DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood and Housing Services Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ver?nica R. Soto, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 5
SUBJECT:
Support for the San Antonio Housing Authority's Application of Alazan-Guadalupe Choice Neighborhood Implementation Grant
SUMMARY:
The San Antonio Housing Authority wishes to receive support from the City of San Antonio in submitting a grant application to the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Choice Neighborhood Implementation Grant Program.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Choice Neighborhoods program supports locally driven strategies to address struggling neighborhoods with distressed public or U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) assisted housing through a comprehensive approach to neighborhood transformation. Local leaders, residents, and stakeholders, such as public housing authorities, cities, schools, police, business owners, nonprofits, and private developers, come together to create and implement a plan to transform distressed HUD housing and addresses the challenges in the surrounding neighborhood. The program is designed to catalyze critical improvements in neighborhood assets, including vacant property, housing services, and education services. HUD currently anticipates awarding Choice Neighborhood Implementation Grants to approximately four to five projects across the U.S. at approximately $30 million each.
Communities will compete in a transparent process and be required to demonstrate the strength and effectiveness of their local commitment to become Choice Neighborhoods. Each designated Choice Neighborhood will be asked to identify a set of outcomes they will pursue to revitalize their communities, develop a strategy supporting those outcomes, and realign resources accordingly. For communities selected, the federal government will partner to help the Choice Neighborhoods access the resources and expertise they need.
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