Disclaimer

Community Development Block Grant

The Planning Department manages Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds received by the City of Goshen from the federal government.

Funds are provided to help limited income homeowners maintain their properties, for infrastructure reconstruction, and for grants to public service agencies.

The City of Goshen is preparing the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan for Program Year 2012 and is soliciting input. The following were identified as priorities for community and neighborhood development in the City of Goshen for the CDBG Five-year Consolidated Plan (2010-2014):

  • Housing Opportunities
  • Increase availability of Section 8 vouchers
  • Increase transitional housing options
  • Increase availability of accessible housing
  • Provide permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless
  • Improve owner-occupied housing through rehabilitation
  • Support residential energy efficiency improvements
  • Increase quality of rental housing
     
  • Access to Services
  • Increase access to foreclosure prevention
  • Increase access to affordable healthcare
  • Increase services for mentally ill
  • Provide emergency shelter for homeless individuals
  • Provide permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless
     
  • Neighborhood Revitalization
  • Repair/replace existing sidewalks
  • Support public infrastructure projects
  • Remove blighted residential properties
  • Address issue of vacant/foreclosed houses
  • Improve owner-occupied housing through rehabilitation
  • Improve quality of rental housing

For program year 2012 the City of Goshen expects to fund program activities in the following areas: public facilities & improvements, public services, owner-occupied housing rehabilitation, program planning and program administration.

The City will hold a public hearing to review program year 2011 and to solicit input for the 2012 Annual Plan on Thursday, January 19, 2012, at 3:00 PM, in the Annex Conference Room, at the Municipal Annex Building, 204 E. Jefferson Street, Goshen. The Goshen Municipal Annex Building is handicap accessible. Non-English speaking persons and others needing special assistance to participate in the hearing process should contact the City as soon as possible.

For any questions regarding the CDBG program, please contact Rhonda Yoder in the Planning Department at:

Mail Address:
204 E. Jefferson St., Suite 4
Goshen, IN 46528

Phone: 574-537-3815

Email: rhondayoder@goshencity.com