Title
Joint resolution approving 2020 - 2024 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan, including the Program Year (PY) 2020 Annual Action Plan (AAP).
Staff Summary
• Lake County is the recipient of United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) entitlement funding.
• As a condition of entitlement funds HUD requires the development and submission of a Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan (ConPlan).
• The development of the ConPlan includes an updated assessment of affordable housing and community development needs, identification of strategies and goals needed to address the aforementioned needs and the PY 2020 AAP.
• The Program Year 2020 AAP includes annual funding recommendations totaling $3,118,594 CDBG, $1,872,154 HOME, $225,467 ESG and $301,000 Lake County Affordable Housing Funds.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires the submission of a Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan every five years; and
WHEREAS, such Consolidated Plan is in accordance with the requirements established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1992, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Consolidated Plan constitutes, for Lake County, the strategic plan for use of federal housing and community development funding for Program Years 2020-2024; and
WHEREAS, the Consolidated Plan and Action Plan were prepared in accordance with federal regulations regarding citizen participation and in consultation with a variety of public and private agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Consolidated Plan includes a needs assessment, housing market analysis, and strategic plan that establishes priorities for addressing housing and community development needs, and the Program Year 2020 Action Plan which details the expenditure of Program Year 2020 CDBG, HOME and ESG funds to address the priority needs identified in the Consolidated Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the recommended 2020 - 2024 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan that identifies the Needs, Goals, and Strategy Statements for the use of federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnership (HOME) and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program funds from May 1, 2020 through April 30, 2025 are hereby approved.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this day of July 14, 2020.