KINGSTON – The City of Kingston has released its Five-Year Consolidated Plan and the 2024 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, and will open a public comment period.
The Five-Year Consolidated Plan outlines the city’s housing and non-housing community development needs and priorities for the next five years (2024-2028). The 2024 Annual Plan describes how the city intends to allocate approximately $650,000 in CDBG funds.
The Five-Year Consolidated Plan and 2024 Annual Action Plan include: 1.) Identification of housing and non-housing community development needs and priorities over the next five years within the city; 2.) Identification of federal and non-federal resources reasonably expected to be made available during the program year to undertake activities identified in the proposed Five-Year Consolidated Plan, and 3.) A list of activities to be undertaken during the 2024 program year to address community development and housing needs including the geographic distribution of activities to be completed.
The proposed use of funds outlined in the plans were developed by conducting focus group meetings with local service providers, analyzing results from a questionnaire distributed to local housing and homeless providers, holding public hearings throughout the City, and requests from local communities identifying needs.
The 30-day public comment period will begin on April 1, 2024. The City of Kingston will hold a public hearing for the Five-Year Consolidated Plan on April 16 at 10 a.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall. Public comments can be submitted in person at the public hearing, or by mail to the Office of Community Development; City Hall 420 Broadway Kingston, NY 12401 by April 30, 2024.
The city has also prepared an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI), which identified barriers to fair housing choice within the city, as well as a Fair Housing Action Plan of activities the city may undertake to remove or ameliorate those barriers. The AI will also be available from April 1-30, 2024.
