life Community received a $95,100 grant to provide transitional housing and supportive services to homeless women and their children with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income. The program will serve 80 households consisting of 280 persons (2005).

Salvation Army of Cleveland received a $119,000 grant to provide transitional housing and supportive services to homeless men with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income. The program will serve 280 persons households consisting of 280 households persons (2005).

Transitional Housing, Incorporated received a $75,000 grant to provide transitional housing and supportive services to homeless women and women with children with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income. The program will serve 70 households consisting of 136 persons (2005).

West Side Catholic Center received a $161,300 grant to provide transitional housing with supportive services and rental assistance to homeless women and their children with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area media income. The transitional housing program will serve 96 households consisting of 165 persons. The rental assistance program will assist 80 households consisting of 140 persons (2005).

Bridgeway, Inc. received a $63,700 grant to operate a 15-bed emergency shelter for persons suffering from mental illness. The agency will also provide supportive services, case management, intake assessments, group meetings, crisis intervention and counseling. The program will serve 695 households/persons (2005).

Cleveland Housing Network, Inc. received a $77,900 grant to operate a permanent supportive housing program to provide supportive services, including transportation and furnishings, to families. The program will assist 58 households consisting of 133 persons (2005).

Domestic Violence Center received a $28,700 grant to operate a transitional housing program for women and their children. The agency will also provide supportive services, including case management and family development services. The program will assist 31 households consisting of 131 persons (2005).

East Side Catholic Shelter, Inc. received a $139,100 grant to operate a 40-bed shelter for women and women with children. The agency will also provide supportive services, including case management, intake assessments and chemical dependency and domestic violence counseling. The program will serve 252 households consisting of 416 persons (2005).

Family Transitional Housing, Inc. received a $98,300 grant to operate a transitional housing program for families. The agency will also provide supportive services, including case management, referrals, parenting classes and children's programming to families. The program will assist 48 households consisting of 157 persons (2005).

Mental Health Services for the Homeless Persons, Inc. received a $56,000 grant to operate an emergency day shelter for women suffering from mental illness or a chemical dependency. The agency will also provide referrals to community services. The program will serve 910 households consisting of 1,185 persons (2005).

Transitional Housing, Inc. received a $112,000 grant to operate a transitional housing program for women. The agency will also provide supportive services, including life-skills training. The program will assist 123 households consisting of 126 persons (2005).

University Settlement, Inc. received a $92,800 grant to operate a transitional housing program for families. The agency will also provide supportive services, including case management. The program will serve 44 households consisting of 163 persons (2005).

Family Transitional Housing received a $50,500 grant to address health and safety issues at five transitional housing facilities, including roof repairs; furnace, gutter and window replacements; and a security door installation. The facilities serve homeless families (2004).

Mental Health Services, Inc. received a $72,000 grant to address health and safety issues at two shelters, including the installation of new plumbing fixtures; electrical system improvements; heating, air conditioning and ventilation improvements; and the demolition and reconstruction of bathroom walls. The shelter serves homeless women (2004).

Volunteers of America of Northeast and North Central Ohio received a $57,100 grant to address health and safety issues at the shelter, including roof replacement and ceiling and wall repair. The shelter serves homeless men (2004).

Cleveland Housing Network received a $258,200 grant to provide homebuyer counseling program and downpayment assistance to households with incomes at or below 65 percent of the area median income and emergency rent, mortgage and utility payments to prevent eviction, foreclosure or utility disconnection to households with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The homebuyer counseling and downpayment assistance program will serve 40 households consisting of 100 persons and the emergency program will serve 240 persons consisting of 480 persons (2004).

Cleveland Mediation Center received a $195,000 grant to provide tenant/landlord mediation and emergency rental assistance to households threatened with eviction with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The tenant/landlord mediation program will serve 313 households consisting of 901 persons. The emergency rent program will serve 598 households consisting of 1,751 persons (2004).

Cleveland Tenants Organization received a $50,000 grant to provide homelessness prevention services to families and individuals with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The program will serve 2,000 households consisting of 6,000 persons (2004).

Council for Economic Opportunities of Greater Cleveland received a $129,000 grant to provide emergency rent, mortgage and utility assistance to prevent eviction, foreclosure or disconnections to households with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The program will serve 158 households consisting of 474 persons (2004).

Emerald Development and Economic Network (EDEN), Inc. received a $490,000 grant to provide emergency rent and utility payments and provide housing placement services to persons with special needs with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The programs will serve 586 households consisting of 728 persons (2004).

Lutheran Housing Corporation received a $150,000 grant to provide emergency home repairs and handicapped accessibility modifications for homeowners with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The program will serve 90 households consisting of 120 persons (2004).

The YMCA of Greater Cleveland received a $175,000 grant to provide transitional housing and supportive services to formerly homeless men who are recovering from chemical dependency with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The program will serve 275 persons (2004).

Bridgeway, Inc. received a $57,200 grant for operating expenses and to provide supportive services including case management, intake assessments, group meetings, crisis intervention and counseling to homeless, mentally ill persons. The agency operates a 15-bed shelter (Bridgeway). The program will serve 715 persons (2004).

Catholic Charities Health and Human Services received a $49,600 grant for operating expenses and to provide supportive services including intake assessments, case management and substance abuse and mental health treatment referrals to homeless women and their children. The agency operates a day shelter program. The program will serve 800 households consisting of 950 persons (2004).

East Side Catholic Shelter, Inc. received a $118,300 grant for staff salaries and operating expenses and to provide supportive services including intake assessments, case management and domestic violence and substance abuse counseling to women and their children. The agency operates a 40-bed shelter (East Side Catholic Shelter). The program will serve 220 households consisting of 342 persons (2004).

Cleveland Housing Network, Inc. received a $68,300 grant for staff salaries and to provide supportive services such as transportation and furnishings and rental assistance to formerly homeless families. The program will assist 60 households consisting of 214 persons (2004).

Domestic Violence Center received a $25,100 grant for staff salaries. The agency provides transitional housing and supportive services including case management and family development services to homeless women who are victims of domestic violence and their children. The program will assist 32 households consisting of 135 persons (2004).

East Side Catholic Shelter, Inc. received a $31,600 grant for operating expenses. The agency provides supportive services including drug treatment and prevention services, childcare, education, pre-employment training and family counseling to homeless, chemically dependent women and their children. The program will serve 28 households consisting of 84 persons (2004).

Family Transitional Housing, Inc. received an $86,100 grant for staff salaries. The agency provides transitional housing and supportive services including case management, referrals, parenting classes and children's programming to homeless families. The program will assist 46 households consisting of 167 persons (2004).

Transitional Housing, Inc. received a $98,000 grant for staff salaries and to provide emergency rental assistance to homeless women. The agency also provides supportive services such as life skills training. The program will assist 103 households consisting of 106 persons (2004).

University Settlement, Inc. received an $81,300 grant for staff salaries and operating expenses. The agency provides transitional housing and supportive services including case management to homeless families. The program will serve 45 households consisting of 160 persons (2004).

Mt. Pleasant Now HDAP Homes received $346,500 towards the new construction of 11 single-family houses in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Houses in this non-housing credit project will be offered for sale immediately upon completion. Though the applicant anticipates the primary market to be households at 50% of the AMGI, all houses will be affordable to households at or below 80% of the AMGI. The houses will have an open living/dining area. There will be ample space for appliances and food preparation, and some designs incorporate breakfast bars for an informal eating area. Kitchens are equipped with ample cabinetry and counter space in addition to a dishwasher, disposal, range, and refrigerator. Depending on the floor plan, the homes will have either a bath and a half or two and a half baths. Each home has at least a one-car detached garage with an automatic door opener. Full basements are planned with a washer/dryer hookup, utility sink, and a rough in for 1/2 bath plumbing in case the owner eventually wants to finish or partially finish the basement (2004).

Slavic Village HDAP Homes 2004 received $350,000 towards the new construction of seven single-family houses in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Houses in this non-housing credit project will be offered for sale immediately upon completion. Though the applicant anticipates the primary market to be households at 50% of the AMGI, all houses will be affordable to households at or below 80% of the AMGI. The houses will have an open living/dining area. There will be ample space for appliances and food preparation, and some designs incorporate breakfast bars for an informal eating area. Kitchens are equipped with ample cabinetry and counter space in addition to a dishwasher, disposal, range, and refrigerator. Depending on the floor plan, the homes will have either a bath and a half or two and a half baths. Each home has at least a one-car detached garage with an automatic door opener. Full basements are planned with a washer/dryer hookup, utility sink, and a rough in for 1/2 bath plumbing in case the owner eventually wants to finish or partially finish the basement (2004).

Northeast Neighborhood Development Corporation HDAP Homes received $346,500 towards the new construction of 11 single-family homes scattered throughout the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. All homes will be offered to households with incomes at or below 80% of the AMGI. This project's targeted population is households with incomes between 50%-80% of the AMGI. All homes will be located in the northeastern neighborhood of Cleveland and are located in close proximity to essential residential services. Amenities in each home will include a range hood, dishwasher, basement, one- or two-car attached garage with remote door opener, washer/dryer hookup, and utility sink. Since this is a homeownership project, a market study is not required. However, the applicant has provided a list of 45 potential homebuyers that have been pre-qualified through Cleveland Housing Network's (CHN) Homeward Program (2004).

Erie Square Apartments, L.P. received $450,000 towards the acquisition and rehabilitation of 89 units in two four-story buildings in the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Erie Square will receive Section 8 project-based rental subsidy. The gross rents include the rental subsidy. Without the rental subsidy, the gross rents for 19 units are affordable at 35% of the AMGI, 51 units are affordable at 47% of the AMGI, and the remaining 19 units are affordable at 50% of the AMGI. This project is involved in the mark-to-market program and currently consists of 55 one-bedroom, 19 two-bedroom, and 16 three-bedroom units. To increase living space, the three-bedroom units will be converted to two-bedroom units. Once complete, the project will offer 54 one-bedroom and 35 two-bedroom units (2004).

Winpisinger Apartments received $300,000 towards the acquisition and rehabilitation of 42 one-bedroom units located in the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Elderly Housing Development and Operation Corporation (EHDOC) will be converting a late 1960's office building into a 42-unit apartment building. This is a HUD Section 202 project in which all of the units will be affordable to households with income at or below 50% of the AMGI. The targeted population for the project will be elderly persons 62 and older (2004).

The Atlas Building received $120,000 towards the new construction of a four-story apartment building and the historic rehabilitation of an adjacent vacant six-story building, (the old Atlas Building), to create a total of 29 units in the historic Main Street District of Slavic Village in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. The ground floor of the Atlas Building will continue to be utilized as commercial space and the historic terra-cotta facade will be restored; the remaining five upper floors will be converted from old vacant office spaces into 15 apartments. The new four-story building, "the Annex building," will also have commercial space on the ground level and house 14 units on the upper floors. An elevator will connect the two buildings and common space on floors two, three, and four. Twenty percent of the units will be set aside for persons with mobility and sensory impairment (2004).

Burten, Bell, Care Development, Inc. received $300,000. East Central Place Phase II involves the new construction of 10 single-family houses in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Houses in this non-housing credit project will be offered for sale immediately upon completion. Though the applicant hopes to reach households between 50% and 73% of the AMGI, all will be affordable to households at or below 80% of the AMGI (2003).

Cleveland Housing Network received $250,000. This housing credit project involves the acquisition and rehabilitation of 36 single-family rental homes, and the new construction of 14 single-family rental homes scattered throughout the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Ten homes will be affordable at 35% of the AMGI, and the remaining 40 homes will be affordable at 47% of the AMGI. Twenty-percent of the homes will be set aside for extremely low-income households. At the end of the 15-year housing credit compliance period, qualifying residents will be offered the opportunity to purchase their home (2003).

Cleveland Housing Network received $250,000. Erieview Homes involves the acquisition and rehabilitation of 24 single-family rental homes, and the new construction of 14 single-family rental homes scattered throughout the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. This housing credit project will total 38 houses. Thirty houses will be affordable at 46% of the AMGI; the remaining eight homes will be affordable at 35% of the AMGI and set aside for extremely low-income households. At the end of the 15-year housing credit compliance period, qualifying residents will be offered the opportunity to purchase their home (2003).

Cleveland Housing Network received $120,000. Union Miles involves the new construction of four single-family houses in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Houses in this non-housing credit project will be offered for sale immediately upon completion. Though the applicant anticipates the primary market to be households near 65% of the AMGI, all houses will be affordable to households at or below 80% of the AMGI (2003).

Cleveland Housing Network received $250,000. The Eastside Neighborhood Homes project involves the new construction of 96 rental units utilizing HOPE VI funds. This non-competitive housing credit project will consist of scattered sites located on the east side of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Twenty of the units will be affordable to households at or below 35% of the AMGI, thirty-nine of the units will be affordable to households at or below 50% of the AMGI, and the remaining 37 units will be affordable to households at or below 60% of the AMGI. This project will be financed primarily through a 2002 series tax-exempt bond of $7,000,000 issued by Cuyahoga County (2003).

Lutheran Housing Corporation received $250,000. Cleveland New Homes II involves the new construction of 30 single-family houses to be built on vacant lots in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. This housing-credit scattered-site rental project will offer 24 units affordable to households at 50% AMGI and will set aside six houses for extremely low-income families affordable at 35% AMGI. All of these houses will be offered for sale to qualified residents at the end of the 15-year housing credit compliance period (2003).

Vesta Equity Corporation received $250,000. Rainbow Terrace involves the new construction and rehabilitation of 484 two-bedroom and three-bedroom units in the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Cuyahoga County is the issuer of the tax-exempt bonds. The project will offer 302 two-bedroom units and 182 three-bedroom units. The property currently contains 484 apartments on approximately 18 acres. Vesta plans to demolish 58 of these units and replace them with an equal number of new units on an adjacent site of approximately ten acres. The result will be 484 units, which are either new or newly renovated, on 28 acres. Amenities included in each unit are a range, refrigerator, vinyl flooring, blinds, central heating and air conditioning, cable TV hook-up and computer and internet access (after completing the on-site computer training program). The site will include playgrounds, laundry facilities in several buildings, 24-hour maintenance, community center with daycare facilities and computer center, police sub-station for the neighborhood is located on the property and on-site management (2003).

AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland received a $110,000 grant to provide housing services for persons with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income in Cuyahoga County who are disabled by HIV/AIDS. The program will assist 130 households consisting of 330 persons (2003).

Council for Economic Opportunities of Greater Cleveland received a $45,000 grant to provide rental deposits and short-term rental and utility payments to single mothers with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines that are seeking reunification with their children. The program will assist 150 households consisting of 450 persons (2003).

Emerald Development and Economic Network, Inc. received a $175,000 grant to provide homelessness prevention services and housing services to households with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The grant will support a Housing Eligibility Specialist responsible for processing referrals for housing vouchers set aside for persons with disabilities. The agency will also provide emergency rent, mortgage and utility payments to prevent eviction, foreclosure or utility disconnections to families with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and at least one dependent child (2003).

New Life Community received a $25,800 grant to provide transitional housing for formerly homeless women and their children with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The program will assist 80 households consisting of 280 persons (2003).

West Side Catholic Center received a $52,000 grant to provide transitional housing and rental and utility payment assistance to formerly homeless families with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and at least one dependent child, and to homeless women with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The program will assist 40 households consisting of 80 persons (2003).

Buckeye Community Hope Foundation received $280,000 for Ohio City Elderly, it involves the new construction of a 40-unit elderly, independent-living apartment community located in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. This will be a "mixed" 70/30 project with 28 affordable units (at or below 50% AMGI) and 12 market-rate units. Twenty percent of the units will be set-aside for households with individuals who have a mobility and/or sensory impairment (2002).

Buckeye Community Hope Foundation received $290,000 for the Jennings Senior Housing, it involves the new construction of a three-story building, which is located in Garfield Heights, Cuyahoga County. This facility, restricted to households 55 years of age and older, will provide 29 units affordable to those who are at or below 43% of the AMI. The remaining 13 units will be market-rate units. The building will include an elevator and will feature at least two different floor plans (2002).

Catholic Charities Services Corporation received a $110,000 grant to provide emergency rent, mortgage and utility payments to individuals and families with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The program will benefit 60 households consisting of 70 persons (2002).

Cleveland Housing Network (CHN) received a $70,000 grant to provide emergency rent and rental deposits to individuals and households with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income who are living in CHN-owned units. The emergency rent and rental deposit program will benefit 30 households consisting of 60 persons. CHN will also provide homeowner counseling and downpayment assistance to 20 households consisting of 47 persons with incomes at or below 65% of the area median income in Cuyahoga County (2002).

Cleveland Housing Network, Inc. received $300,000 for the Cleveland Housing Network XVIII; it involves an 82-unit, scattered-site, lease-purchase project in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. This in-fill project will consist of 78 single-family houses and two twin singles. Twenty-one of these houses will be new construction; the remainder of the dwellings will be rehabbed. Sixty-five of the units will be affordable to households at 44% AMGI. Seventeen of the units (20%) will be set-aside for extremely low-income families at or below 35% AMGI. CHN will assist residents in purchasing these homes following the 15-year housing credit compliance period (2002).

Cleveland Housing Network, Inc. (CHN) received $500,00 it will rehabilitate an existing housing credit project (Cleveland Housing Network Limited Partnerships VIII). The project will upgrade the housing quality of 82 units that exist within the project. All of the units will be affordable to households at or below 35% of the AMGI. This project will consist of 51 single-family, detached dwellings and 31 units in multi-unit buildings. There will be have two one-bedroom units, 26 two-bedroom units, 30 three-bedroom units, 22 four-bedroom units and two five-bedroom units (2002).

Cleveland Mediation Center received a $90,000 grant to provide homelessness prevention services to 790 households consisting of 1,500 persons with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income in Cuyahoga County (2002).

Cleveland Tenants Organization received an $80,000 grant to provide homeless prevention services, including referrals to tenant/landlord mediation and emergency rental assistance, to individuals and families with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The program will benefit 930 households consisting of 2,790 persons (2002).

Council for Economic Opportunity in Greater Cleveland received a $70,000 grant to provide emergency rent, mortgage and utility payments to individuals with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The program will benefit 68 households consisting of 120 persons (2002).

EDEN, Inc. received a $199,900 grant to provide homelessness prevention services and housing placement services to persons diagnosed with mental illness with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. The program will benefit 430 persons (2002).

Famicos Foundation received $196,381 for the Notre Dame Community; it involves a 25-unit, single-family project in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. This project represents the third phase of a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy. This in-fill project will consist of all four-bedroom, lease-purchase houses. Twenty (20) of these houses will be affordable to households at 44% AMGI, the remaining five houses will be set aside for extremely low-income families at or below 35% AMGI (2002).

Glenville Development Corp. received $300,000 for Glenville Elderly II; it involves the new construction of a three-story building that is located in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland. This facility, which will be restricted to households 55 years of age and older, will provide 33 units, and will be affordable to those who are at or below 42% of the AMGI. The remaining 15 units will be market-rate units with no income restrictions. The building will include an elevator and will feature at least two different floor plans (2002).

Lutheran Housing Corporation received a $50,000 grant to complete emergency home repairs and handicapped accessibility modifications for homeowners in East Cleveland with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income. The program will benefit 22 households consisting of 65 persons (2002).

Slavic Village Development received $200,000 for The Atlas Building; it involves the new construction of a four-story apartment building and the historic rehabilitation of an adjacent, vacant, six-story building (the old Atlas Building) to create a total of 29 units in the historic Main Street District of Slavic Village in Cleveland. The ground floor of the Atlas Building will continue to be utilized as commercial space and the historic terra-cotta facade will be restored. The remaining five upper floors will be converted from old, vacant, office spaces into 15 apartments. The new four-story building, "the Annex building", will also have commercial space on the ground level and will house 14 units on the upper floors. A common elevator, and common space on the second, third and fourth floors will connect the buildings. Twenty percent (20%) of the units will be set-aside for persons with mobility and/or sensory impairment (2002).

Volunteers of America of North East and North Central Ohio, Inc. received a $43,700 grant to provide temporary rental assistance to 160 homeless veterans with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income in Cuyahoga County (2002).

YMCA of Greater Cleveland received a $175,000 grant to provide transitional housing and supportive services to 275 adult, homeless men recovering from chemical dependency with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income in Cuyahoga County (2002).

The AIDS Housing Council of Greater Cleveland received a $128,500 grant to provide supportive services to persons living with HIV/AIDS with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income. The program will serve 80 households consisting of 120 persons (2001).

The Buckeye Area Development Corporation will develop the Buckeye Homeownership project. The project will consist of the new construction of nine three-bedroom, single-family homes on scattered sites in the Buckeye area of Cleveland, Ohio. All nine units will be affordable and occupied by residents with incomes between 55% to 65% of the Area Median Income (AMI) (2001).

Cleveland Housing Network, Inc. received $300,000 to develop 86 single-family detached, scattered-site dwellings throughout the city of Cleveland. Sixteen three-bedroom & 14 four-bedroom units, all needing substantial rehabilitation - and five four-bedroom newly constructed units - will be occupied by households with incomes at or below 50% of the Area Median Income (AMI). The gross rents of two two-bedroom, & 18 three-bedroom, units - all to be substantially rehabilitated - will be affordable to households with incomes at or below 39% of AMI. The gross rents of 38 three-bedroom units (23 newly constructed, & 15 substantially rehabilitated) and all 28 four-bedroom units (23 substantially rehabilitated, & five newly constructed) will be affordable to households with incomes at or below 41% of AMI (2001).

Cleveland Housing Network, Inc. (CHN) received $500,000 to rehabilitate two, existing OHFA Housing Credit projects (Cleveland Housing Network Limited Partnerships VII and VIII), using HDAP's Tax Credit Rehabilitation Project Program for projects placed into service by December 31, 1993. CHN VII and VIII were placed into service in July of 1991, and in September of 1992, respectively. The project will upgrade the housing quality of 83 units that exist within the two limited partnerships. This project will consist of 23 single-family detached dwellings, 48 duplexes and 12 four-family dwellings. The project will also have three one-bedroom units, 41 two-bedroom units, 32 three-bedroom units, six four-bedroom units, and one five-bedroom unit. The eligible replacement items being upgraded and replaced include roofs, mechanical equipment, plumbing, electrical systems; and other items, which, if left unattended, pose health and safety hazards to the occupants. Both projects are designed to be lease-purchase projects whereby, after the expiration of the 15-year tax credit compliance period, the resident family obtains first right of refusal to purchase the dwelling they occupy. At least 20% (17) of the units will be occupied by single-parent heads of household (2001).

Cleveland Housing Network received $500,000 to rehabilitate 90 units of multifamily housing throughout the city of Cleveland. The project is known as Cleveland Housing Network Partnerships III and VII. Cleveland Housing Network is the current owner of the units. The project involves the rehabilitation of four one-bedroom units, 39 two-bedroom units, 41 three-bedroom units, five four-bedroom units and one five-bedroom unit. All of the units will be affordable to and occupied by households with incomes at or below 50% of the area median income (AMI) (2001).

The Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization received $350,000 to rehabilitate an historical, mixed-use building. The four-story 64-unit, multifamily building is located at 6518 Detroit Avenue in the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. The Gordon Square Apartments Preservation Project is focused around maintaining an existing tax credit project that was placed in service in 1988. The building is in need of critical capital improvements to the elevator, roof and exterior (2001).

Emerald Development and Economic Network (EDEN), Inc. received a $175,000 grant to provide homelessness prevention services and supportive services to 700 households/persons in Cuyahoga County by hiring a Housing Eligibility Specialist. The program will serve households with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income (2001).

The Famicos Foundation and other local groups received $400,000 to redevelop the area of East 71st Street, 79th Street, Cedar Avenue and Central Avenues in the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. The Ward 5 New Construction project will build ten homes with three and four-bedrooms on vacant lots acquired through the city of Cleveland Land Revitalization Program. The target population is households with incomes at 65% and below the AMI and homes that are handicapped-accessible will be available as the homeowner chooses (2001).

Forest Hills Quality Homes received $135,545for a scattered site project consisting of 10 units of newly constructed single-family homes. The homes have been designed to compliment the existing architectural fabric of the neighborhood. The units are 1,452 square foot three-bedroom colonials. All of the homes will have 1.5 baths, a full basement, air conditioning and a two-car garage. The target population range is 55%-65% of the AMI. Household income/target population is $31,560, which is 58% of the AMI for a three-bedroom unit (2001).

Lutheran Housing Corporation received a $84,000 grant to complete emergency home repairs/handicapped accessibility modifications in East Cleveland to assist 26 households consisting of 78 persons. The program will serve households with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income (2001).

New Life Community received a $73,900 grant to provide transitional housing and supportive services to 80 households consisting of 280 persons in Cuyahoga County. The program will serve households with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income (2001).

Northeast Shores Development Corporation received $191,178 to develop, substantially rehabilitate and own a currently vacant, two-story, five-unit building in the city of Cleveland. All units of the 276 East 156th Street project will be two-bedroom units with an average of 640 square feet per unit. At least 60% (3) of the units will be leased to single-parent heads of household. The 276 East 156th Street project will also have common space available to its residents. There will also be a small office space available in this building, possibly to be used as a Cleveland Police Mini-Station (2001).

St. Clair Superior Neighborhood Development Association received $300,000 to rehabilitate a 38 unit multifamily dwelling. The St. Clair Superior Apartments are located at 1075 East 74th Street, in the St. Clair neighborhood. The project received OHFA Housing Credits. Four of the units will be affordable to households with incomes at or below 61% of the area median income (AMI), eight of the units will be affordable to households with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income (AMI) and 26 of the units will be affordable to households with incomes at or below 43% of the area median income (AMI). Fifteen of the units will be occupied by households with incomes at or below 50% of the area median income (AMI) (2001).

Catholic Charities Services Corporation, in collaboration with Joseph’s Home and UHHS/CSAHS-Cuyahoga, Inc., a newly created partnership of three hospitals, received a $160,000 grant to provide homelessness prevention services to individuals and families with incomes at or below 35% of area median income. The program will serve 200 households consisting of 500 persons (2000).

Cleveland Housing Network (CHN) received a $176,900 grant to provide homelessness prevention services and supportive services to families with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income. The program will serve 550 households consisting of 1,650 persons. CHN will also provide homebuyer counseling and downpayment assistance to 40 households with incomes at or below 65% of the area median income (2000).

Cleveland Mediation Center received a $89,500 grant to provide mediation services to households in the Cuyahoga County area with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income. The project will serve 350 households, including 1,575 persons during a two-year period (2000).

The Council of Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (CEOGC) received a $175,000 grant to provide rental and mortgage payments to homeless and impending homeless individuals and families with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income in Cuyahoga County. Program participants will be linked with CEOGC’s other supportive services, as needed, through the Community Services Department. The program will serve 500 households consisting of 1500 persons (2000).

Emerald Development and Economic Network (EDEN), Inc. received a $92,200 grant to provide homelessness prevention services to persons suffering from mental illness with incomes at or below 35% of area median income. The program will serve 443 households/persons (2000).

Lutheran Housing Corporation received a $51,000 grant to provide emergency home repairs to 18 households consisting of 36 persons in East Cleveland with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income (2000).

Old Brooklyn United Services Association, Inc. received an $88,000 grant to provide emergency home repairs for households in the Old Brooklyn area of Cleveland with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income. The program will coordinate with Senior Resources, Inc., which will refer senior homeowners requiring emergency home repair. The program will provide 29 home repairs for 29 persons/households (2000).

West Side Catholic Center Shelter received a $172,000 grant to provide six months of rental assistance and supportive services for homeless women and their children with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income who are moving to permanent housing. The program will serve 30 households consisting of 90 persons (2000).

YMCA of Greater Cleveland received a $175,000 grant to provide transitional housing and supportive services for homeless men 18 years of age or older who are chemically dependent and have incomes at or below 35% of the area median income. The project will serve 200 households/persons (2000).

Community Drug Board Foundation received a $500,000 loan to rehabilitate three buildings in the city of East Cleveland into 18 two-bedroom units and 3 three-bedroom units (Covington Gardens). A total of 13 two-bedroom units and 3 three-bedroom units will be affordable to households with incomes at or below 40% of the area median income and 6 two-bedroom units and 3 three-bedroom units will be occupied by households with incomes at or below 50% of the area median income. The remaining 5 two-bedroom units will be available at market rate. Ohio Housing Tax Credits were reserved for this project (2000).

AIDS Housing Council of Greater Cleveland received a $300,000 grant to construct 15 (14 three-bedroom and 1 one-bedroom) multifamily, rental housing units in west Cleveland for persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families (Carey West Apartments). A resident manager will occupy the one-bedroom unit. The 14 three-bedroom units will be affordable to and occupied by households at or below 35% of the area median income (2000).

Cleveland Housing Network received a $657,900 grant to rehabilitate 90 (3 one-bedroom, 37 two-bedroom, 41 three-bedroom, 7 four-bedroom and 2 five-bedroom) scattered site, single-family and duplex style homes in the city of Cleveland (Capital Improvements '98). A minimum of 71% of the units will be affordable to and occupied by households with incomes at or below 50% of the area median income (AMI). The remaining units will be available to households with incomes at or below 60% of the AMI. The project previously received an Ohio Housing Tax Credit reservation (2000).

AIDS Housing Council of Greater Cleveland received a $294,900 grant to construct a 15-unit apartment building consisting of 12 one-bedroom and 3 three-bedroom units in east Cleveland (Cary East Apartments) to house persons with AIDS/HIV and their families. All 15 units will be affordable to and occupied by households with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income and each household will receive supportive services (1999).

Collinwood Community Services Center received a $250,000 grant to assist with neighborhood improvements to the residences effected by the environmental clean up of the Water Tower Park industrial site (1999).

AIDS Housing Council (AHC) of Greater Cleveland received a $109,000 grant to provide supportive services to persons with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income, living with HIV/AIDS and residing in AHC's two housing projects: Hebron Place and Kaman Place, or participating in the agency's Shelter Plus Care program. The program will serve 314 households consisting of 370 persons (1999).

Cleveland Housing Network received a $29,800 grant to provide downpayment assistance and pre-sale and post-sale homebuyer counseling to households with incomes at or below 65% of the area median income. The program will serve 40 households consisting of 90 individuals (1999).

Cleveland Women, Inc. received an $85,000 grant to provide short-term rental assistance and aftercare services to former homeless families with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income. The program will serve 250 households consisting of 390 persons (1999).

The Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland received a $130,000 grant to provide, in partnership with the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services, rental deposits and short-term rental and utility payments to: single mothers with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income who are seeking reunification with their children. The program will serve 200 households consisting of 700 persons (1999).

Emerald Development and Economic Network received a $110,100 grant to provide homeless prevention and supportive services to special needs tenants with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income. The program will provide homeless prevention services to 130 households/persons and supportive services to 160 households/persons (1999).

Lutheran Housing Corporation received a $131,200 grant to provide homeless prevention services and emergency home repairs to persons at or below 35% of the area median income in east Cleveland. Handicapped accessibility modifications will also be provided, as needed. The homeless prevention program will serve 40 households consisting of 80 persons. The emergency repair program will serve 18 households consisting of 36 persons (1999).

New Life Community received a $72,500 grant to provide transitional housing and supportive services for homeless families with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income. Follow-up case management is provided for one year after graduation from the program. The program will serve 80 households consisting of 280 individuals (1999).

Detroit-Shoreway Community Development Organization received a $300,000 grant to rehabilitate a 16-unit, multi-family housing project in west Cleveland (Muirville). A total of eight units will be affordable to and occupied by households with incomes at or below 50% of the area median income. Twenty percent of the units will be targeted to persons with mental illness (1999).

HELP Foundation received a $300,000 grant to construct two group homes, consisting of 12 housing units, in Cleveland (HELP Homes). All 12 units will be affordable to and occupied by developmentally disabled persons with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income (1999).

Cleveland Housing Network (CHN) received a $250,000 grant to rehabilitate 38 units of renter-occupied housing in the city of Cleveland (P 3-5-6-7). The units will be affordable to and occupied by households with incomes at or below 50% of area median income (1998).

Cleveland Housing Network (CHN) received a $195,200 grant to provide homeless prevention services to tenants of CHN-managed properties with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income and downpayment assistance to first-time homebuyers at or below 65% of area median income. The homeless prevention program will serve 500 households consisting of 1590 persons and the downpayment assistance program will serve 37 households consisting of 83 persons (1998).

Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland received a $90,000 grant to provide rent/mortgage/utility payments to ask-risk persons and families with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income. The program will serve 200 households consisting of 700 persons (1998).

Lutheran Housing Corporation received a $138,000 grant to provide emergency home repair services to 89 households consisting of 112 persons with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income in Cleveland (1998).

EDEN, Inc. received a $93,900 grant to provide security deposit assistance and moving assistance funds to mentally disabled persons in Cuyahoga County. The program will serve 800 households/persons with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income (1998).

University Settlement received a $118,400 grant to provide transitional housing and downpayment assistance to 56 households consisting of 390 persons with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income (1998).

YMCA of Greater Cleveland, Inc. received a $150,000 grant to provide transitional housing and supportive services to 479 homeless, formerly chemically dependent men with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income (1998).

East Side Catholic Shelter, Inc. received a $33,400 grant for IWO SAN, a transitional housing program for homeless, chemically dependent women with children. The program targets homeless African American women. The project is expected to serve 96 women and children (1997).

Buckeye Homes Development Corporation received a $300,000 grant to develop 35 single-family detached units. The project, which also received Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, consists of 25 new construction units and 10 rehabilitated units (1997).

Lutheran Housing Corporation received a $128,500 grant to provide housing counseling, homeownership training and emergency home repair to households at or below 35% of area median income. The project is expected to serve 191 households (1997).

AIDS Housing Council of Greater Cleveland received a $94,000 grant to provide housing and supportive services to persons living with HIV/AIDS. Funds will provide intensive outreach and counseling to assist clients in retaining or maintaining permanent housing. The agency will serve 300 individuals (1997).

Cleveland Women, Inc. received a $97,300 grant to provide services to women and children who are victims of domestic violence. Services include counseling, life skills, chemical dependency assistance, parenting skills, employment training, shelter, housing assistance and follow-up. Funds will operate the Housing Advocacy and Follow-Up Program, which will provide services for families in permanent housing and follow-up care for two years. The program will serve 270 individuals (1997).

YMCA of Greater Cleveland received a $90,000 grant to operate the Y-Haven program, which provides transitional housing and supportive services to single, homeless men with incomes at or below 35% of the area median income. The project’s goals are to assist residents in finding permanent housing and full-time employment. The program is expected to provide transitional housing and supportive services to 540 persons (1997).

Cleveland Housing Network received a $130,000 grant to operate a homelessness prevention program and downpayment assistance. The organization will provide maintenance and housekeeping workshops and an emergency loan fund. The project is expected to serve 935 persons (1997).

New Life Community received a $60,300 grant to provide transitional housing and supportive services to homeless families at or below 35% of the area median income. Residents receive case management and participate in a four-month job readiness and skills for living program. The project will serve 140 persons (1997).

Cleveland Housing Network received a $289,300 grant to rehabilitate 144 scattered-site housing units in 12 Cleveland neighborhoods. The Cleveland Housing Network XII project consists of 66 two-bedroom units, 50 three-bedroom units and 28 four-bedroom units (1997)

Cleveland Housing Network received a $300,000 grant to rehabilitate and construct a total of 45 scattered-site homes (13 rehabilitated and 32 new units) in seven Cleveland neighborhoods (1997).

Northeastern Neighborhood Development Corporation received a $300,000 grant to construct 40 single-family homes and rehabilitate 10 single-family homes in the city of Cleveland (1997).

Cleveland Housing Network received a $143,400 grant to provide comprehensive family development and case management services to 40 formerly homeless families whose incomes are at or below 35% of the area median income. The agency also proposes to provide downpayment grants to assist 20 families purchase homes (1996).

Lutheran Housing Corporation received a $150,000 grant to provide homebuyer counseling, and foreclosure prevention to low-income households in East Cleveland. The organization also proposes to complete emergency repairs on 41 homes of low-income homeowners (1996).

Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) received a $91,500 grant to continue operating a pre-eviction intervention program that attempts to decrease the number of evictions from CMHA units, resulting in fewer homeless persons (1996).

University Settlement received a $130,000 grant to implement a homelessness prevention and housing counseling program, coupled with a downpayment assistance program. The project will enable 10 families of four or more to become homeowners (1996).

YMCA of Greater Cleveland received a $91,500 grant to fund Y-Haven, a 6-24 month transitional housing project for homeless men, including those with mental illness and chemical dependency problems. Supportive services include personal therapy, physical fitness, counseling, case management and GED training (1996).

Cleveland Housing Network received a $65,000 grant for support of Family Development Services, property manager support for screening of families and rent subsidies for smaller families on Aid for Dependent Children (1995).

Northeastern Neighborhood Homes Limited Partnership II received a $300,000 grant to construct 40 new single-family homes and rehabilitate 10 single-family homes on scattered sites in Cleveland (1995).

Cleveland New Construction Limited Partnership II received a $300,000 grant to construct 32 new housing units and rehabilitate 13 units on scattered sites in Cleveland (1995).

Lutheran Housing Corporation received a $80,000 grant to make emergency home repairs and establish a homeownership counseling program (1995).

Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority received a $50,000 grant to continue the implementation of a pre-eviction program (1995).

Cleveland Women, Inc. received a $53,000 grant to provide housing counseling, supportive services and short-term rental assistance to battered women from the Greater Cleveland area (1995).

Cleveland Housing Network Limited Partnership XII received a $289,363 grant to rehabilitate 150 scattered site housing units in 12 neighborhoods in Cleveland (1995).

Family Transitional Housing, Inc. received a $110,000 grant to acquire six three-bedroom townhouse units on Whitney Avenue. The units will be rehabilitated and rented to families transitioning from homeless shelters (1994).

Kennedy Building Limited Partnership received a $75,000 grant to acquire and rehabilitate a multi-use facility to create and maintain eight apartments and a commercial storefront (1994).

Holden Apartments Limited Partnership received a $121,500 grant to rehabilitate a vacant, 17-unit multi-family building located in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland. The units will be rehabilitated using Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and will be offered to low-income families and individuals (1994).

Famicos Foundation received a $300,000 grant to rehabilitate 10 homes and construct 50 new single-family detached homes as part of the Rockefeller West revitalization project. This project is also using Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. The homes will be available for low-income individuals and families to rent. After 15 years, the units will be offered to the tenants for purchase (1993).

Cleveland Housing Network received a $50,100 grant to support its Lease Purchase Program. The program provides rental assistance and family development services for 15 families receiving Aid for Dependent Children and will work to increase homeownership skills for more than 400 low-income families (1993).

Lutheran Housing Corporation received a $65,500 grant to implement a comprehensive housing program in East Cleveland. The program was designed to: acquire, rehabilitate and sell single-family homes to low- and moderate-income families, provide counseling, repair home heating systems for homeowners and substantially repair 34 rental units (1993).

Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority received a $50,000 grant to outreach workers to assist the estate managers in coordinating social service intervention to prevent evictions (1993).

Near West Housing Corporation received a $23,300 grant to expand its Family Development and Homeownership Preparedness training efforts with the Lease with Option to Buy Program. Ohio Housing Trust Fund monies will be used to create a new staff position (1993).

SB-92 Limited Partnership received a $150,000 grant to acquire and substantially rehabilitate Shaker Boulevard Gardens, a 73-unit Cleveland apartment complex. The rehabilitation will revitalize the property and the surrounding neighborhood without displacing any tenants (1993).

Local lenders utilized $336,327 to provide downpayment assistance to 170 area families to help purchase their first homes.

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