REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Approve 2015-2020 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Consolidated Plan
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires all local jurisdictions that receive Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds as an annual entitlement grant to prepare a five-year strategic planning document known as a "Consolidated Plan" or "ConPlan". The City is an entitlement grantee of CDBG and HOME funds. The ConPlan describes the grantees' priority community needs and proposed uses of CDBG, HOME, and other available funds during the five-year period. The City's current ConPlan was approved in 2010 and expires on June 30, 2015. Until the new ConPlan is adopted, the 2010 ConPlan will remain in effect. The main policies, programs, and goals of the 2010 ConPlan are quite similar to those in the Draft 2015-2020 ConPlan, as they remain valid today. However, the Draft 2015-2020 ConPlan does not include as many references to issues resulting from the 2009 recession, such as the foreclosure crisis and high unemployment rates, which no longer reflect current market conditions.
Staff has prepared the Draft 2015-2020 ConPlan (Attachment 1) in accordance with federal requirements governing the use of these entitlement grants, including the citizen participation requirements and a new HUD format driven by a new HUD software system which grantees must now use to develop their ConPlans, as discussed further below. The ConPlan identifies the City's priority needs for housing and community development, and provides a strategy to address those needs, including goals regarding affordable housing; alleviation of homelessness; public services, facilities, and neighborhood improvements; and economic development.
Staff recommends that Council approve the 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan as provided in Attachment 1.
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