Consolidated Plan
Each year HUD awards the City entitlement funding under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) programs. These programs limit activities to those benefiting low- and moderate-income persons. CDBG funds support a broad range of affordable housing, economic and community development activities. HOME funds are limited to housing development and rental assistance. The City’s annual Consolidated Plan is the application to HUD for CDBG and HOME funds as well as Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) and Emergency Shelter Grant funds.

Through the Consolidated Plan process, OHCD allocates CDBG, HOME and HOPWA funds to subsidize the development of affordable home-ownership and rental housing for low- and moderate-income persons. Projects include the rehabilitation of existing properties (e.g. HRP) and new construction. CDBG- and HOME-funded housing developments can be carried out by for-profit and non-profit developers. Rental development is usually financed in conjunction with the Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) administered by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA). Housing for persons with special needs (the mentally ill, persons in recovery, persons with HIV/AIDS, the homeless, disabled persons) usually are financed in conjunction with McKinney Homeless funds and/or the LIHTC. Homeownership housing developments may leverage additional resources through the Federal Home Loan Bank and PHFA’s Homeownership Choice program. Homebuyers or tenants in CDBG- or HOME-funded developments must meet certain income guidelines.

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Consolidated Plan for Year 31
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Consolidated Plan for Year 30
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Consolidated Plan for Year 29
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Consolidated Plan for Year 28
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How to use the
Consolidated Plan

This is a large publication: you may review it in one large Acrobat Reader file click here or you may review sections in several .pdf files, see the instructions and Table below.

Click on the a section to open that file. The Table of Contents provides a quick reference to the Year 32 Consolidated Plan. Use the index to locate specific references to organizations, programs or projects. Then return to the table of contents and locate the section for that page: e.g. an indexed item on page 30 would be in the Strategic Plan: click on that section to open the .pdf file. A limited number of copies are available at OHCD's Department of Public Information. Call 215.686.9723.