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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 21-1617

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Pennsylvania Housing Advisory Committee Virtual Meeting and Virtual Public Hearing; 2022 Annual Action Plan

[51 Pa.B. 6151]
[Saturday, September 25, 2021]

 The Department of Community and Economic Development (Department) is preparing the Commonwealth's 2022 Annual Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan for 2019—2023. The Consolidated Plan (Plan) is a document submitted to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) every 5 years analyzing the needs of the nonentitlement areas of the Commonwealth in the areas of housing including special needs, community development, homelessness prevention and economic development. From this analysis is a unified strategy for housing, homelessness and community development programs, including the necessary linkages for building successful neighborhoods and communities is created. The Action Plan is the annual application to HUD for Federal funds administered by the Commonwealth for the nonentitlement communities of the Commonwealth. The HUD funding programs covered by the Plan and administered by the Department are the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), CDBG Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR), CDBG-CARES Act (CDBG-CV), ESG-CARES Act (ESG-CV) and Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP-1 and NSP-3) programs. The Plan also covers the following programs which are administered by other state agencies: The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) and HOPWA-CARES Act (HOPWA-CV) programs administered by the Department of Health and the National Housing Trust Fund (HTF) administered by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency.

First Public Hearing
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
1 p.m.

 The first public hearing for the 2022 Annual Action Plan will be conducted electronically by means of Microsoft Teams on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at 1 p.m. Consistent with the Department Citizen Participation Plan, this public hearing will be held virtually to ensure proper social distancing and limiting public gatherings due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Those who wish to make comment or discuss policy may participate directly from their phone, personal computer or from a computer located at their public library.

 Individuals or organizations may give testimony or comments during this public hearing. Comments will be accepted about topics related to the needs of the Commonwealth in the following areas: community development, housing including special needs, homelessness, economic development, any changes to the methods of distribution of the existing Federal programs and the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities. In addition, a summary of the Program Year 2020 accomplishments and an overview of the annual planning process will be provided. The Commonwealth encourages public participation in this process.

 Registration is not required, and individuals may join the public hearing by phone at (267) 332-8737. The conference ID is 812 813 194#.

 The public hearing will be recorded for public record. The public hearing will be shortened if there is no one to testify or there is minimal response.

 Anyone who has a disability or limited English proficiency and wishes to participate in the public hearing should contact Megan Snyder, Department of Community and Economic Development, megsnyder@pa.gov, (717) 720-7404 or TDD (717) 346-0308 at a minimum of 72 hours prior to the virtual public hearing to discuss how the Department can accommodate their needs.

Written Comments

 Written testimony, instead of testimony provided during the public hearing, must be submitted by 4 p.m., Wednesday, December 1, 2021, for review for consideration for the Annual Action Plan. Submit comments to Megan Snyder, Department of Community and Economic Development, Center for Community Financing, 400 North Street, 4th Floor, Commonwealth Keystone Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0225, RA-DCEDcdbghomequestions@pa.gov.

Pennsylvania Housing Advisory Committee
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
2 p.m.—4 p.m.

 The Pennsylvania Housing Advisory Committee (Committee) is responsible for reviewing Statewide housing, community development and support services, needs and priorities, as well as advising the Department in the preparation of the Commonwealth Consolidated Plan, annual action plans and the coordination of Federal, State and local resources to manage the implementation of these plans.

 As part of the planning process for the Plan for the 2022 Annual Action Plan, the Committee will be meeting in an open, public forum to discuss the needs of the Commonwealth in terms of housing including special needs, community development, homelessness, economic development and the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities. Reports from the six Department regions will be presented on the needs in their respective areas of the Commonwealth collected during the annual Regional Housing Advisory Committee meetings. Also, a summary of the accomplishments of the 2020 Program Year will be presented for the CDBG, HOME, ESG, CDBG-DR, CDBG-CV, ESG-CV, NSP-1 and NSP-3, HOPWA and HOPWA-CV programs and HTF.

 Anyone who wishes to attend the Committee meeting may join by phone at (267) 332-8737. The conference ID is 124 485 163#.

 Anyone who has a disability or limited English proficiency and wishes to participate in the public hearing should contact Megan Snyder, Department of Community and Economic Department, megsnyder@pa.gov, (717) 720-7404 or TDD (717) 346-0308 at a minimum of 72 hours prior to the meeting to discuss how the Department can accommodate their needs.

DENNIS M. DAVIN, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 21-1617. Filed for public inspection September 24, 2021, 9:00 a.m.]


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