Periodically, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires communities that receive formula allocations for certain federal funds to complete and adopt a Consolidated Plan. The Consolidated Plan is a comprehensive planning process to identify housing, homeless, community and economic development needs and resources, followed by the development of a 3 to5 year plan outlining how those needs will be met. Through the plan, HUD requires communities to establish priorities and to measure whether activities set in motion by the plan are actually addressing those priorities. Click here for a more complete description of the purpose of the plan.
The current five year plan was created in 2005 and will expire in June 2010. HUD requires that a new plan be adopted by May 15, 2010. Both the City of Eugene and the City of Springfield must adopt the plan. The development of the plan will involve the cities of Eugene and Springfield, Lane County Human Services Commission, the Housing and Community Services Agency of Lane County (HACSA), and other partners engaged in housing and social services delivery. Citizen participation in the planning process is encouraged and numerous opportunities for citizen involvement will be offered.
The planning process for the 2010 Consolidated Plan will begin in March 2009 and will continue through June, 2010 as shown on the Project Workplan and Timeline.
