Five Year Consolidated Plan Years 6 through 10 FY 10 FY14

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Five Year Consolidated PlanYears 6 through 10FY
10 - FY14

• Community Development Block Grant Program
• October 27, 2008 Public Hearing
• City of Bowling Green

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What is the Consolidated Plan?

• A collaborative community process to establish
  the vision for community development actions.
• A course of action for revitalization, building
  on local assets and coordinating response to the
  needs of the community.
• A means to meet the submission requirements for
  Community Development Block Grant funding.

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3 Statutory Program Goals

• 1. Decent housing
• Assisting homeless persons
• Retaining affordable housing stock
• Increasing availability of affordable permanent
  housing
• Increasing supply of supportive housing
• Providing affordable housing that is accessible
  to job opportunities

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3 Statutory Program Goals

• 2. A Suitable Living Environment
• Improving the safety and livability of
  neighborhoods
• Eliminating blighting influences and deteriorated
  structures
• Increasing access to quality facilities and
  services
• Reducing isolation of income groups
• Restoring/preserving properties of special
  historic value
• Conserving energy resources

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3 Statutory Program Goals

• 3. Expanded Economic Opportunities
• Job creation and retention
• Establishment and expansion of small businesses
• Availability of mortgage financing for low-income
  persons at reasonable rates
• Access to capital and credit for development
  activities that promote long-term economic and
  social viability of the community
• Empowerment and self-sufficiency of low-income
  persons to reduce generational poverty

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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding

• Direct federal funding from Department of Housing
  and Urban Development (HUD)
• Determined by formula based on population,
  poverty, age of housing, etc.
• Citizen participation helps develop Consolidated
  Plan
• Consolidated Plan establishes priority needs for
  spending funds
• Annual Action Plan identifies specific projects

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Community Development Block Grant Funding

• Three National Objectives
• 1. Benefit to Low- and Moderate- Income families
  (lt80 of MFI)
• 2. Preventing or eliminating slums or blight
• 3. Meeting URGENT community development needs
  with a serious or immediate threat to health or
  welfare of the community AND other financial
  resources are not available.

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The Process

• Housing Market Analysis
• Public Hearings
• Comment Periods
• Plan Drafts
• Agency Application Process
• City Commission Approval
• HUD Louisville Approval
• Environmental Review and other regulatory
  compliance
• Administration of each Annual Action Plan

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CDBG Program Requirements

• Program Year July 1 through June 30
• At least 70 of funds must be for activities
  benefiting low-to-moderate income (LMI) persons
• Citizen Participation
• 5 Year Consolidated Plan
• 1Year Action Plan
• One-for-one Housing Replacement
• 504 Accessibility

• Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing
• Performance Reports
• Environmental Requirements
• Davis-Bacon labor standards
• Section 3 Hiring
• Lead-based paint requirements
• Anti-Displacement Plan/Relocation

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Eligible Activities

• Acquisition for any public purpose
• Disposition through sale, lease, donation
• Public facilities/ improvements
• Clearance activities
• Public services (limited to 15 of funding)

• Relocation
• Residential or Commercial/Industrial
  Rehabilitation
• Homeownership assistance
• Economic development
• Technical Assistance
• Administrative costs

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Specifically Prohibited Activities

• Buildings for general conduct of government
• General government expenses
• Political activities, including forums, voter
  transport, or registration
• New housing construction (except CBDO)
• Subsistence payments

• Purchase of equipment, such as construction
  equipment, fire protection equipment,
  furnishings, vehicles, and personal property
• Operating and maintenance expenses
• Certain Economic Dev such as gt50,000/job
  created, and assistance to professional sports
  teams

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Outcome Measurement

• Reports results and accomplishments.
• Enables HUD to describe results at national level
  in consistent manner.
• Each project will be designed based on these
  objectives to show how it benefits the community
  or people served.

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Outcome Measurement
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Previously Funded Activities

• Acquisition of property
• Renaissance Village senior housing
• Independence Place senior housing
• Child Care Center
• Residential Rehabilitation
• Homeowner Rehab
• Rental Conversion

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Previously Funded Activities

• Construction
• CBDO Residential The Housing Fund
• Dental Clinic
• Homebuyer Assistance
• Small Business Development
• Administrative Costs (approx. 6.5)
• Fair Housing Education
• Grant-Related Expenses

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• Anticipated funding level for FY09
• around 500,000 to 525,000
• New for the next 5 Year cycle
• Agencies must apply for funding through a
  competitive application process propose solution
  to one of the identified priority needs

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Data of Interest

• 50.2 of Bowling Greens population meets the
  definition of Low to Moderate Income.
• 75.8 of the NRSA/EC population is Low to
  Moderate Income
• There are 2,287 assisted rental units in Bowling
  Green
• 18 increase over 2003
• Accounts for approximately 11 of all housing
  units
• January 2008 Homeless Count 136 persons in
  Warren County
• 22 were unsheltered individuals but shelter was
  available

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Findings of Housing Analysis

• 22 of renter-occupied households are
  cost-burdened
• 8 of owner-occupied households are cost-burdened
• Nearly 27 of all cost-burdened households are
  young (15-24 yrs)
• Cost-burdened means the household pays more
  than 30 of their income toward
  rent/mortgage/utilities.

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Findings of Housing Analysis

• Citys share of cost-burdened households is
  slightly higher than Kentucky averages.
• 57 of homes sold from 2004-2007 were affordable
  to households earning lt80 of area median income.

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Findings of Housing Analysis

• Expected Trends
• Higher than normal renter occupancy will
  continue, but decrease slightly
• Total household demand will increase by more than
  8,000 units by 2030
• There is potential for further increase in
  cost-burdened households

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Five Year Consolidated Plan

• Public Comment Section

Submit Written Comments by November 10, 2008
to Alice Burks, HCD Director P O Box 430 Bowling
Green, KY 42102-0430 OR alice.burks_at_bgky.org W
atch for updates and draft plan at
www.bgky.org/hcd/index.php