APRIL 29: District Holds Public Hearing on Use of Recovery Act Homelessness Prevention Funds
The District of Columbia will receive approximately $7.5 million in federal Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing funds from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The District’s Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is planning to hold a public hearing to give residents and others an opportunity to comment on how they think it should use these ARRA funds and the agency’s Emergency Shelter Grant.
When: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 6:30 pm
Where: 441 4th Street, NW (Old Council Chambers)
Public comments will be included in DHCD’s “Draft Substantial Amendment to The Consolidated Plan for the District of Columbia-Fiscal Year 2009 Action Plan,” which is the strategic plan that guides the District’s use of funds under a number of Federal housing programs. The plan amendment will be submitted to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
If you would like to testify at the hearing, call Pamela Hillsman, community development resource specialist, at (202) 442-7251, not later than close of business Monday, April 27, 2009 or email dhcdevents@dc.gov. Please provide your name, address, telephone number, and organizational affiliation, if any.
If you would like to submit a written statement for the record, you may do so at the hearing or until close of business on Friday, May 1, 2009. Written statements may be mailed to: Leila Finucane Edmonds, Director, DHCD, Attention: Office of Strategy and Communications, 1800 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20020.
Sign language and language interpretation (i.e., Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese-Mandarin/Cantonese, Amharic or French) assistance for the purposes of this hearing should call (202) 442-7251. Interpretation services will be provided to pre-registered persons only. The deadline for requesting interpretation services is Thursday, April 23, 2009. Bilingual staff (English-Spanish) will provide services on an availability basis to walk-ins without registration.
Public comments will be included in DHCD’s “Draft Substantial Amendment to The Consolidated Plan for the District of Columbia-Fiscal Year 2009 Action Plan,” which is the strategic plan that guides the District’s use of funds under a number of Federal housing programs. The plan amendment will be submitted to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
If you would like to testify at the hearing, call Pamela Hillsman, community development resource specialist, at (202) 442-7251, not later than close of business Monday, April 27, 2009 or email dhcdevents@dc.gov. Please provide your name, address, telephone number, and organizational affiliation, if any.
If you would like to submit a written statement for the record, you may do so at the hearing or until close of business on Friday, May 1, 2009. Written statements may be mailed to: Leila Finucane Edmonds, Director, DHCD, Attention: Office of Strategy and Communications, 1800 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20020.
Sign language and language interpretation (i.e., Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese-Mandarin/Cantonese, Amharic or French) assistance for the purposes of this hearing should call (202) 442-7251. Interpretation services will be provided to pre-registered persons only. The deadline for requesting interpretation services is Thursday, April 23, 2009. Bilingual staff (English-Spanish) will provide services on an availability basis to walk-ins without registration.