Three Public Hearings on Needs Assessment Announced

Mr. Stanley Jackson, Director, Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), announces three Public Needs Assessment Hearings in preparation of "Draft Consolidated Plan for the District of Columbia Fiscal Year 2005 Action Plan" and for comment on the "Low Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Allocation Plan." The hearings will begin at 6:30 pm, at the sites designated below. The purpose of the hearings is to provide the public with an opportunity to express its views on the priority community needs to be addressed in the "Draft Consolidated Plan for the District of Columbia Fiscal Year 2005 Action Plan," which will be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia for approval prior to submission to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the following federal entitlement programs:  

·         Community Development Block Grant Program

·         HOME Investment Partnerships Program

·         Emergency Shelter Grant Program

·         Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA)

·         Low Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Allocation Plan

The Needs Assessment Hearings will take place at the following times and locations:

·      Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 6:30-8:30 pm

Friendship Public Charter School, Collegiate Academy Auditorium

4095 Minnesota Avenue, NE

(School is directly across from the Minnesota Avenue Metro Station.)

·      Thursday, November 13, 2003, 6:30-8:30 pm

DC Housing Finance Agency, Auditorium

815 Florida Avenue, NW

(2 blocks east of the U Street/African American Civil War Memorial/Cardoza Metro Station and 2 1/2 blocks Northwest of the 7th Street/Shaw/Howard University Metro Station)

·      Tuesday, November 18, 2003, 6:30-8:30 pm

Department of Housing and Community Development, 9th Floor Board Room

801 North Capitol Street, NE

(2 1/2 blocks from the Union Station Metro Station)