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APPROVAL OF THE 2024 ACTION PLAN ELEMENT OF THE
DU PAGE COUNTY 2020-2024 CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
(Second Reading)
resolution
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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 $5.8 million in new Federal funding to DuPage County in 2024, and the county will also have available approximately an additional $1 million 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 2020-2024 ConPlan was adopted by the DuPage County Board on March 10, 2020 by Resolution HHS-R-0068-20; and
WHEREAS, a 2024 Action Plan element of the ConPlan, listing activities to be funded in the 2024 program year, is required; and
WHEREAS, 2024 Action Plan projects were approved by the DuPage Communi...
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