REPORT TO COUNCIL
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Consider Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Action Plan for FY 2014-15
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REPORT IN BRIEF
Each year the City must submit an Action Plan to HUD in order to receive its entitlement grants from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and the HOME Investment Partnerships Programs. The draft 2014 Action Plan (Attachment 1) has been prepared in accordance with federal requirements governing the use of CDBG and HOME funds, including citizen participation requirements. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the federal agency that administers and regulates these funds.
The 2014 Action Plan sets forth the proposed uses of the funds to be available in FY 2014-15. The City's 2014 HUD entitlement grants will consist of $1,017,441 in CDBG funds and $309,091 in HOME funds. Staff estimates that the City will also receive approximately $250,000 in CDBG program income (loan payments) in the coming fiscal year. Approximately $160,000 in excess FY 13-14 program income and disencumbered funds is also available for next year. These funds may be used for eligible community development activities to meet the priority or unmet needs described in the City's 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan.
The 2014 Action Plan allocates funds to the following activities in 2014-15: public (human) services; housing rehabilitation; rental assistance; employment development; infrastructure improvements, such as accessibility retrofits of sidewalks city-wide; and program administration, which includes compliance activities (environmental, labor, and other federal requirements), monitoring, fiscal tasks, and fair housing services. The Housing and Human Services commission (HHSC) considered the requests received for CDBG capital projects at its March meeting, and recommended funding four capital projects. Funding for those projects is included in the 2014 Action Plan. Detailed project descriptions and evaluations are provided in...
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