INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The city of Inglewood will hold a Public Hearing on Jan. 10 at 2:00 p.m. on the draft 2021-2022 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) that is submitted annually to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The report was initially due by Dec. 31, 2022, however, the City canceled the previously scheduled Dec. 13 public hearing minutes before it was scheduled to begin.
Residents are allowed to review the City’s plan to administer and distribute housing funds, like Section 8 vouchers, and submit comments on how they want the funds spent until Dec. 15.
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The City typically allocates funding for housing vouchers, home rehabilitation, senior meals, and fair housing counseling.
The accompanying staff report details that the city used HUD Community Block Development Grant (CBDG) COVID CARES ACT funds to assist 59 households who were three months in arrears on rent totaling $216,915. The City received over $1 million in COVID CARES Act funding for rental assistance and have not publicly disclosed how the remaining $700,000 will be spent. The City was allowed to use 20% of the funds on administrative costs.
You can view the draft CAPER report by clicking here.
Email public comments to Roberto Chavez ([email protected]), Lori Jones ([email protected]), Tracey Duncan ([email protected]), Aisha Thompson ([email protected]) and Angela Allen ([email protected]) to have your comments submitted as allowed under HUD guidelines for Citizen Participation.
You can view the accompanying staff report here.
Members of the public may listen and make oral public comments telephonically by dialing:
Dial-in for Open Session: 1-888-251-2949 or 215-861-0694, using the following access code:
January 10, 2023 – Access Code: 6838611# wait 3 seconds and press # again
