Title
Public Hearing to Consider Approving the Housing and Community Development Needs Statement for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18. (Housing 236)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Public Hearing to Consider Approving the Housing and Community Development Needs Statement for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2017-18
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda is an entitlement recipient of CDBG funds from the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Each year the City receives an entitlement allocation of approximately $1 million 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 funding, the City has to submit to HUD an Annual Action Plan (Plan) detailing the programs, activities, and resources to address the housing and community development needs identified in the Five-Year Consolidated Plan.
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. This hearing provides an opportunity for input for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18. The Action Plan will identify local priorities and uses of CDBG and HOME funds to address needs in eligible categories. Eligible activities include housing development, property acquisition and rehabilitation, public facility capital improvements, public services, accessibility improvements, economic development, as well as planning and administrative activities. At least 70 percent of CDBG funds must benefit low- and moderate-income residents or neighborhoods. In addition, the total amount of CDBG funds obligated for public services activities may not exceed 15 percent of the annual entitlement allocation and prior year's ...
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