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ACCEPTANCE OF THE DUPAGE COUNTY 2026 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ELEMENT OF THE DUPAGE COUNTY 2025-2029 CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
(First Reading)
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(Listed under "Action Plan" Heading as "2026 Action Plan-Draft")
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WHEREAS, DuPage County has participated in the Community Development Block Grant program since 1975; and
WHEREAS, DuPage County has participated in the Emergency Shelter Grant program since 1987; and
WHEREAS, The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 ("Hearth Act"), enacted into law on May 20, 2009, consolidated three of the separate homeless assistance programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act into a single grant program, and revised the Emergency Shelter Grant program and renamed it as the Emergency Solutions Grant ("ESG") program; and
WHEREAS, DuPage County has participated in the HOME Investment Partnership program since 1992; and
WHEREAS, these programs will provide an approximate total of $5.5 million in new Federal funding to DuPage County in 2026, and the county will also have available approximately an additional $531,000 in anticipated income and reallocated funds from previous years, said funds being available for Housing and Community Development activities benefiting low- and moderate-income persons, the homeless, and persons with Special needs; and
WHEREAS, a requirement of these programs is the preparation of a Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development (ConPlan); and
WHEREAS, the 2025-2029 ConPlan was adopted by the DuPage County Board on February 11, 2025 by Resolution HS-R-0004-25; and
WHEREAS, the 2026 Action Plan element of the ConPla...
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