The Lafayette and West Lafayette Consolidated Plan is an application and strategy statement to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) addressing the cities' housing and community development needs. The 2005 Consolidated Plan is a new Five-Year Strategy covering the program years 2005-2009. It also serves as the 2005 Action Plan. The annual program year for Consolidated Plan purposes runs from July 1 through June 30. The Consolidated Plan is a combination housing plan, community development plan, and application for the following three HUD entitlement programs:
The 2005-09 Consolidated Plan five-year strategy updates the previous five-year strategy issued in 2000. The Plan is a statement of how Lafayette, West Lafayette, and the Lafayette Housing Consortium intend to spend their HUD entitlement funds in the areas of housing and community development. The Plan seeks to tie that spending to other funding initiatives that affect low- and moderate-income residents. Priorities are set in accordance with HUD directives.
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