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Notice of Public Hearing - DRAFT - Suffolk County 2023 Annual Action Plan - June 6, 2023 @ 2:00 pm
The Suffolk County Community Development Office has prepared a draft 2023 Annual Action Plan, which outlines the proposed activities that the County and its subgrantees and subrecipients will carry out during the County’s 2023 Program year.
The draft of the 2023 Annual Action Plan will be presented by the Suffolk County Community Development Office at a public hearing on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 2:00 pm and subject to a 30-day public comment period from June 6, 2023 to July 6, 2023. The Notice of Public Hearing can be viewed on link below.
Click here for the public hearing notice document
The power point slides can be viewed on the link below.
PDF SC powerpoint for website 6-6-23
Community Development Resources:
The Suffolk County Community Development Office, a unit within the Department of Economic Development and Planning, is specifically charged with developing projects designed to benefit persons of low and moderate incomes. Community Development is also charged with preventing or eliminating areas of slum or blight within our communities and assisting areas with urgent needs.
The Suffolk County Community Development Office administers these projects through the Suffolk County Community Development Consortium which includes 11 separate municipalities. Member communities include:
- Town of East Hampton
- Town of Riverhead
- Town of Shelter Island
- Town of Smithtown
- Town of Southampton
- Town of Southold
- Village of Greenport
- Village of Sag Harbor
- Village of Southampton
- Village of The Branch
- Village of Westhampton Beach
- Village of Westhampton Dunes
The Town of Huntington participates with the County in the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) only.
The activities of the Suffolk County Community Development Office are funded by the Federal Government through various programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
HUD funding for the 2022 program Year is as follows:
| Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
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$1,337.776
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| HOME Investment Partnership Program
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$734,469
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Suffolk County receives federal entitlement funds under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program. In connection with the receipt of those funds, Suffolk County is required to submit a 5 Year Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A key component of the 5 Year Consolidated Plan is public comment and input.
The Consolidated Plan for Suffolk County, New York, represents a new 5 year plan covering the program years from 2020 to 2024, consolidating the CDBG and HOME entitlement funding into one submission. It has been prepared in accordance with 24CFR Part 91.
As a requirement of receiving Federal funds, Suffolk County has recently completed the final draft of its 2020 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. The goal of this analysis is to identify a process to affirmatively further fair housing through an examination of the fair housing delivery system, housing transactions and housing patterns.