New 5 year Consolidated Plan
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Category: Middletown City Government
Forum Name: Community Revitalization
Forum Description: Middletown Community Revitalization News
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Printed Date: Nov 22 2024 at 6:11pm
Topic: New 5 year Consolidated Plan
Posted By: randy
Subject: New 5 year Consolidated Plan
Date Posted: Feb 12 2010 at 9:22am
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Below is an email that Doug Adkins sent me yesterday, I moved the link to the buttom of the post.
Randy,
The link above takes you to the City’s Community Development webpage. On the right side are links to the new 5 year Consolidated Plan, the 2010 Action Plan and a Neighborhood Study prepared to assist in revitalization efforts. There is a link below the plans to provide email comments on the plan. We have copies of the plan at the Library and the Senior Citizen’s center and also at the http://www.cityofmiddletown.org/community/comdev.html - http://www.cityofmiddletown.org/community/comdev.html Let me know if you have any other questions.
Doug Adkins
Director, Community Revitalization City of One 513-425-1856 ------------- Call me for a www.CameraSecurityNow.com" rel="nofollow - www.CameraSecurityNow.com quote 513-422-1907 x357 |
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Posted By: Nelson R. Self
Date Posted: Feb 12 2010 at 11:31am
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Good Morning Randy -
It seems that Miss Judy and Doug's proposed HUD Five-Year Consolidated Plan 2010-2014 anticipates the continuation of $680,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds that it now receives annually.
In this regard, the following questions are presented:
1) From 2010-2014, it's also projected that the City of Middletown will receive a continuation of the $400,000+/- annually in HUD Home Investment Partnerships (HOME)funds. How and where does the City plan to utilize this $2,000,000 in funds?
2) Over the next five years, does the City project spending any of the $500,000+ in HUD Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Fund capital for projects plus program delivery?
3) Over the next five-years, does the City plan to seek supplemental housing funds from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio Housing Finance Agency, Etc.?
4) Over the next five years, how many City departments (City Manager, Community Revitalization, Planning and Law) project accessing any HUD Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Administrative Fees for salaries, fringe benefits, consultants, etc.?
5) At the present time, how much of the $2,144,000 in HUD Neighborhood Stabilization Program - Round One funds are available over the near term?
6) Will there be any Program Income generated from HUD funds that may legally be utilized for 2010-2014 projects and services?
My point to all of this is...............there's more funding available to the City of Middletown than the $3,400,000 in CDBG resources to be received through 2014. How sad it is that we no longer have a legitimate HUD Consolidated Planning Committee to allow average citizens a meaningful role in the development of plans, programs and budgets.
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Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Feb 12 2010 at 12:12pm
Wait a minute. I thought the plan/goal for all this HUD/Section 8/poverty programming crap was to REDUCE the amount the city has to the tune of 10% per year. Why does this plan anticipate the continuation in CDBG funds if that is the case? Are you guys trying to suggest that this "plan" does not accomodate this reduction as they had stated? Do you mean to tell us they lied to us again?   They gotta go folks.... all of 'em.
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Posted By: Pacman
Date Posted: Feb 12 2010 at 1:12pm
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It would seem Vet that what a majority of the community may think is irrelevant to City Hall. What counts in Middletown is what the Few at City Hall think. Funny how the people that live and work here and foot the bills opinions are not "critical to success". Time for some to go downtown.
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Obstacles to Meeting Underserved Needs
1. Obstacles to meeting these goals include a lack of funding availability. It is estimated that to address all of the property needs in Middletown, we would require 10 times the current funding available. Leadership of the program at a City Council and staff level must be strong and consistent. Building consensus throughout the community is important but not critical to success. The City must take the initiative and move the city forward. Section 8 Voucher Program
For more than 30 years, the Middletown Public Housing Agency, one of two municipal housing agencies, has managed the voucher program. Currently, the city, through its contracted administrator, CONSOC Housing Consultants of Columbus, manages 1,663 housing choice vouchers or about 7 percent of Middletown's households. This represents about 56 percent of the housing choice vouchers in Butler County, condensed over 15 percent of the county's population. The program presently has 1,548 active housing choice vouchers servicing 608 handicapped/disabled households, which account for 39 percent of the vouchers. There are 281 male head of households, or 18 percent, and 1,267 female head of households, or 82 percent. The average income is $10,841. BMHA is assigned 960 housing choice vouchers for qualifying low income residents for Section 8 federal rent assistance. In October 2009, for the first time in five years, BMHA’s waiting list was opened for pre ‐applications and 2,300 peopleapplied in six hours. BMHA still has 70 people remaining on its waiting list from five years ago. The elderly, disabled and veterans have first priority when vouchers become available. Taken as a whole, the City of Middletown has approximately 3,600 subsidized housing units to assist low income residents. |
Posted By: Nelson R. Self
Date Posted: Feb 12 2010 at 4:27pm
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Of the $680,000 projected in annual HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for 2010, is it the City's intent to allocate this capital for the following? 1) Program Administration (20% HUD Maximum of Total Entitlement) - $136,000
2) Housing Code Enforcement (Mostly Program Delivery a/k/a Program Administration) - $160,000+
3) Infrastructure Improvements (Street Projects) - $200,000
4) Social Service Agencies ( Legal Aid, LifeSpan, Fair Housing, Etc.) - ??
5) Emergency Home Repair Program (People Working Cooperatively) - ??
6) Other - ??
Will the City of Middletown once again continue to spend up to 50% or more of the 2010 CDBG grant for Program Administration and so-called Program Delivery (In Reality Mostly Program Administration Expenditures in HUD parlance)??
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Posted By: Nelson R. Self
Date Posted: Feb 12 2010 at 10:26pm
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QUESTION 1) -- Does anyone have the latest approved budgetary information on the costs of Community Revitalization Department staff salaries and fringe benefits for Doug Adkins, Kyle Fuchs, Teresa Jones, Chief Building Official, three Neighborhood Improvement Inspectors, HUD Programs Field Supervisor, and two Secretaries?
QUESTION 2) Does anyone have a recent monthly approved financial statement that itemizes how much HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Tenant-Based Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8), Home Investment Partnerships (HOME), Neighborhood Stabilization Program-Round 1 (NSP-1) plus General Fund capital has already/will be spent for these employees this fiscal year?
Joshua and A.J., these are the type of questions that you should be seeking answers for. Have you had any luck in obtaining information to my prior questions?
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