6-Appendix 2 Definitions and Glossary.pdf

Programs have been adopted by the Dallas City Council Between May 9, 2018, and June 12, 2024

Appendix 2 - Definitions and Glossary

The following definitions are provided for use in the CDBG funded Major Systems Repair Program:

Category 1 Subrecipients shall mean Subrecipients that have the capacity, whether in house or through sub-subrecipients, to complete all of the allowable rehabilitation or repair items under the Major Home Repair Rehabilitation Program. The allowable repair items are listed in Table 1 of this NOFA.

Category 2 Subrecipients shall mean Subrecipients with the capacity to perform a specialty trade (i.e., electrical, plumbing, roofing, etc.) from the allowable repair items listed in Table 1.

CDBG funds means Community Development Block Grant funds, including funds received in the form of grants under subpart D, F, or §570.405 of this part, funds awarded under section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, loans guaranteed under subpart M of this part, urban renewal surplus grant funds, and program income as defined in §570.500(a).

City means the incorporated City of Dallas:

Consolidated plan means the plan prepared in accordance with 24 CFR part 91, which describes needs, resources, priorities and proposed activities to be undertaken with respect to HUD programs, including the CDBG program. An approved consolidated plan means a consolidated plan that has been approved by HUD in accordance with 24 CFR part 91.

Consultant in the CHP means and third party that is authorized to administer this program including contractors and subrecipients

Contractor Obtains goods or provides services which generally create a procurement relationship. A contractor is paid CDBG funds as compensation for its services

Equipment Cost means the cost of equipment necessary to perform one unit of work of the line item, excluding any overhead and profit of the Subrecipient.

Family refers to the definition of “family” in 24 CFR 5.403 which reads as follows:

Family includes, but is not limited to, the following, regardless of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status:

(1) A single person, who may be an elderly person, displaced person, disabled person, near-elderly person, or any other single person; or

(2) A group of persons residing together, and such group includes, but is not limited to:

(i) A family with or without children (a child who is temporarily away from the home because of placement in foster care is considered a member of the family);

(ii) An elderly family;

(iii) A near-elderly family;

(iv) A disabled family;

(v) A displaced family; and

(vi) The remaining member of a tenant family.

Household means all persons occupying a housing unit. The occupants may be a family, as defined in 24 CFR 5.403; two or more families living together; or any other group of related or unrelated persons who share living arrangements, regardless of actual or perceived, sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status.

Income. For the purpose of determining whether a family or household is low- and moderate-income under the CDBG regulations found at 570.3, the City has selected to use the Part 5 income definition under 24 CFR Part 5.403 which reads as follows:

“Annual Income defined under the Section 8 program at 24 CFR 813.106 1, (except that if the CDBG assistance being provided is homeowner rehabilitation under §570.202, the value of the homeowner's primary residence may be excluded from any calculation of Net Family Assets).”

Low- and moderate-income household means a household having an income equal to or less than the Section 8 low-income limit established by HUD.

Low- and moderate-income person means a member of a family having an income equal to or less than the Section 8 low-income limit established by HUD. Unrelated individuals will be considered as one-person families for this purpose.

Low-income household means a household having an income equal to or less than the Section 8 very low-income limit established by HUD.

Low-income person means a member of a family that has an income equal to or less than the Section 8 very low-income limit established by HUD. Unrelated individuals shall be considered as one-person families for this purpose.

Material Cost means the cost of material necessary to perform one unit of work of the line item, excluding any overhead and profit of the Subrecipient.

Minor Repairs shall mean repairs that do not exceed $5,000 and fall within the list of eligible repairs above.

Moderate-income household means a household having an income equal to or less than the Section 8 low-income limit and greater than the Section 8 very low-income limit, established by HUD.

Moderate-income person means a member of a family that has an income equal to or less than the Section 8 low-income limit and greater than the Section 8 very low-income limit, established by HUD. Unrelated individuals shall be considered as one-person families for this purpose.

Population means the total resident population based on data compiled and published by the United States Bureau of the Census available from the latest census or which has been upgraded by the Bureau to reflect the changes resulting from the Boundary and Annexation Survey, new incorporations and consolidations of governments pursuant to §570.4, and which reflects, where applicable, changes resulting from the Bureau's latest population determination through its estimating technique using natural changes (birth and death) and net migration, and is referable to the same point or period in time.

Soft Costs means the cost that are not construction / hard costs which under this NOFA include:

Permitting Cost: all permits required for the rehabilitation work associated with the Major Home Repair Rehabilitation Program.

Subrecipient is defined under 24 CFR Part 570.500(c) as a public or private nonprofit agency, authority, or organization, or a for-profit entity authorized under §570.201(o), receiving CDBG funds from the recipient or another subrecipient to undertake activities eligible for such assistance under subpart C of this part. The term excludes an entity receiving CDBG funds from the recipient under the authority of §570.204, unless the grantee explicitly designates it as a subrecipient. The term includes a public agency designated by a unit of general local government to receive a loan guarantee under subpart M of this part, but does not include subrecipients providing supplies, equipment, construction, or services subject to the procurement requirements in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D.

Total Unit Price means the total cost for a single unit of work including the cost of material, labor, and equipment, excluding any overhead of the Subrecipient.

Total Line Item Price means the total line item cost for a specific eligible repair (as provided in Table 1 of this ) including the cost of material, labor, and equipment, and overhead of the Subrecipient.

Unit of general local government shall have the meaning provided in section 102(a)(1) of the Act.

Unit means the unit of measurement for the line item specified. All work shall be scoped based on the measurement units specified.