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Joint resolution approving the 2017 Housing and Community Development Annual Action Plan, authorizing all necessary correspondence for the distribution and implementation of the plan with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Staff Summary
* Following an initial Public Hearing on February 15, 2017 and two subsequent thirty-day public comment periods, a second public hearing on the 2017 Action Plan was held at the Housing and Community Development (HCDC) Commission meeting on July 19, 2017 before the recommendations advance to the Lake County Board for consideration.
* The fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget of the HUD has been finalized at the federal level. Lake County's combination of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds total $3,998,914 which is an increase of 1.2 percent from the previous year, with the largest increase in HOME by $32,478 (plus 2.9 percent) to $1,157,197.
* The HCDC Commission voted to recommend the 2017 Action Plan for HCDC to the Health and Community Services and the Financial and Administrative Committees for their approval and recommendation that the plan be adopted by the Lake County Board at its August 8, 2017 meeting.
* During the Health and Community Services Committee meeting on August 1, 2017, an amendment was made to reallocate $45,000 in the Lake County Affordable Housing Program funds from new senior rental housing in Mundelein (PIRHL, LLC) to Catholic Charities for emergency shelter (motel vouchers) for flood victims and general homelessness prevention.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires the submission of a Housing and Community Development Annual Action Plan every year; and
WHEREAS, on March 10, 2015, the Lake County Board approved the 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan describing the Needs, Goals, and Strateg...
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