2017 CDBG Third Year Action Plan

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Executive Summary ' AP-05 Executive Summary - 91.200(c), 91.220(b) t1. Introduction The 2017 Action Plan represents Year Three of the 2015-2019 five-year Housing and Community Development Plan (HCD Plan) of the St.Joseph County Housing Consortium. This plan indicates the PY2017 priority needs and related objectives to support strong neighborhood revitalization activity in St. Joseph County. The priority needs and objectives are outlined in the HCD Plan under the following ' categories: Housing, Non-Housing Community Development, Homeless, and Non-Homeless Special Needs. The City of South Bend anticipates receiving$2,577,106 in federal resources for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) in PY2017. The St.Joseph County Housing Consortium anticipates receiving$734,817 in HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funding in PY2017. ' 2. Summarize the objectives and outcomes identified in the Plan This could be a restatement of items or a table listed elsewhere in the plan or a reference to ' another location. It may also contain any essential items from the housing and homeless needs assessment, the housing market analysis or the strategic plan. ' All 2017 CDBG-funded activities will coordinate with geographic priorities of the Vacant and Abandoned Housing Initiative and the West Side Corridors Plan.The City of South Bend has targeted specific ' portions of the Near Northwest (Census Tract 6), the Near West Side including the Lincoln Park neighborhood (Census Tract 19), and the Southeast Neighborhood (Census Tracts 29 and 30) for programs that promote first time homebuyers, renovate quality rental properties, create affordable single-family homes, and remove vacant and abandoned structures.These neighborhoods show relatively low incomes and high concentrations of poverty, high rates of residential vacancy and ' abandonment, and a high incidence of sub-prime loans. The target areas, adjacent to downtown, are also areas that have begun to see redevelopment activity by local non-profit housing organizations and private developers. A p ortion of the Rum Village Neighborhood, bounded by Indiana s Avenue, Miami Street, Ewing Avenue, ' and Michigan Street, will be targeted for owner-occupied housing rehab activity. The neighborhood includes two (2) low-mod income census tracts (30 and 33). Annual Action Plan 1 2017 ' OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.07/31/2015)