Wisconsin Statutes 16.306 – Housing grants
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 16.306
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) Definition. In this section, “eligible applicant” means any of the following:
(am) A county or municipal governing body.
(bm) A county or municipal governmental agency.
(c) A community action agency under s. 49.265.
(d) A private, nonprofit organization.
(e) An organization operated for profit.
(2) Grants.
(a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (fm), the department may award a grant to an eligible applicant for the purpose of providing housing and associated supportive services to homeless individuals and families to facilitate their movement to independent living if the conditions under par. (b) are satisfied. The department shall ensure that the funds for the grants are reasonably balanced among geographic areas of the state that correspond to the geographic areas served by each continuum of care organization designated by the federal department of housing and urban development, consistent with the quality of applications submitted.
(b) A recipient of a grant under par. (a) shall agree to use the grant to support a housing program that does all of the following:
1. Utilizes only existing buildings.
2. Utilizes buildings at scattered sites.
3. Facilitates the utilization, by residents, of appropriate social services available in the community.
4. Provides, or facilitates the provision of, training in self-sufficiency to residents.
5. Requires that at least 25 percent of the income of residents be spent for rent.
(3) Reporting. Each recipient of a grant under this section shall annually provide all of the following information to the department:
(a) The total number of persons served.
(b) The length of stay in housing of each person served.
(c) The housing and employment status of each person served, at the time that the person leaves the housing program.
(d) Any other information that the department determines to be necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the housing program operated by the recipient.