FFY2010FFY2013 Consolidated Plan for the State of Georgia

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DCA
FFY2010-FFY2013 Consolidated Plan for the State
of Georgia Sonny Perdue, Governor Prepared By
Georgia Department of Community Affairs Mike
Beatty, Commissioner
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Your comments will provide input and direction
for the development of both the Annual Action
Plan and the updated Consolidated Plan.

• We need your help in the preparation of
  the Consolidated Plan for FFY2010-FFY2013

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Consolidated Plan Summary and Overview

• Purpose
• What is the Consolidated Plan?
• Programs covered under the plan
• Housing/Homeless Needs Assessment
• Strategic Plan
• Annual Action Plan
• Timeline for submission and approval

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What is the Consolidated Plan?

• The Plan is a requirement by HUD for all States
  to receive funds under the federal Community
  Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment
  Partnership (HOME), Emergency Shelter Grant
  (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with
  AIDS (HOPWA) programs.

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What is the Consolidated Plan?

• Functions as
• A required application for HUD formula funds
  for the receipt of four federal consolidated
  formula funds.
• A planning document
• Housing/Homeless Needs Assessment
• Housing Market Analysis
• Strategic Plan
• Action Plan

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Programs Covered Under the Plan

• HOME
• Provides funding to strengthen public-private
  partnerships to increase the availability of more
  affordable housing.
• FFY2009 allocation 24,594,256
• The FFY2010 allocation has not yet
• been determined.

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Programs Covered Under the Plan

• ESGP
• Provides funding to improve the quality of
  existing shelters for the homeless, to make
  available additional emergency shelters, and to
  provide certain social services to homeless
  individuals.
• FFY2009 allocation 2,248,234
• The FFY2010 allocation has not yet been
  determined.

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Programs Covered Under the Plan

• HOPWA
• Provides funding for eligible activities that
  address the housing needs of persons with AIDS or
  related diseases and their families.
• FFY2009 allocation 1,860,000
• The FFY2010 allocation has not yet been
  determined.

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Programs Covered Under the Plan

• CDBG
• Provides funding to local governments to supply
  decent housing, a suitable living environment,
  and expanded economic opportunities to persons of
  low and moderate income.
• FFY2009 allocation 39,944,139
• The FFY2010 allocation has not yet been
  determined.

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Housing and Homeless Needs Assessment

• Most common problem cost burden.
• 400,000 Georgians are severely cost burdened
• 15 of all households spend at least 50 of their
  income for housing.

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Housing and Homeless Needs Assessment

• Elderly and Frail Elderly
• Special Needs
• Low, Very Low and Moderate Income
• Affordability
• Accessibility

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Housing and Homeless Needs Assessment

• Elderly is defined by HUD as one or more persons
  at least one of whom is age 62 or older.

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Housing and Homeless Needs Assessment

• Frail Elderly is defined as an individual who is
  62 years of age or older who is unable to perform
  at least three ADLs (activities of daily living)
  
• Eating, Bathing, Grooming, Dressing, andHome
  Management activities.

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Strategic Plan
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Strategic Plan
Investment Priorities and Objectives We will
develop our priorities and objectives based upon
the needs identified in the housing and homeless
needs assessment. We are currently requesting
participation in a housing needs survey. The
deadline is Friday, November 13, 2009. To
complete the survey on-line, please go
to http//www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?smpS3cWpQJ
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Strategic Plan
Identified priorities determined will be revised
or reconfirmed during this planning process.
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Annual Action Plan
DCA
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Annual Action Plan

• Lets look at programs expected to be
  administered using funds from
• HOME
• ESGP
• HOPWA
• CDBG

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Annual Action Plan

• Programs Using FFY2009 Consolidated Funds
• HOME
• The HOME program has three main purposes
• (1) To expand the supply of decent, safe,
  sanitary and affordable housing with primary
  attention to rental housing for extremely low and
  low income Americans
• (2) To mobilize and strengthen the abilities of
  states and units of general local government
  throughout the United States to design and
  implement strategies to achieve an adequate
  supply of decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable
  housing and,
• (3) To provide participating jurisdictions, on a
  coordinated basis, with various forms of federal
  housing assistance, including capital investment,
  mortgage investment, rental assistance, and other
  needed federal assistance.

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Annual Action Plan

• The following seven programs are operated using
  HOME funds.
• HOME Rental Housing Loan Program
• HOME CHDO Pre-Development Loan Program
• HOME CHDO Operating Assistance
• Permanent Supportive Housing Program
• Georgia Dream Second Mortgage Program
• Georgia Dream Single Family Development Program
• Community HOME Investment Program (CHIP)

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Annual Action Plan HOME Rental Housing Loan
Program

• Loans to construct or rehabilitate affordable
  rental housing.
• Available to for profit and nonprofit housing
  developers, including Community Housing
  Development Organizations (CHDOs).
• Funds used in conjunction with tax credits

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HOME Rental Housing Loan Program
Enota Village Young Harris, Georgia
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Annual Action PlanHOME CHDO Pre-Development Loan
Program

• Provides loans to CHDOs for project cost
  associated with applying to DCA for funding under
  the HRHP, PSHP and SFDP.
• Eligible costs include, but are not limited to,
  initial feasibility study, environmental reports,
  market study, and consulting fees.

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Annual Action Plan HOME CHDO Operating Assistance

• Provides grants to CHDOs to cover deficiencies
  identified by the organization in their completed
  Capacity Assessment Tool including salaries,
  wages, benefits, and other employee compensation
  consultants to address deficiencies office
  supplies employee education, training and
  travel rent and utilities taxes and insurance
  communication costs and equipment and the lease
  payments, materials and supplies.

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Annual Action PlanPermanent Supportive Housing
Program

• Provides loans to construct or rehabilitate
  supportive housing for eligible homeless tenants.
  
• The State also provided an allocation of
  project-based Housing Choice vouchers for all
  units funded through this program that are
  located in the States Housing Choice Service
  area.

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Permanent Supportive Housing Program
Hearthstone Canton, GA
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Annual Action Plan

• Georgia Dream Second Mortgage Program offers
  deferred payment second mortgages of 5,000 for
  down payment, closing costs, prepaid expenses,
  and principal reduction for low-income home
  buyers. Loans are generally used in conjunction
  with the States Georgia Dream First Mortgage
  program.

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Making the dream of homeownership a reality for
all Georgians
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Annual Action PlanGeorgia Dream Single Family
Development Program

• Provides gap financing to encourage the
  development of affordable for sale housing for
  homeownership and the reinvestment in distressed
  neighborhoods. The program provides two forms of
  assistance
• The Home Buyer Subsidy
• The Development Subsidy

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Georgia Dream Single Family Development
Program Pembroke, GA

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Annual Action PlanCommunity HOME Investment
Program (CHIP)

• Provides local governments with funds to
  implement the following activities
• Down Payment Assistance
• SF New Construction
• Rental Housing Construction and Rehabilitation
• Homeowner Rehabilitation

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CHIP Program
Rehabilitation in LaGrange, Georgia
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Annual Action Plan

• Programs Using FFY2010 Consolidated Funds
• Emergency Shelter Grant Program (ESGP)
• Funds support programs that provide shelter and
  essential services to homeless persons throughout
  Georgia.
• Direct subsidies of federal and state funds are
  provided to nonprofit organizations and local
  government entities that operate homeless housing
  facilities and/or provide services to this
  special needs population.

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Annual Action Plan
Examples of Homeless/Special Needs Projects
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Homeless/Special Needs Programs ESGP
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Coastal
Georgia Savannah
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Annual Action Plan

• Programs Using FFY2010 Consolidated Funds
• Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
  (HOPWA)
• Offers funds to programs that provide housing and
  supportive services to low-income persons with
  HIV-related needs, principally in the states
  HUD-entitled areas.
• Funds are provided to nonprofit HIV housing and
  service organizations within the 127-county
  entitled area (does not include the 28-county
  Atlanta MSA and the 4-county Augusta-Richmond
  MSA, which are served by local consolidated
  plans).

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Annual Action Plan
Examples of HOPWA Projects
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HOPWA Programs
Central City AIDS Network, Inc. Macon
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Annual Action Plan
Community Development Block Grant

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Annual Action Plan


Community Development Block Grant
Designated Entitlement Cities and Counties
receiving direct funding from HUD cannot receive
funding from the State.
Entitlement Cities Albany Johns
Creek Athens/Clarke County Macon Atlanta Mari
etta Augusta/Richmond County Rome Brunswick Ro
swell Columbus/Muscogee County Sandy
Springs Dalton Savannah Gainesville Valdosta
Hinesville Warner Robbins
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Annual Action PlanCommunity Development Block
Grant

• Designated Entitlement Counties receiving direct
  funding from HUD cannot receive funding from the
  State.

Entitlement Counties Cherokee County Clayton
County Cobb County DeKalb County Fulton
County Gwinnett County
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Annual Action Plan Community Development Block
Grant

State Applicants Include Non-entitlement
cities and counties (balance of the state,
including 151 counties and 522 cities).
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ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

• Method of Distribution (MOD)
• Rating and Ranking System
• Annual Competition
• Employment Incentive Program
• Redevelopment Fund
• Immediate Threat and Danger

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Competition Factors

• Feasibility
• Strategy
• Impact
• Demographic Score
• Leverage Score
• Readiness to Proceed Bonus Points

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Annual Action Plan
Programs Using FFY2010 Consolidated Funds

• CDBG Regular Annual Competition
• Eligible units of local government may apply for
  funds to implement projects that address housing,
  public facilities, or economic development needs
  which principally benefit low/moderate-income
  persons.
• An applicants workshop will be held in Macon
  Georgia on December 2-4, 2009 For more
  information, please visit our website
  www.dca.ga.gov.

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Annual Action Plan
Programs Using FFY2010 Consolidated Funds

• CDBG Immediate Threat and Danger Program
• Provided to eligible units of local government to
  address an event or situation that has a
  particular urgency and which adversely affects or
  impacts a community.
• The local government must demonstrate that it
  lacks sufficient resources to implement the
  project.

Applications can be submitted at anytime and are
funded if they meet a threshold and funds are
available.
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Annual Action Plan
Programs Using FFY2009 Consolidated Funds

• CDBG Employment Incentive Program (EIP)
• Eligible units of local government may apply for
  funds to assist in the creation and/or retention
  of jobs, or job training, principally for persons
  who are low/moderate-income.
• Applications typically include loans to private
  for-profit entities and/or infrastructure
  improvements.

Applications can be submitted at anytime and are
funded if they meet a threshold and funds are
available.
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Annual Action Plan
Programs Using FFY2010 Consolidated Funds

• CDBG Redevelopment Fund
• Eligible local governments may apply for funds to
  assist with the redevelopment of blighted
  commercial or industrial areas or blighted
  individual structures.

Applications can be submitted at anytime and are
funded if they meet a threshold and funds are
available.
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Annual Action Plan

Federal Fiscal Year 2009
Allocation of CDBG Funds
Award From HUD 40,055,203
Set-Asides Immediate Threat/Danger
Program 500,000 The Redevelopment Fund
1,500,000 Employment Incentive
Program 7,000,000 Set-aside Technical
Assistance 400,552
Available For Regular Competition
29,753,547

• The FFY2010 allocation has not yet been
  determined.

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Annual Action Plan

Maximum CDBG Grant Amounts Per FFY2009
Consolidated Plan
Regular Annual Competition Single Activity
Project 500,000 Multi-Activity Project
800,000 Immediate Threat and Danger
50,000 Employment Incentive Program
500,000 Redevelopment Fund 500,000
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Annual Action Plan
Examples of CDBG Projects
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CDBG Program
City of West Point Boys and Girls Club
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Consolidated Plan Annual Performance Report
(CAPER)

• State Fiscal Year 2009
• Accomplishments 07/01/08 06/30/09

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State Fiscal Year 2009 Accomplishments
Consolidated Plan Annual Performance Report

• Rental Housing
• Projects totaling 15,798,514 million in HOME
  funds created 533 affordable rental units.
• Permanent Supportive Housing Program
• DCA awarded 13,390,707 in HOME funds and
  550,000 in State Housing Trust Funds to four
  recipients that will produce 119 special needs
  units. These projects are under construction and
  are not in the lease up phase. There were no
  projects completed under this program this fiscal
  period.

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Consolidated Plan Annual Performance Report
State Fiscal Year 2009 Accomplishments

• Homeownership
• 652 households achieved homeownership using
  4,707,500 in Georgia Dream Second Mortgage
  funds.
• 265 households were assisted by down payment
  assistance, home buyer education or rehab using
  3,457,967 in HOME funds through the CHIP
  program.
• 37 homes were rehabilitated or reconstruction of
  housing was provided using 1,370,620 in CDBG
  funds.

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Consolidated Plan Annual Performance Report
State Fiscal Year 2009 Accomplishments

• Homelessness
• A total of 5,390,639 in State and Federal
  homeless assistance funds was administered to 254
  projects providing 38,822 persons with housing
  assistance, 67,157 persons supportive services.
• Persons With HIV/AIDS
• A total of 1,538,149 of the HOPWA funds were
  expended and administered. A total of 720 persons
  received housing assistance, 388 households along
  with 1,658 households (housed with non-HOPWA
  funds) received supportive services, 31 persons
  received permanent housing placement services,
  and 81 households received housing information.

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Consolidated Plan Annual Performance
Report Community Development Block Grant

PERSONS ASSISTED CDBG PROGRAM YEAR 2009
(7/1/2008 to 6/30/2009) Persons Assisted
Multi Activity 278 Housing
Improvements 62 Public
Facilities Neighborhood Buildings
368 Drainage and Streets 535 Health
Center 13,089 Learning Center 809 Multi
Infrastructure 151 Senior Center
693 Sewer Improvements 4,481 Water
Improvements 3,641 Water Sewer Improvements
1,610
 
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Public Hearing Dates
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Jesup Thursday,
November 5, 2009 Fort Valley Tuesday, November
10, 2009 Dahlonega Friday, November 13,
2009 Atlanta
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Public Hearing Information

• Wednesday, November 4, 2009
• 1100 am - 100 pmJesup Public Hearing
• Council Chamber Room
• 162 East Cherry Street
• Jesup, GA 31546
• [phone]

Thursday, November 5, 2009 1100 am - 100
pmFort Valley Public Hearing Fort Valley State
University, 100 East Main Street Evans Building
Peach Room Fort Valley, GA 31030 [phone]
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Public Hearing Information

• Tuesday, November 10, 2009
• 1100 am - 100 pmDahlonega Public Hearing
• City Council Meeting Room
• 465 Wiley Road
• Dahlonega, GA 30533
• [phone]

Friday, November 13, 2009 1100 am - 100
pmAtlanta Public Hearing GA Department of
Community Affairs, Board Room 60 Executive Park
South, NW Atlanta, GA 30329 [phone]
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Con Plan Contacts

www.dca.ga.gov
HOME
Lolita S.
Collins [phone] lolita.collins_at_dca.ga.gov
Dan Basso [phone]
dan.basso_at_dca.ga.gov CDBG

Steed Robinson [phone]
steed.robinson_at_dca.ga.gov Rick Huber
[phone] rick.huber_at_dca.ga.gov
ESG/HOPWA John Bassett [phone]
john.bassett_at_dca.ga.gov Phillis Thomas (404)
679-0651 phillis.thomas_at_dca.ga.gov Tina Moore
[phone] tina.moore_at_dca.ga.gov
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Respond to the call for public comments