Notice of Education Advisory Board Meeting

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Education Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. in the Hillsboro Community Center, 50 Hillsboro Technology Drive, Deerfield Beach, Florida.

All interested persons are urged to attend the Education Advisory Board meeting, send a representative, or express their views by letter. 

Any person requiring auxiliary aids and services at this meeting may contact the City Clerk's Office at (954) 480-4213 at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.  If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service by using the following numbers: 1-800-955-8770 or 1-800-955-8771.

Notice of Funding Availability

Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)- FY 2020-2021

HOME Investment Partnership (HOME)- FY 2020-2021

Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program (HLMP)- FY 2020-2021

The City of Deerfield Beach announces availability of federal and state funding for the owner-occupied home rehabilitation, purchase assistance and comprehensive wind mitigation and hardening of single-family homes.  Home Rehabilitation funding is for low to moderate-income residents, which includes assistance for health, safety, and code violation issues.  Purchase assistance homebuyer funding is available for low to moderate income persons to purchase a home in the City of Deerfield Beach.   Hurricane Loss Mitigation is to assist owner occupied resident’s with wind mitigation and hardening of single-family homes.  Eligible homeowner rehabilitation and purchase assistance applicants can receive up to $50,000 of assistance and Hurricane Loss Mitigation applicants can receive up to $25,000 of assistance.

The City is an entitlement recipient of federal funds and receives an annual allocation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. In FY 2020/2021, the City received   $352,000 for home rehabilitation and purchase assistance.

The City of Deerfield Beach expects to receive funding through the HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) FY 2020-2021, from Broward County Environmental Protection & Growth Management Department (Broward County Consortium) for activities that benefit low and moderate-income household up to 80% AMI, approximately $199,443.  Funding will be used for the Homeowner Rehabilitation Program and Purchase Assistance Programs.

The City of Deerfield Beach received $194,000 in funding from the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program (HLMP) to benefit owner-occupied single-family homes with comprehensive wind mitigation and hardening.  Examples of activities included in mitigation are replacing of roof coverings/re-roofing, installation of window and door opening protection, installation of hurricane straps and application of secondary water barriers.

2020 Income Limits

Applications will be available online November 2^nd, 2020, at http://www.deerfield-beach.com/1509/Programs.  All programs are available on a first-come, first qualified basis.  For questions about applications, please contact Loleta Harris at 954-425-8449, ext.113 or lharris@dbhaonline.org