ORDINANCE NO. 250563
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Sponsor: Director of Housing and Community Development Department
Approving the 2025 Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME), the Emergency Solution Grant (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA); providing a substantial amendment to the Five Year Consolidated Plan 2022-2026 in accordance with the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; and approving the Uniform Relocation Act (URA) authorizing submittal of plans to the United States Department of Urban Development for its consideration.
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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City has included the five grant programs CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOPWA funding to submit to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Block Grant program for their consideration to provide public services, public facilities, minor home repair, elimination of blight and acquisition, housing renovation and construction and assistance to those persons with AIDS and to finance the City's community development and housing programs; and
WHEREAS, the City's Uniform Relocation Act Policy establishes minimum requirement for the acquisition of real property and the displacement of persons from their homes as a result of acquisition, rehabilitation or demolition for federally-funded project; and
WHEREAS, this Act protects people who are displaced by a federally assisted project, regardless of their income, and
WHEREAS, the need to fund affordable housing projects require that previously budgeted CDBG and HOME funds be funded which requires an amendment to the Action Plans and requires submission of an amendment to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the 2025 Action Plan and Substantial Amendment for the 2022-2026 consolidated Plan is prepa...
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