Every year the City of Yakima is required by the Federal Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) to provide an Annual Action Plan that outlines the City of Yakima's budget plans for using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement funds and HOME Investment dollars to meet the needs of its low to moderate income citizens with "eligible activities".
The CDBG program has three primary objectives; to benefit low and moderate income persons, to assist with problems relating to slum and blight, and to assist with urgent health and welfare needs. The program can thus provide assistance in a broad range of activities and services, but at least 70% of all funds must be spent on assisting people with issues related to low income.
The HOME Program can only assist low/moderate income persons with issues relating to housing; which can range from new construction of single-family to rental housing and down payment assistance for first time homebuyers.
In keeping with HUD regulations, the City of Yakima must allow a thirty day written comment period and two public meetings in order to give the citizens of Yakima an opportunity to comment and provide input on the proposed 2019 Annual Action Plan "DRAFT". This is the first of two public meetings and within the thirty days written comment period that began January 22, 2019. The proposed 2019 Annual Action Plan DRAFT is available at the City Clerk's office or on the City’s website at:
https://www.yakimawa.gov/services/neighborhood-development-services/files/2019-AAP-Draft.pdf
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