City of Philadelphia - File #: 110784

• File #: 110784
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 11/3/2011
• In control: Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
• Final action: 12/15/2011
• 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.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Reynolds Brown
• Indexes: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS (CDBGS)
• Code sections: 21-1100 - Community Development

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/21/2011	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/15/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	17:0
12/8/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
12/8/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
12/8/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
12/5/2011	0	Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless	HEARING HELD
12/5/2011	0	Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless	AMENDED
12/5/2011	1	Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
11/30/2011	0	Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless	RECESSED
11/16/2011	0	Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless	RECESSED
11/15/2011	0	Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/15/2011	0	Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless	RECESSED
11/3/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

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.

Body
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...