2020 – 2024 Consolidated Plan

Citizen Participation Plan 2020-2024

 

2020-2024 Consolidated Plan Public Meetings

• Neighborhood Congress: January 9, 2019, 6:00 pm-ARC

  • Consolidated Plan Neighborhood Congress Responses

• Affordable Housing: January 24, 2019, 6:00pm-Second Missionary Baptist Church
  • Affordable Housing Public Engagement Responses
• Economic Development: February 13, 2019 11:30am-REDI
• Homelessness Engagement: RESCHEDULED to February 26, 2019, 6:00pm-Wilkes Blvd. Methodist Church 
  • Homelessness Engagement Meeting Responses
• Neighborhood Infrastructure: RESCHEDULED to March 20, 2019 7:00pm-Boys and Girls Club 
  • Infrastructure Public Engagement Meeting Responses

What is a Consolidated Plan?

The Consolidated Plan is a planning document required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  The Consolidated Plan requirements are designed to help states and local jurisdictions assess their affordable housing and community development needs and market conditions, and to make data-driven, place-based investment decisions. The consolidated planning process serves as the framework for a community-wide dialogue to identify housing and community development priorities and priorities for utilizing HUD funding.  The City receives CDBG and HOME funding according to a federal formula annually due to its size, demographics and housing characteristics.

 

Community Development Needs Assessment

Key components of the Consolidated Plan include:

• Consultation and Citizen Participation. Through the Consolidated Plan (often called the “Con Plan”), grantee jurisdictions engage the community, both in the process of developing and reviewing the proposed plan, and as partners and stakeholders in the implementation of CPD programs. By consulting and collaborating with other public and private entities, grantees can align and coordinate community development programs with a range of other plans, programs and resources to achieve greater impact.
• The Consolidated Plan. The 3 to 5-year Consolidated Plan describes the jurisdiction’s community development priorities and multiyear goals based on an assessment of housing and community development needs, an analysis of housing and economic market conditions and available resources.
• The Annual Action Plan. The Consolidated Plan is carried out through Annual Action Plans, which provide a concise summary of the actions, activities, and the specific federal and non-federal resources that will be used each year to address the priority needs and specific goals identified by the Consolidated Plan.
• Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). In the CAPER, grantees report on accomplishments and progress toward Consolidated Plan goals in the prior year