Lake County Gazette

Lake County Housing and Community Development Commission met June 12

Here is the agenda provided by the commission:

1. Roll Call

2. Approval of Minutes

2.1 24-0636

Approval of the April 10,2024 minutes.

3. Chair's Remarks

4. Public Comments (items not on the agenda)

5. Old Business

6. New Business

6.1 24-0642

Presentation and Discussion - Lake County Consortium’s five-year Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan for Program Years 2025 to 2029.

6.2 24-0634

PUBLIC HEARING - Community Needs - U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Program Years 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan.

6.3 24-0630

Presentation -Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) Shelter Construction Program Application.

6.4 24-0631

PUBLIC HEARING - Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) Shelter Construction Program Application.

6.5 24-0632

Approval of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) Shelter Construction Program Application.

• The Illinois DCEO made $15,000,000 available to support construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or acquisition of property for homeless shelters, as defined by HUD.

• Lake County is submitting applications for $4,000,000 to support the development of two fixed-site shelters.

• Funds will support PADS of Lake County for the construction/acquisition of two shelters, one located at 3633 Lewis Avenue in Waukegan and 3740 Grand Avenue in Gurnee.

CDBG-CV2 Waukegan Application 2024

CDBG-CV2 Gurnee Application 2024

6.6 24-0626

Presentation and Discussion - United States Department of Housing & Urban Development Program Year 2024 proposed Annual Action Plan and Lake County Affordable Housing Program PY24 funding recommendations.

6.7 24-0629

PUBLIC HEARING - United States Department of Housing & Urban Development Program Year 2024 proposed Annual Action Plan.

6.8 24-0628

Approval of the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Program Year 2024 (PY24) proposed Annual Action Plan (AAP).

• Lake County is the recipient of HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) entitlement funding.

• As a condition of entitlement funds HUD requires the development and submission of an AAP detailing planned activities and expenditures.

• The PY24 AAP includes annual funding recommendations totaling $4,574,316: CDBG entitlement of $2,773,774, program income of $15,100 and prior year reallocations of $45,542; HOME entitlement of $1,450,501, program income of $14,847 and prior year reallocations of $50,000; and ESG entitlement of $224,552.

PY24 AAP_DRAFT

6.9 24-0635

Approval of the Lake County Affordable Housing Program (LCAHP) Program Year 2024 (PY24) funding recommendations.

• In December 2023, Community Development staff received applications for eligible affordable housing programs and projects.

• The available affordable housing funding includes $282,250 LCAHP Funds. The fiscal year 2024 budget for Affordable Housing is $270,000, $11,250 is a partial repurposed grant from PY23, and $1,000 in program revenue from Prairie View Apartments.

• Funding recommendations include $90,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Lake County, $160,333 to Community Partners for Affordable Housing, $11,250 to Coalition Legal, and $20,667 for a payback to United States Department of Housing & Urban Development for Lake County Municipal League land bank project originally funded with Community Development Block Grant funds.

LCAHP PY24 Funding Recs

7. Staff Reports

8. Adjournment

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