Lake County, IL
File #: 15-0173    Version: 1 Name: Approval 2015-19 Consolidated Plan & 2015 Action Plan Draft
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 2/6/2015 In control: Health and Community Services Committee
On agenda: Final action: 3/10/2015
Title: Joint resolution approving 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan, including a draft 2015 Action Plan, and authorizing the execution of all necessary correspondence to distribute these Plans to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and other interested parties.
Attachments: 1. Lake County Consortium ConPlan Final.pdf, 2. Post Feb11 HCDC Redline.pdf, 3. Community Development Budget Summary.pdf
Title
Joint resolution approving 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan, including a draft 2015 Action Plan, and authorizing the execution of all necessary correspondence to distribute these Plans to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and other interested parties.

Staff Summary
* The development and submission of the five-year 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan is a necessary component to receiving U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds for housing and community development activities and is required by HUD to contain a draft Action Plan for Program Year 2015. This document is attached here in its entirety.
* This joint resolution approves the 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan, as recommended by the Housing & Community Development Commission, that identifies the Needs, Goals, and Strategy Statements for the use of federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program funds from May 1, 2015 through April 30, 2020.
* Cosmetic changes to the Plan made as a result of public hearings at the Housing & Community Development Commission are attached here in a set of redlined changes, along with the detailed Program Year 2015 funding amounts newly released by HUD.
* This joint resolution also authorizes the County Board Chairman or his designee to execute the necessary correspondence to distribute the 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Lake County municipalities and townships, and various for-profit and non-profit housing and community development agencies in Lake County.
* The 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan and draft 2015 Action Plan may be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development after the County Board's app...

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