Title
Repealing Chapter 21-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Community Development," and replacing it with a new Chapter 21-1100 that restates and revises the policy of the City of Philadelphia regarding its Community Development Block Grant Program; expands the scope of the Chapter to incorporate related housing and community development programs; requires the preparation of an annual Consolidated Plan for the City that covers, not only Community Development Block Grant funds that the City receives under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, but also all other funds from other sources that the City receives for housing and community development activities and programs; and establishes requirements and procedures relating to the preparation, content, publication, amendment, approval, oversight, administration and implementation of the Consolidated Plan; all under certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, Chapter 21-1100 establishes goals, policies, requirements and procedures pertaining to the expenditure of funds that the City of Philadelphia receives for housing and community development; and
WHEREAS, In the past ten years the City has received and Council has approved the expenditure of funds for housing and community programs in an aggregate amount of nearly two billion dollars; and
WHEREAS, The Consolidated Plan required by Chapter 21-1100 is the only document that, on an annual basis, outlines the City's plans and programs to deal with affordable housing, housing preservation, homelessness, community and economic development issues faced by the City's very low, low and moderate income residents; and
WHEREAS, The Consolidated Plan outlines in detail how the City proposes to spend federal, state and local resources that are dedicated to programs to mitigate the housing, employment and related issues faced by the City's very low, low and moderate income residents; and
WHEREAS, It is Council's duty and respon...
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