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Help shape Austin’s housing plans
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 by Elizabeth Pagano
The city’s Housing Department is looking for feedback on how to invest in housing and community development. Each year, a community needs assessment is conducted to determine how to invest federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. This year, that assessment will be used to create a five-year plan about how to invest local housing funds as well as federal money. That process is currently underway and will continue through March 15. Anyone can weigh in online here or through the mail (Housing Department, Attn: FY 2024-2029 Consolidated Plan, P.O. Box 1088, Austin, Texas 78767), email (housing@austintexas.gov), phone (512-974-3155) or through a phone survey by texting “MyCommunity” to 73224. In addition, the city will hold two public meetings on the topic at the March 7 City Council meeting and the March 12 Community Development Corporation meeting.
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