Second Draft of Five Year and Annual Plans Available for Review; Comment Period Extended to July 12

Go HERE to view the Fiscal Year 2011 - 2015 Consolidated Plan

(Washington, DC) - The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announces the release of the second draft of the Fiscal Year 2011-2015 Consolidated Plan and Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Action Plan for the District of Columbia.


The public comment period until Monday, July 12, 2010 for the second draft of Fiscal Year 2011-2015 Consolidated Plan and Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Action Plan for the District of Columbia. These documents were made available to the public on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 and will be submitted in final form to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday, August 13, 2010.

Both documents are available for download below, and in hard copy, no later than May 20, 2010, at the Department’s offices at 1800 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., SE, at the Housing Resource Center, 1st Floor. Additionally, copies will be available at all public library branches, ANC offices, and the following community-based organizations:

Housing Counseling Services, Inc.
2410 17th St. NW, Suite 100
(202) 667-7006

Lydia’s House
3939 South Capitol St. SW
(202) 373-1050

Central American Resources Center
1460 Columbia Rd. NW
(202) 328-9799

University Legal Services
220 I St. NE, Suite 130
(202) 547-4747

Latino Economic Development Corporation (LEDC)
2316 18th St. NW
(202) 588-5102

The documents are the District’s application for the following federal entitlement programs: Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), Emergency Shelter Grant Program (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA).

The Department conducted a public hearing on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 6 p.m., at our headquarters, located at 1800 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE, inside the first floor conference room.

If you wish to provide comments for the record, please do so by mail or email by close of business Monday, July 12, 2010. Written statements should be mailed to: Leila Finucane Edmonds, Director, DHCD, Attention: Consolidated Plan Comments, 1800 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20020. Emailed comments should be submitted to dhcdevents@dc.gov with a subject line “Consolidated Plan comments.”

All comments received during the comment period will be responded to in the final draft of the FY2011-FY2015 Consolidated Plan and FY2011 Action Plan, to be submitted to the HUD by August 13, 2010. For additional information, please contact Pamela Hillsman at Pamela.Hillsman@dc.gov or by phone at (202) 442-7251.

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