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DocuSign Envelope ID: 9B9C5864-DAE8-4DB7-8502-CF33A2B7CE1C Attachment E — Category Specific Conditions Housing Rehabilitation 1. The Recipient shall only provide assistance for the rehabilitation of and/or for the hookup of utilities to housing units that are occupied by very low-, low- and moderate -income persons to meet the "National Objective" of providing assistance to low- and moderate -income persons. If a National Objective is not be met for an activity, all CDBG funds received for the activity must be repaid. 2. The Recipient shall ensure that no rehabilitation contract between a very low-, low- or moderate -income homeowner and a contractor is signed before the Authority to Use Grant Funds has been issued and the site specific environmental review for the home has been approved by DEO. 3. For a county Recipient, all housing units that are rehabilitated shall be located in the unincorporated portion of the county. For a municipal Recipient, all housing units that are rehabilitated shall be located within the jurisdictional limits of the Recipient. 4. The Recipient must comply with its Housing Assistance Plan (HAP) that was provided to DEO as part of the application process. DEO approval is required for HAP revisions made after the application deadline. The Recipient agrees that the HAP will be followed unless waived by the governing body. 5. Bids for rehabilitation or reconstruction of housing units shall only be accepted from contractors licensed by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. All work performed on a septic tank or an issue related to a septic tank shall be performed by a licensed septic tank contractor certified by the Florida Department of Health. 6. Rehabilitation of all housing units funded in part or in full with CDBG funds must be in compliance with the current Florida Building Code — Existing Buildings, as well as local building codes and local maintenance codes. If housing units must be replaced, construction of new units must be in full compliance with current Florida Building Code. 7. The Recipient shall provide assistance for the rehabilitation of housing in a floodplain only after documenting in the rehabilitation case file for that structure that the Recipient and the beneficiary are in compliance with the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended. This documentation must address such things as elevation requirements, erosion, and water, sewage, or septic tank requirements. Each structure located within a 100 -year floodplain that is rehabilitated to any extent with CDBG funds shall be insured under the National Flood Insurance Program. The flood insurance must be at least equal to the amount spent on the rehabilitation. Homeowners in a 100 -year floodplain that do not maintain flood insurance will be exempt from receiving future federal disaster related funds per section 582 of the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. 5154a. 8. When CDBG funds are expended to acquire property through a voluntary process for the purpose of assisting low- and moderate -income households to relocate out of a 100 -year floodplain, the following shall apply: a. Future development of the property acquired shall be prohibited, unless the use does not increase the property's impervious surface; b. The local government may retain title to the property or transfer the title to a land conservancy agency or program, subject to DEO approval, at DEO sole and absolute discretion; c. The beneficiaries shall agree in writing to relocate permanently outside the 100 -year floodplain; 105 43