2010-2014 Consolidated Plan - City of Champaign

Number and Type of Households to be Assisted (Outputs): At any time, the City may be maintaining1-2 properties awaiting final dispositionLocal Outcome Measures:• Properties are well-maintained until final dispositionHUD Performance Objective: Create a suitable living environmentHUD Performance Measurement Outcome: SustainabilityGoal 3: Provide decent affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households. Thefirst and foremost priority of the federal funding resources received by the City of Champaign has been thecreation and preservation of affordable housing. As noted in the needs analysis, housing affordabilitycontinues to be the primary housing issue in the City. More households find themselves cost burdened inthe year 2000 as the cost of housing continues to outpace increases in personal income. The presence ofthe University of Illinois inflates the cost of rental housing making it more difficult for lower-incomehouseholds to find decent affordable units. The majority of low-income households, both owners andrenters, are heavily cost burdened with housing expenses.Objectives:a) Support the efforts of the Housing Authority of Champaign County (HACC) to expandaffordable housing for the very low income through the improvement of public housing, the creationof new affordable scattered site units, and the expansion of the Section 8 program. The followingactivities are noted as high priority strategies in the HACC’s five-year plan.Activities:HACC Public Housing Strategies: In the coming year, the HACC plans to maximize the number ofaffordable public housing units available to qualified households by reducing the time units are off-linepending maintenance. The HACC will continue to replace public housing units lost to the inventorythrough mixed finance development and Section 8 replacement vouchers. The HACC will also increasemarketing efforts to reduce unit vacancies. The agency continues to exceed federal targetingrequirements for families at