HUD Update

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HUD Update

• Jeanette Harris
• Director, Office of Community Planning and
  Development
• [phone], ext8059
• Jeanette_Harris_at_hud.gov

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HUD UPDATE

• Home Certification training in FY 2007 in Detroit
• Consolidated Plan
• Performance Measures

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Consolidated Plan

• 24 CFR Parts 91 and 570
• Published Thursday, February 9, 2006

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WHY Change Plan Rules?

• Streamlining
• Clarifying
• Eliminate redundant provisions
• Conform to PHA Plans
• Create Management tool for assessing and
  tracking results

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How are you effected?

• Submitted Consolidated Plan after March 13, 2006
  all provisions apply
• Annual Action Plans submitted after March 13, 2006

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Annual Action Plans

• If unable to revise annual plan, HUD will provide
  an additional 90 days from start of 2006 program
  year to make appropriate amendments

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Annual Action Plans

• FY 2006 is a time for capacity building
• Failure to provide new provisions will not be the
  sole reason for disapproval of FY 2006

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Annual Action Plans March 13

• New Action Plan provisions
• 91.220 and 91.225 local governments
• 91.320 and 91.325 for State of Michigan

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Annual Action Plans 91.220
Changes

• Include objectives and outcomes identified in
  the Annual Plan
• Include efforts to broaden citizen participation

• Executive Summary required
• Evaluation of past performance

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Annual Action Plans 91.220

• Resources
• Concise summary of federal resources including
  grants expected to be made available
• Include Section 8 funds made available in
  jurisdiction
• LITC
• McKinney Vento Homeless Funds

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Annual Action Plans 91.200

• Other funds - explanation of how federal funds
  will leverage additional resources
• How match requirements will be satisfied
• Any publicly owned land which may be used to
  address needs in Plan

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Annual Action Plans 91.220

• Specific local objectives must be identified
  which will be addressed in the Action Plan
• Outcome Measures for each activity
• One year affordable housing goals for homeless,
  non-homeless and specific needs households
• Steps to address needs of public housing If there
  is a troubled PHA, what help is offered?

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Annual Action Plans 91.220

• Separate inventory identifying chronic homeless
  facilities is not needed inventory should
  include beds and supportive services if
  available

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Annual Plans 91.220

• Clarifying language (not new) on removal of
  barriers to affordable housing
• -annual actions to address affordable housing
  barrier

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Annual Action Plans 24 CFR 91.225 -
Certifications

• 91.225 are the Certifications do not use old
  ones
• Change Jurisdiction has a policy for the
  discharge of persons from publicly funded
  institutions or systems of care in order to
  prevent such discharge from immediately resulting
  in homelessness

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Annual Action Plan States 91.320

• State must provide outcome measures for
  activities likely to be funded as a result of
  states method of distribution
• Description of geographic area in which
  assistance will be directed rationale for
  priorities where possible, estimate percentage of
  funds to target areas

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Annual Action Plan State 91.320

• Executive summary objectives and outcome
• Evaluation of past performance/ summary of
  citizen participation and consultation process

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Annual Action Plan - State 91.320

• Federal Resources expected to be made available
• Other resources
• Explanation of how federal funds will leverage
  other dollars

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Annual Action Plan State91.320

• Annual Objectives expected to be achieved during
  the forthcoming year
• Activities description of allocation
  methods-reasons for the decision
• How this will address priority needs and specific
  objectives

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Annual Action Plan State91.320

• Outcome Measures for each activity in the Plan
  for CDBG activities that are likely to be funded
  as a result of the state's method of distribution
• Rationale for geographic distribution

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Annual Action Plan - State

• One year affordable housing goals
• - of households to be provided affordable
  housing though activities that provide rental
  assistance, production of new units,
  rehabilitation or acquisition of units using
  funds available to the state

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Annual Action Plan State

• One year goals for the number of homeless ,
  non-homeless and special needs households to be
  provided units with funds made available to the
  state
• Activities to address emergency shelter ,
  transitional housing specific action steps to end
  chronic homeless

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Annual Action Plan - States

• Actions to remove or ameliorate the negative
  effects of public policies that serve as barriers
  to affordable housing

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Annual Action Plan State 91.325

• New Certifications
• State has established a policy for the discharge
  of persons from publicly funded institutions or
  systems of care in order to prevent immediate
  homelessness

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Consolidated Plan Assistance

• Check with Reps and Program Mangers if you
  anticipate problems
• HUDs Website for Consolidated Planning

http//www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/con
plan/index.cfm
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Consolidated Management Plan Tool

• http//www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/conplan/index
  .cfm
• Version 2.0 includes all the changes from the new
  rule
• Electronic submission
• New tables

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Submission

• Via Mailbox cpmp_at_hud.gov
• Send CD
• Send Paper
• Electronic submission and CDs still need signed
  SF 424s and Certifications

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PERFORMANCE MEASURES

• Published in Federal Register
• March 7, 2006

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Performance Measure Resources

• http//www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/performance/i
  ndex.cfm
• Broadcast Training in Spring
• Training at 15 cities
• Training for HUD trainers

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PERFORMANCE MEASURES

• Determine which objective best describes purpose
  of activity
• Suitable Living Environment
• Decent Housing
• Create Economic Opportunities

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Performance Measures

• Choose objective, then choose which of three
  outcome categories
• 1.Availability/Accessibility
• 2. Affordability
• 3. Sustainability Promoting Livable or Viable
  Communities

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Performance Measures

• Once objective and outcomes are selected, in the
  case of CDBG,national objective, specific
  indicators for each activity will be identified
  in IDIS

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Performance Measures

• Objective and outcomes will combine to produce
  statements of national significance
• No new reporting requirements are being imposed

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Performance Measures

• IDIS will begin accepting data. Please begin to
  enter data for all activities underway
• In Fall of 2006, it will be mandatory to enter
  the required performance measurement data into
  IDIS for activities with a status of budgeted or
  underway and new activities