PUBLIC HEARING – PROPOSED FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FY2023, 7/1/2023 – 6/30/24

PUBLIC HEARING – PROPOSED FUNDING ALLOCATIONS

FY2023, 7/1/2023 – 6/30/24

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

Notice is hereby given that the City of Lansing Planning Board will hold a public hearing to solicit public input on the proposed funding allocations for the City of Lansing’s FY 2023 Annual Action Plan which covers the time period July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024. 

            TO:                   ALL LANSING CITIZENS AND ORGANIZATIONS    

            FROM:              LANSING PLANNING BOARD

            SUBJECT:           PUBLIC HEARING – PROPOSED FUNDING ALLOCATIONS

PLACE:              Neighborhood Empowerment Center

600 W. Maple Street

Lansing, MI 48906

            TIME:                6:30 p.m.

DATE:              Tuesday, February 7, 2023

PURPOSE:  TO PROVIDE CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE AND COMMENT ON PROPOSED OBJECTIVES, GOALS AND PROJECTED USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, HOME AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAMS, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S ANNUAL ACTION PLAN SUBMISSION FOR FY 2023 (7/1/2023- 6/30/2024)

For additional information, please contact Doris M. Witherspoon, Senior Planner at doris.witherspoon@lansingmi.gov

PLEASE NOTE – Entitlement Grant Awards for FY 2023 (July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024) have not been announced by HUD as of the date of this publication. Amounts proposed herein for FY 2023 CDBG, HOME and ESG activities are based on prior year entitlement awards. If the grant amounts HUD actually awards to the City of Lansing for CDBG, HOME and ESG are different from the amounts shown above, pro-rata adjustments will be made to the budget amounts proposed for each activity

FUNDING ALLOCATIONS

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND USE OF FUNDS

ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2023 (7/1/23– 6/30/24)

CITY OF LANSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

The primary objective of Lansing's Housing and Community Development Program is the development of a viable community which will provide standard housing in a suitable living environment, principally to benefit low- and moderate-income persons, preserve and expand existing businesses and industries, and create an atmosphere conducive to stability in neighborhoods.

1. Provide standard housing in a suitable living environment through rehabilitation, new construction, and improvement of the housing stock primarily in CDBG eligible neighborhoods and in specifically designated housing target areas.

1. Provide housing counseling and assistance that will benefit low and moderate-income households.

1. Promote home ownership for low and moderate-income households and promote deconcentrating poverty.

1. Maintain at current levels the number of public and assisted housing units available to low and moderate-income households.

1. Provide homeless prevention assistance, emergency shelter, street outreach and supportive human services for people with special needs, people who are homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless.

1. Provide assistance for permanent supportive housing and human services for low- and moderate-income households with a history of chronic homelessness, including those with special needs.

1. Promote economic opportunity for low and moderate-income individuals by facilitating economic development, providing employment opportunity, sponsoring job training, supporting business development, micro-enterprise lending and business or financial educational programs and initiatives.

1. Promote economic development to provide jobs, business services and shopping opportunities for residents located in CDBG eligible areas.

1. Provide community and neighborhood services, recreational opportunities and public facilities and promote neighborhood social cohesion to improve the quality of life in CDBG eligible neighborhoods.

1. Increase security and safety in neighborhoods by supporting public safety and crime prevention initiatives, public educational programs, and citizens’ awareness in CDBG eligible areas.

1. Improve the city’s transportation, public facilities, and infrastructure systems in CDBG eligible areas.

1. Protect and improve the city’s physical environment, including preventing or eliminating blight, removing lead or other safety hazards, preserving historic resources, mitigating flood hazards, promoting healthy housing, and improving energy fitness in housing occupied by low and moderate-income households.

1. Promote fair housing objectives.

1. Provide affordable housing and economic development that benefits low- and moderate-income people in the context of mixed-use development along transit corridors.

CP#23-019

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

Homeowner Housing Rehabilitation

Rental Unit Rehabilitation

Proposed funding amount: $425,974

Blight Removal

Proposed funding amount: $20,000   

Public Services (limited to 15%)

Proposed funding amount: $ 309,923 (15% of CDBG)  

Economic Development and Business Technical Assistance

CDBG General Administration (limited to 20%)

Down Payment Assistance

Homeowner Housing Construction and Rehabilitation (ADR)

CHDO Set-aside (15% minimum required)

Proposed funding amount: $ 125,529

Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) Operating (limited to 5%)

Funds reserved at option of the City to provide operating funds to CHDO’s utilizing the City’s HOME funds to produce affordable housing in the community.

Proposed funding amount: $41,843

HOME General Administration (limited to 10%)

TOTAL HOME = $836,866

EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG)

Street Outreach

Proposed funding amount: $ 5,264

Homeless Prevention

Administrative Activities (limited to 7.5%)

Shelter Operation

SUMMARY

Forty –Ninth Year Community Development Resources

Administrative, management and operation costs for the above programs include the administration, management, and operations of the eligible activities, as well as other federal and state community development programs in which the city is now or may be participating.