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APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT 8 - SUBSTANTIAL - TO THE 2019 ACTION PLAN ELEMENT OF THE 2015-2019 DU PAGE COUNTY CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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WHEREAS, DuPage County has participated in the Community Development Block Grant program since 1975; 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 Partnerships Program (HOME) since 1992; and
WHEREAS, these programs will provide an approximate total of $6.06 million in new Federal funding to DuPage County in 2019, and the county will also have available an approximate additional $2.06 million in project 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, a ConPlan was adopted by the DuPage County Board on February 10, 2015 by Resolution DC-R-0094-15: and
WHEREAS, an updated 2019 Action Plan element of the ConPlan, listing activities to be funded in the 2019 program year, ...
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