Public Hearing

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City of Memphis Division of Housing and
Community Development

• Public Hearing
• January 29, 2009
• Dr. W.W. Herenton, Mayor
• Robert Lipscomb, Director

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Agenda

• Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation
  Report for Fiscal Year 2008
• Amendments to the Consolidated Plan for Fiscal
  Year 2009
• The Planning Process for the Consolidated Plan
  Fiscal Year 2010 Annual Action Plan

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• Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation
  Report
• Fiscal Year 2008

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Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation
Report

• Completed every fiscal year and submitted to HUD
• Reports the Citys progress on housing and
  community development

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FY 08 Entitlement FundsReceived
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Additional Resources

• Prior Year CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA
• HUD Lead Paint Hazard Reduction Funds
• Supportive Housing Program
• Low Income Housing Historic Tax Credits
• Private Investment
• City General Funds
• Shelter Plus Care
• Section 108 loan guarantee

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FY 2008 Housing Accomplishments

• 59 New Homebuyers received Down Payment
  Assistance
• 11 Single-family rehabs were completed
• 133 Senior Citizen Minor Home Repair and
  Volunteer Housing Rehabs
• Assisted 243 rental units via the Section 108
  Loan Program
• Phase I and Phase II of University Place/Memphis
  Housing Authority are complete resulting in 233
  elderly and family units. Construction underway
  on Phase III 136 units

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FY 2008 Housing Accomplishments

• Assisted in the demolition of the Dixie Homes
  public housing development toward the
  mixed-income redevelopment of Legends Park 430
  rental units and 30 homeowner units
• Assisted in producing 87 new rental housing units
  
• Assisted 11 Community Housing Development
  Organizations to rehab 4 houses for sale create
  13 new rental units construct 11 and sell 4 new
  houses and acquire 4 lots

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HOUSING EXPENDITURES
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HOUSING EXPENDITURES (contd)
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FY 2008 Neighborhood Development Accomplishments

• Assisted the Court Square Downtown Redevelopment
  Project
• 89 vacant, dilapidated structures demolished and
  4 neighborhood clean-ups supported
• 264 vacant, city-owned lots cut
• Finalized the renovation of the New Chicago
  Resource Center
• Provided funding that assisted with site
  improvements to the downtown Farmers Market

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FY 2008 Economic Development Accomplishments

• Completed the Bank Lending Study (2007)
• The RBC provided small business loans using City
  resources

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FY 2008 Public/Community Services Accomplishments

• Assisted 16 non-profit agencies that collected
  217,569 lbs. of perishable food from donors
  distributed 96,271 lbs to agencies that serve
  onsite meals to low-income beneficiaries
• 1762 youth benefited from programs and projects
  that provided counseling, after-school, and
  summer educational - recreational activities
• The Fair Housing Center processed 30 fair housing
  complaints provided educational outreach to 192
  persons and conducted 9 public information forums

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Neighborhood, Community and Economic
DevelopmentExpenditures
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FY 2008 Special Needs Accomplishments

• Served 141 elderly households by providing Senior
  Supportive Services
• Provided funding to treat 194 chronic substance
  abusers
• Served 570 households with HIV/AIDS housing
  assistance and 5,582 persons with supportive
  services
• Provided Tenant-based Rental Assistance to 144
  mentally ill and/or homeless persons
• Provided social services for 1035 women and
  children who are victims of abuse or domestic
  violence
• Provided supportive services for 49 persons with
  mental illness
• Provided funding that supported 159 disabled
  individuals with services and aided the
  development of 4 group homes

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Special Needs Expenditures
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Special Needs Expenditures
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FY 2008 Homeless Accomplishments

• Used ESG funds for maintenance and operation of 3
  transitional housing facilities that served 622
  persons provided 12 supportive rental units 12
  units of emergency shelter and 77 transitional
  housing units
• Maintained the Homeless Management Information
  System according to HUD Standards
• Used CDBG funds to also assist 126 homeless
  children and 175 homeless women their children
• Used HOME funds to start the construction of 10
  single-room occupancy units for homeless veterans

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Homeless Expenditures
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Planning and Administration
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Fiscal Year 2008 Expenditures
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Amendments to the 2009 Consolidated Plan
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Amendments

• Amendments to the Consolidated Plan represent
• Changes in the purpose, scope, location or
  beneficiary of an activity
• The funding of an activity not previously
  described in the action plan or
• A change in priority or the method of fund
  distribution
• Why These amendments are deemed substantial and
  
• must comply with Memphis Citizens
  Participation
• Plan which requires both HUD and public
  
• notification

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Amendmentsto Consolidated Plan
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The Planning Process for the Consolidated Plan
Fiscal Year 2010 Annual Plan
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Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community
Development
Three-Year Strategy 2008-2010
One-Year Action Plan (FY 2010)
Consolidated Plan
Citizen Participation
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Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community
Development

• Collaborative Process
• Establishes vision for community
• Application for entitlement funds

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Develop Strategic Plan(Three-Year Strategy)

• NEEDS
• PRIORITY NEEDS
• GOALS (For very-low to moderate income persons)
• Provision of decent housing
• A suitable living environment
• Expanded economic opportunities
• SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
• Housing
• Community and Public Services
• Homeless and Special Needs Population
• Neighborhood, Economic and Community Development
• STRATEGIES

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2008-2010 Strategic Plan and 2010 Action Plan

• Collaboration and planning with public and
  private agencies, organizations, service
  providers, and experts citizen participation
  will be encouraged
• Research housing market study
• Needs assessments
• Establish priorities
• Objectives
• Two public hearings

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Next Steps

• Additional public meetings in 2009
• Research efforts underway to assess the needs
  related to special needs, housing, and homeless

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Thank you for your participation We welcome
your questions and comments at this time