Title
Public Hearing to Consider Approving the Housing and Community Development Needs Statement for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2019-20. (Housing 236)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: David L. Rudat, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of the public hearing is to consider approving the Housing and Community Development Needs Statement to be used to prepare the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Plan, which will be presented to City Council in May 2019. As an entitlement recipient of CDBG funds, the City of Alameda receives approximately $1 million 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. The Five-Year Consolidated Plan identified the following priorities: affordable housing, homelessness, other special needs, and non-housing community development (public services, economic development, and public facilities).
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda is an entitlement recipient of CDBG funds from 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 Action 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 FY 2019-20. The Action Plan will identify local priorities and uses of ...
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