5197083 Housing and Community Development, Department of - Consolidated Plan Proposed Substantial Amendment Public Hearing FY15 HOME Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) Monday, December 8, 2014 and Wednesday, December 10, 2014

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

 

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

 

Monday, December 8, 2014 and Wednesday, December 10, 2014

 

Consolidated Plan Proposed Substantial Amendment Public Hearing

FY15 HOME Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA)

 

Michael P. Kelly, Director, District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will conduct two public hearings in December to discuss the District’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 proposed Substantial Amendment to its FY11 – FY15 Consolidated Plan to reprogram a portion of HOME funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  DHCD proposes using $3 million in HOME funds from HUD in FY 2015 to provide Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) to homeless households, through the District of Columbia Department of Human Services (DHS).

 

In preparation for the submission of the FY 2015 Substantial Amendment to the Consolidated Plan, DHCD is soliciting public comment on its proposal.  These comments will form part of DHCD’s Substantial Amendment, as required by federal regulations (24 CFR Part 91).  This hearing is reserved for a discussion of the DHCD’s proposed Substantial Amendment.

 

The hearings will be held on Monday, December 8, 2014, at the Department of Housing and Community Development, 1800 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue, SE, 1^st floor conference room, at 10:00 AM, and on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at the Reeves Center, 2000 14^th St, NW, at 6:30 pm.  To testify, you are encouraged to register in advance either by e-mail at [e-mail] or by calling [phone].  Please provide your name, address, telephone number, and organization affiliation, if any. 

 

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) relay service will be provided by calling

[phone]. Sign language interpretation and language translation services will be available upon request by calling Ms. Pamela Hillsman, seven days prior to the hearing on [phone].  Persons who require interpretation or language translation must specify the language of preference (i.e. Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese-Mandarin/Cantonese, Amharic, French, or American Sign Language).  Language translation/interpretation services will be provided to pre-registered persons only.

 

The proposed Substantial Amendment will be available on DHCD’s website: www.dhcd.dc.gov,

as well as at public libraries, and at DHCD’s Housing Resource Center at 1800 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, SE.

 

Written statements may be submitted for the record at the hearing, or until close of business, Friday, December 26, 2014.  Mail written statements to: Michael P. Kelly, Director, DHCD, 1800 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20020.