Title
Public Hearing to Consider Approving the Housing and Community Development Needs Statement for the Community Development Block Grant Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2023-24.
The proposed action is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under section 15262 (feasibility and planning study) of the CEQA Guidelines. (Community Development 20361840)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of the public hearing is to consider approving the housing and community development needs for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan, which will be presented to City Council in May 2023. As an entitlement recipient of CDBG funds, the City of Alameda (City) receives approximately $1,150,000 per year from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
CDBG regulations require that an annual public hearing be held to obtain views on current housing and community development needs relating to the Action Plan (Action Plan) described below. In 2020, the City prepared its Five-Year Consolidated Plan (Consolidated Plan), a planning document required by HUD, which is designed to assist the City with assessing its affordable housing and community development needs and market conditions so that it may make data-driven, place-based investment decisions. The Consolidated Plan identified the following priorities: affordable housing, preventing and addressing homelessness, reducing housing discrimination, and non-housing community development (public services, economic development, and public facilities).
BACKGROUND
The City is an entitlement recipient of CDBG funds from HUD. Each year the City receives an entitlement allocation of approximately $1,150,000 of CDBG funding. CDBG funds finance programs and activities that benefit low- and moderate-income persons and households while helping prevent or eliminate slums and blight. To receive CDBG f...
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