The Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD), requests City Council to authorize and approve a Substantial Amendment to the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery 2015 (CDBG-DR15) Action Plan. The Strategic Buyout Program’s language is being revised to replace housing buyout with property buyout. This will expand the pool of properties eligible under the Strategic Buyout Program.
This would be the fifth amendment to the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery 2015 (CDBG-DR15) Action Plan.
Per the Citizen Participation Plan for Houston’s CDBG – DR15 Program (CPP), a change in program benefit or eligibility criteria constitutes a Substantial Amendment, which requires a fourteen (14) day public notice and Council approval.
The Housing and Community Affairs Committee reviewed this item on April 27, 2020.
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Tom McCasland, Director