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Staff Report for the Public Hearing for the City of San Leandro U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Draft Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
At the public hearing, staff recommends the City Council approve a motion to publish the Draft FY 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan for a 30-day comment period (April 2 - May 1, 2019), and set a public hearing for May 6, 2019, or as soon thereafter as the hearing may be held pending final approval of the federal budget, to consider final approval of the FY 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan.
BACKGROUND
The FY 2015-2019 Five-Year Housing and Community Development Strategic Plan (Consolidated Plan) identifies the housing and community development needs in San Leandro and outlines the strategies for meeting those needs. The FY 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan represents the fifth and final year of the FY 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan and implements the strategies through the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership (HOME) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
As a CDBG entitlement grantee, the City receives CDBG funds directly from HUD each year. In order to receive its annual CDBG grant allocation from HUD, the City must update its Consolidated Plan every five years and submit an Annual Action Plan to HUD.
The City participates in the Alameda County HOME Consortium (Consortium), which consists of the County of Alameda and all Alameda County cities, except Berkeley and Oakland. The City must apply to the County to receive its annual share of HOME funding. As part of this process, the City must submit its Annual Action Plan to Alameda County. The County serves as the lead agency for the Consortium and the HOME Program and is responsible for submitting the Annual Action Plan documents on behalf of the entire Consortium to HUD.
Under the Housing and Community Development Act (from which the CDBG Pr...
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