CONSOLIDATED PLAN & STRATEGY 5-YEAR ... - City of Lakeland

Accessory Dwelling units
The City amended its Land Development regulations to allow accessory dwelling
units (ADU) in residential zoning districts. ADUs may provide affordable units for
retirees, single persons, couples and students while attending college or preparing to
become independent.
HOMELESS
Homeless Needs (91.205 (b) and 91.215 (c))
*Please also refer to the Homeless Needs Table in the Needs.xls workbook
Homeless Needs— The jurisdiction must provide a concise summary of the nature
and extent of homelessness in the jurisdiction, (including rural homelessness and
chronic homelessness where applicable), addressing separately the need for facilities
and services for homeless persons and homeless families with children, both
sheltered and unsheltered, and homeless subpopulations, in accordance with Table
1A. The summary must include the characteristics and needs of low income
individuals and children, (especially extremely low income) who are currently housed
but are at imminent risk of either residing in shelters or becoming unsheltered. In
addition, to the extent information is available, the plan must include a description of
the nature and extent of homelessness by racial and ethnic group. A quantitative
analysis is not required. If a jurisdiction provides estimates of the at-risk
population(s), it should also include a description of the operational definition of the
at-risk group and the methodology used to generate the estimates.
3-5 Year Strategic Plan Homeless Needs response:
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1986 and HUD homeless assistance
programs are governed by a definition of homelessness found in United States Code
Title 42, Chapter 119, Subchapter 11302 that reads: (a) In general, for purposes of
this chapter, the term “homeless” or “homeless individual or homeless person”
includes— (1) an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime
residence; and (2) an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is— (a)
a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary
living accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and
transitional housing for the mentally ill); (b) an institution that provides a temporary
residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or (c) a public or private
place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for
human beings. HUD defines a chronically homeless person as “an unaccompanied
homeless individual with a disabling condition who has either been continuously
homeless for a year or more OR has had at least four (4) episodes of homelessness
in the past three (3) years.” To be considered chronically homeless a person must
have been on the streets or in an emergency shelter (i.e., not in transitional
housing) or in a Safe Haven as defined by HUD. Chronically homeless persons are a
subgroup of homeless persons that tend to be the most visible.
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