(Washington, DC) - The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announces the release of the second draft of the Fiscal Year 2011-2015 Consolidated Plan and Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Action Plan for the District of Columbia.
The public comment period until Monday, July 12, 2010 for the second draft of Fiscal Year 2011-2015 Consolidated Plan and Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Action Plan for the District of Columbia. These documents were made available to the public on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 and will be submitted in final form to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday, August 13, 2010.
Both documents are available for download below, and in hard copy, no later than May 20, 2010, at the Department’s offices at 1800 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., SE, at the Housing Resource Center, 1st Floor. Additionally, copies will be available at all public library branches, ANC offices, and the following community-based organizations:
Housing Counseling Services, Inc.
2410 17th St. NW, Suite 100
(202) 667-7006
Lydia’s House
3939 South Capitol St. SW
(202) 373-1050
Central American Resources Center
1460 Columbia Rd. NW
(202) 328-9799
University Legal Services
220 I St. NE, Suite 130
(202) 547-4747
Latino Economic Development Corporation (LEDC)
2316 18th St. NW
(202) 588-5102
The documents are the District’s application for the following federal entitlement programs: Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), Emergency Shelter Grant Program (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA).
The Department conducted a public hearing on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 6 p.m., at our headquarters, located at 1800 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE, inside the first floor conference room.
If you wish to provide comments for the record, please do so by mail or email by close of business Monday, July 12, 2010. Written statements should be mailed to: Leila Finucane Edmonds, Director, DHCD, Attention: Consolidated Plan Comments, 1800 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20020. Emailed comments should be submitted to [email protected] with a subject line “Consolidated Plan comments.”
All comments received during the comment period will be responded to in the final draft of the FY2011-FY2015 Consolidated Plan and FY2011 Action Plan, to be submitted to the HUD by August 13, 2010. For additional information, please contact Pamela Hillsman at [email protected] or by phone at (202) 442-7251.
Please Note:
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) relay service will be provided by calling (800) 201-7165. Sign language interpretation and language translation services will be available upon request by calling Ms. Pamela Hillsman, seven days prior to the hearing on (202) 442-7251. Persons, who require interpretation or language translation, must specify the language of preference (i.e. Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese-Mandarin/Cantonese, Amharic, or French). Language interpretation service will be provided to pre-registered persons only. Department of Housing and Community Development staff who are bilingual in English and Spanish will be available to provide interpreter service on an availability basis to walk-ins without registration.
Draft Fiscal Year 2011-2015 Consolidated Plan, Part 1 - Cover
Draft Fiscal Year 2011-2015 Consolidated Plan, Part 2
Appendix A - FY 2011 Action Plan
Appendix B, Part 1 - HOPWA Consolidated Plan
Appendix B, Part 2 - HOPWA Action Plan
Appendix B, Part 3 - HOPWA Action Plan Attachments
Additional Appendices (C-G)