City of Tampa Consolidated Plan

2007-2012 Federal Programs

Summary

 Consolidated Plan the City’s five-year Strategic Plan that governs the use of federal housing and community development funds for FY2008-2012.

Summary

 One Year Action Plan – the City’s annual one year plan that describes how federal funds will be spent each year to accomplish the goals stated in the Consolidated Plan.

Tampa’s Identified Needs

 Of the total households at <80% AMI, 64% have housing problems.

– 58% with housing problems have housing cost that exceed 30% of their income.

 Of 149,777 occupied and vacant units, 5180 are considered substandard  9,498 housing units are considered to be overcrowded

Tampa’s Identified Needs

 A gap of 5,433 shelter/housing units exists for homeless individuals and families.

 A gap of over 50,000 housing units exists for the elderly, persons with mental illness, developmentally disabled, physically disabled, persons with substance abuse, persons with HIV/AIDS, and public housing residents.

Consolidated Plan

 Foundation of the Consolidated Plan – Assessing priority housing and community development needs.

– Developing priorities, goals and objectives.

– Addressing identified needs.

– Allocating available CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, ESG funds to address priority needs.

Consolidated Plan

 Consolidated Plan - four main functions: – A planning document for the City of Tampa.

– An application for federal funds under HUD’s CDBG, HOME HOPWA and ESG formula grant programs.

– A strategy to be followed in carrying out HUD programs.

– An action plan that provides a basis for assessing performance.

Action Plan

 The City’s One Year Action Plan contains project specific and activity based projected use of federal funds for a specific program year.

 Funds that are encompassed in this plan are from – – – – – Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) American Dream Down payment Initiative (ADDI) Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA)

Programs

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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program

 City CDBG funds are used for: – – – Infrastructure Historic Preservation Public Facilities Improvements – Public Service Projects  PY2008, $5,235,079 in CDBG funding has been allocated

Programs

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HOME Investment Partnerships Program

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 City HOME funds are used for – – – – Down Payment Assistance Home Owner Rehabilitation Infill Housing Multi-Family Housing construction/rehabilitation  The PY2008 HOME available funding total is $2,852,324 and has been allocated to various projects

Programs

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Homeless Services Programs (Including ESG Program)

 The City works in active partnership with the Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County to address the issues of homelessness.

 The Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County is the lead entity for the Continuum of Care planning and administrative activities.

– responsible for implementing the 10-year plan to end homelessness titled

Places for People

.  The City’s ESG program funds $165,134 to Homeless Coalition member organizations to provide direct services to the homeless.

Programs

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Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA)

 The City’s HOPWA funds are used for supportive housing activities in the HOPWA eligible MSA of Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas counties.

 HUD distributes HOPWA funds using a statutory formula that relies on the statistical incidence rates of HIV/AIDS as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  Based upon this formula, the City’s PY08 allocation is $3,553,717.