Supportive housing provider grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated, the official text

A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for grants to supportive housing providers; requiring a report; amending Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 1, section 2, subdivision 18, as amended.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 1, section 2, subdivision 18, as amended by Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 14, section 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 18.

Supportive Housing

10,000,000

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(a) This appropriation is for the supportive housing program under Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.42. This is a onetime appropriation.

(b) Of this amount, $9,000,000 is for grants to United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Program grantees for fiscal year 2024 whose contracts have expired or will expire before December 31, 2026, and have experienced or will experience funding gaps. The agency may prioritize awards to grantees based on need. Notwithstanding the application provisions outlined in Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.42, subdivision 5, and the procurement provisions outlined in Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.06, subdivisions 1, 2, and 6, the agency may noncompetitively award grants to existing and previous federal continuum of care funding recipients. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.42, subdivision 4, funding may be used as supplemental emergency support resources for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and system-related activities for the identified grantees. The agency will coordinate with stakeholders on a distribution process and establish such a process within 30 days of enactment.

(c) Beginning 90 days after the agency obligates the appropriation and every 90 days thereafter, each grantee shall report to the commissioner detailing the use of grant money and the number of people served. The requirement for a grantee to report to the commissioner under this paragraph expires upon submission of a final report to the commissioner following the exhaustion or return of grant money. Within ten days after the reports from each grantee are due, the commissioner shall compile the reports required by this paragraph from each grantee. The compiled report shall also identify any grantee that has not submitted a report required by this paragraph to the commissioner. The commissioner shall submit a copy of each compiled report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over housing. The commissioner shall also file each compiled report with the Legislative Reference Library in compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.