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<br />Eugene-Springfield One Year Action Plan – City Fiscal Year 2020 <br />A public hearing was held by the Eugene CDBG Advisory Committee on April 2, 2019. No comments <br />were made during the public hearing and no written comments were received. The Advisory <br />Committee made a final recommendation on April 2, 2019. A summary of the Eugene CDBG funding <br />sources and uses is provided as Attachment C. <br />Goals and Strategies <br />The adopted Eugene-Springfield 2015 Consolidated Plan emphasizes goals and strategies to meet <br />the priority needs of low-income renters, low-income homeowners, people experiencing <br />homelessness, and non-homeless special needs populations. Additional needs include increased <br />employment opportunities for low-income persons as well as low-income neighborhoods and areas <br />that meet HUD’s definition of slums and blight. The priority strategies described below are intended <br />to address one or more priority needs. Attachment A includes the adopted table of strategies to <br />address the priority needs along with specific metrics to track progress over the five year period. <br />The following narrative describes the allocation of Consortium HOME funds and Eugene CDBG funds <br />for FY 2020 as it relates to each strategy identified in the Eugene-Springfield 2015 Consolidated Plan. <br />Attachment B provides a table of sources and uses for HOME funds and Attachment C provides a <br />table of sources and uses for CDBG funds. <br />Affordable Housing <br />Affordable housing goals are intended to address HUD program objectives to provide decent, safe, <br />and affordable housing and address critical housing needs of low-income people in our community. <br />A total of four affordable housing goals are included in the adopted Eugene-Springfield 2015 <br />Consolidated Plan. In FY 2020, HOME Consortium funds and Eugene CDBG funds are proposed to <br />be allocated to three of the four housing goals. These goals and the strategies as well as the proposed <br />funding for FY 2020 are described below. <br />Increase the supply of affordable housing - Both HOME and Eugene CDBG will support increasing <br />the supply of affordable housing with an emphasis on priority needs identified in the Consolidated <br />Plan. <br />• Housing Development –$1,333,196 in HOME funds will support Housing Development activities <br />to be made available through the Consortium’s Housing RFP processes. Proposals that address <br />priority needs identified in the Consolidated Plan will be prioritized for funding. <br />• CHDO Operating Support - $60,757 in HOME funds will be provided for operating support to <br />Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) serving both cities. <br />• Land Acquisition for Affordable Housing – Eugene will use $50,000 in CDBG funds to support <br />activities related to acquiring a landbank site. Eugene intends to purchase land specifically for <br />future development of affordable housing. The future site will be offered through a competitive <br />Request for Proposals process within three years of site acquisition. <br />May 28, 2019, Meeting - Item 3C