Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: October 27, 2026
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Tanya Wilson, AICP, Director, Planning, Environmental, and Development Services Department
CONTACT: Mitchell Glasser, Manager
PHONE: 407-836-5190
DIVISION: Housing and Community Development Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval of Third Substantial Amendment to 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan Revised Budget in the amount of $620,215.45 to be used for rehabilitation services for very low and low-income homeowners in Orange County. All Districts. (Housing and Community Development Division)
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PROJECT: Third Substantial Amendment to FY 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan
PURPOSE: The Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) was created by the Housing Economic Recovery Act of 2008 to respond to the rising residential foreclosures and property abandonment, and to stabilize communities negatively impacted by foreclosures. Orange County received two allocations of NSP funds (NSP-1 and NSP-3), and it is currently in the process of closing out both of the NSP programs, in accordance with HUD requirements and guidance.
Although both programs formally ended in 2018, they generated program income which was not fully expended. The Board approved the initial transfer of program income totaling $589,930.22 from the NSP-3 program to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The reallocated funds were to be expended on the CDBG-eligible activities to address the needs, priorities and goals identified in the 2022-2026 Orange County Consolidated Plan. In accordance with requirements of the Citizen Participation Plan and 24 CFR Part 91.505, the County is submitting a Third Substantial Amendment to 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan to update the amount of the NSP-3 program income to $620,215.45 for single family rehab and to any future program income generated by the SNP-3 to the CDBG program.
More specifically, the funds are proposed to be spent on the Homeowner Single Family Rehabilitation Program, will offer rehabilitation services and home repairs for very low and low-income homeowners in Orange County. The proposed amendment was presented to the Community Development Advisory Board on September 16, 2026, and posted for a required 30-day public comment period from August 31 to September 30, 2026.
BUDGET: N/A