The programs, activities and strategies developed for this consolidated plan must address three overall goals established for the HUD formula grant programs. These national goals, which primarily target low to moderate-income persons, households or neighborhoods, are as follows:
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Provide decent housing
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Assist homeless persons to obtain appropriate housing
Assist persons at risk of becoming homeless
Retain affordable housing stock
Increase the availability of affordable, permanent housing in standard condition, particularly to members of disadvantaged minorities, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status or disability
Increase the supply of supportive housing, which combines structural features and services needed to enable persons with special needs, including persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, to live with dignity and independence
Provide housing affordable to low-income persons accessible to job opportunities
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Provide a suitable living environment
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Improve the safety and livability of neighborhoods
Increase access to quality public and private facilities and services
Reduce the isolation of income groups within a community or geographical area through the spatial de-concentration of housing opportunities for persons of lower income
Revitalize deteriorating or deteriorated neighborhoods
Restore and preserve properties of special historic, architectural or aesthetic value
Conservation of energy resources.
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Provide expanded economic opportunities
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Pursuance of job creation and retention
Establish, stabilize & expand small businesses (including micro-businesses)
Provision of public services concerned with employment
Provision of jobs involved in carrying out activities under programs covered by this plan to low-income persons living in areas affected by those programs and activities
Availability of mortgage financing for low-income persons at reasonable rates using nondiscriminatory lending practices
Access to capital and credit for development activities that promote the long-term economic and social viability of the community
Empowerment & self-sufficiency opportunities for low-income persons to reduce generational poverty in federally assisted and public housing.
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PUBLIC NOTICES
To submit comments on any public notice listed below, you can send mail or email to the address listed in the notice, or you can submit comments online.
PUBLIC NOTICE
The
City of Aurora’s Draft 2019 Annual Action Plan will be available for public
review and comment for a 30 day period from October 11, 2018 to November 12,
2018.
The
Final 2019 Action Plan will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) by November 15, 2018, or as otherwise advised by HUD.
The
2019 Action Plan is the fifth year of the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan and serves
as the City of Aurora’s formal application to HUD for CDBG, HOME and ESG funding
proposals for 2019. The City anticipates that these projects will not cause
displacement of existing households. The 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan is
designed to create a link between the identified needs of Aurora’s low to
moderate-income and special needs populations and the resources of HUD’s
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnership (HOME)
and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding and other public/private
investments. The Five Year Plan establishes objectives and strategies to
address the needs over the next five years in three areas: provide decent
housing, provide a suitable living environment, and provide expanded economic
opportunities.
The
2019 Action Plan will be available for review at the City of Aurora’s Community
Development Division on the second floor of 9898 E. Colfax Avenue, Aurora, Colorado,
80010, and in the lobby of the Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Library on the
first floor of the same facility address.
The facility is accessible and can accommodate persons with
disabilities. Please contact Chris Davis
of the Community Development Division Staff at 303-739-7938 or cdavis@auroragov.org if you require language translation
services or need special accommodations, as well as for written documents. For
hearing or speech impaired residents, please call 7-1-1 for the Colorado Relay
Number. The plan will also be posted on the City’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/residents/community_development/reports__stats_and_documents/
All
comments should be submitted in writing by November 12, 2018 to Chris Davis,
City of Aurora, Community Development Division, 9898 E. Colfax Avenue, Aurora,
Colorado, 80010; or cdavis@auroragov.org.
For questions and additional information please contact Chris Davis at
the above address or call 303-739-7938.
The
Citizen’s Advisory Committee on Housing and Community Development (CHD) for the
City of Aurora held its Public Hearings on the proposals for the 2019 Action
Plan on July 10, 2018 and subsequent decision making meeting on July 17, 2018. The CHD presented its final funding
recommendations to the Aurora City Council at a meeting open to the public on September
11, 2018. The CHD recommended the
following estimated funding amounts for the 2019 Action Plan to the Aurora City
Council:
2019 HUD CDBG Funding: $2,904,239
2019 CDBG Program Income/carry
forward: $270,000
2019 HUD HOME Funding: $1,238,811
2019 HOME General Fund
Match: $278,733
2019 HOME Program Income/carry
forward: $500,000
2019 HUD ESG Funding: $241,052
TOTAL ESTIMATED 2019
FUNDING: $5,432,835
Publication: October 11,
2018: Aurora Sentinel
AVISO PÚBLICO
El Plan de Acción Preliminar 2019 de la Ciudad de Aurora estarán disponibles para su revisión y comentarios públicos durante un período de 30 días a partir de el de 11 Octubre atra vez de el de 12 Noviembre, 2018.
El Plan de Acción Final 2019 se presentarán al Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano (HUD) de los Estados Unidos el 15 de Noviembre de 2018 o según lo aconsejado por HUD.
El Plan de Acción 2019 es el quinto año del Plan Consolidado 2015-2019 y sirve como la solicitud formal de la Ciudad de Aurora propuestas de financiación a HUD para CDBG, HOME y ESG para el 2019. La ciudad anticipa que estos proyectos no causarán el desplazamiento de los hogares existentes. El Plan Consolidado 2015-2019 está diseñado para crear un enlace entre las necesidades identificadas de la población de Aurora de ingresos bajos a moderados y poblaciones con necesidades especiales y los recursos de la Comunidad para el Desarrollo de HUD (CDBG), Home Investment Partnership (HOME) y fondos de Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) y otras inversiones públicas / privadas. El plan quinquenal establece objetivos y estrategias para hacer frente a las necesidades en los próximos cinco años, en tres áreas: proporcionar una vivienda digna, proporcionar un ambiente de vivienda adecuado, y proporcionar mayores oportunidades económicas.
El Plan de Acción 2019 estarán disponibles para su revisión en la Ciudad en la División de Desarrollo de la Comunidad de Aurora en el segundo piso de 9898 E. Colfax Avenue, Aurora, Colorado, 80010, y en el vestíbulo del Centro Martin Luther King, Jr. Biblioteca (MLK) en el primer piso de la misma dirección de instalación. La instalación es accesible y puede acomodar a las personas con discapacidad. Por favor, póngase en contacto con Chris Davis del personal de la División de Desarrollo de la Comunidad al 303-739-7938 o cdavis@auroragov.org si necesita servicios de traducción o necesita adaptaciones especiales, así como para los documentos escritos. Para residentes con discapacidad de escuchar o residentes con problemas para hablar, por favor llame al 7-1-1 para obtener el Número de Relé de Colorado. El plan también se publicará en la página web de la Ciudad en: https://www.auroragov.org/residents/community_development/reports__stats_and_documents/.
Todos sus comentarios deben ser presentados por escrito el 12 de Noviembre del 2018 y a Chris Davis, Ciudad de Aurora, División de Desarrollo Comunitario, 9898 E. Colfax Avenue, Aurora, Colorado, 80010; o cdavis@auroragov.org. Para cualquier duda o información adicional, por favor póngase en contacto con Chris Davis en la dirección arriba o llame al 303-739-7938.
El Comité de Asesoramiento del Ciudadano de Vivienda y Desarrollo Comunitario (CHD) para la ciudad de Aurora celebró su audiencias pública sobre las propuestas para el Plan de Acción 2019 el 10 de Julio 2018 y el encuentro subsecuente para hacer decisiones el 17 de Julio 2018. La CHD presentó su última recomendaciones de financiación al Consejo de la Ciudad de Aurora en una reunión abierta al público el 11 de Septiembre de 2018. La CHD recomendó las siguientes cantidades de financiación estimadas para el Plan de Acción 2019 para el Consejo de la Ciudad de Aurora:
2019 HUD CDBG Funding / Financiación: $2,904,239
2019 CDBG Program Income / Ingreso de Programa: $270,000
2019 HUD Home Funding / Financiación de Viviendas: $1,238,811
2019 HOME General Fund Match / Partido de Fondos Generales: $278,733
2019 HOME Program Income / Ingreso de Programa: $500,000
2019 HUD ESG Funding / Financiación: $241,052
FINANCAMIENTO TOTAL ESTIMADO PARA EL 2019: $5,432,835
Publicación: el 11 de Octubre, 2018: Aurora Sentinel