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Staff Report for City Council Approval of the City of San Leandro U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Fiscal Year 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan and Fiscal Year 2020-21 Annual Action Plan
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council adopt the resolution to approve the HUD Fiscal Year 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan and Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21 Annual Action Plan and authorize the execution of all related documents by the City Manager and submission of both plans to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Both plans have been available for public comment for more than thirty (30) days since March 17, 2020 and no comments have been received to date. Upon adoption by the City Council, both plans will be combined with the Alameda County HOME Consortium's plans (for the County and each Consortium member city) and forwarded to HUD.
BACKGROUND
The FY 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan (Consolidated Plan) identifies the City's housing and community development needs and outlines strategies for meeting those needs. It updates the existing and recently amended FY 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan. The FY 2020-21 Annual Action Plan (Action Plan) represents the first year of the Consolidated Planning period and outlines the City's implementation strategies for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership (HOME) funds from HUD.
As a CDBG entitlement grantee, the City directly receives CDBG funds from HUD each year. For the City to receive its annual CDBG grant allocation, the City must update its Consolidated Plan every five years and submit an Action Plan to HUD.
The City participates in the Alameda County HOME Consortium, which is comprised of Alameda County and Alameda County cities, excluding Berkeley and Oakland. As such, the City must apply to the County to receive its annual share of HOME funding. As part of this process, the City's Action Plans must be ...
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