2008 Consolidated Plan and Strategy Prepared by the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission P.O. Box 1665 Mobile, Alabama 36633 TABLE OF CONTENTS SF 424 ..................................................................................... iv CPMP Non-State Grantee Certifications .......................................... vi Resolution ................................................................................ xv 2008-2013 Strategic Plan ......................................................... 1 General ..................................................................................... 1 Executive Summary ............................................................. 1 Strategic Plan ..................................................................... 3 General Questions ............................................................... 5 Managing the Process ........................................................ 19 Citizen Participation ........................................................... 23 Institutional Structure ........................................................ 29 Monitoring ........................................................................ 31 Priority Needs Analysis and Strategies .................................. 33 Lead-based Paint ............................................................... 43 Housing ................................................................................... 49 Housing Needs .................................................................. 49 Priority Housing Needs ....................................................... 53 Housing Market Analysis ..................................................... 55 Specific Housing Objectives ................................................ 69 Needs of Public Housing ..................................................... 77 Public Housing Strategy ..................................................... 81 Barriers to Affordable Housing ............................................. 85 Homeless ................................................................................. 89 Homeless Needs ................................................................ 89 Priority Homeless Needs ..................................................... 95 Homeless Inventory ........................................................... 97 Homeless Strategic Plan ..................................................... 99 Community Development ......................................................... 103 Community Development ................................................. 103 Antipoverty Strategy ........................................................ 115 Non-Homeless Special Needs .................................................... 117 Specific Special Needs Objectives ...................................... 117 Non-homeless Special Needs and Analysis .......................... 119 Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS ........................ 123 Specific HOPWA Objectives ............................................... 125 Other Narrative ....................................................................... 127 First Program Year Action Plan ............................................. 129 General ................................................................................. 129 Executive Summary ......................................................... 129 General Questions ........................................................... 133 Managing the Process ...................................................... 139 Citizen Participation ......................................................... 141 i Institutional Structure ...................................................... 143 Monitoring ...................................................................... 147 Lead-based Paint ............................................................. 149 Housing ................................................................................. 151 Specific Housing Objectives .............................................. 151 Needs of Public Housing ................................................... 153 Barriers to Affordable Housing ........................................... 155 HOME/American Dream Down Payment Initiative (ADDI) ...... 157 Homeless ............................................................................... 161 Specific Homeless Prevention Elements .............................. 161 Emergency Shelter Grants ................................................ 167 Community Development ......................................................... 169 Community Development ................................................. 169 Antipoverty Strategy ........................................................ 171 Non-Homeless Special Needs .................................................... 173 Non-Homeless Special Needs ............................................ 173 Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS ........................ 175 Specific HOPWA Objectives ............................................... 177 Other Narrative ....................................................................... 179 Table of Contents – Appendices ................................................. 181 ii LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Race of Householder ...................................................... 5 Table 2: Areas of Greatest Need ................................................... 9 Table 3: LBP in Owner Occupied Units ......................................... 43 Table 4: LBP in Renter Occupied Units ......................................... 43 Table 5: Areas at Greatest Risk of Lead-Based Paint ..................... 45 Table 6: Racial/Ethnic Groups with Disproportionate Needs ............ 52 Table 7: Change in Housing Stock .............................................. 56 Table 8: Housing Units by Year Structure Built ............................. 57 Table 9: Housing Units Tenure by Year Structure Built ................... 57 Table 10: Tenure by Occupants Per Room .................................... 58 Table 11: Mobile Housing Board Public Housing Site Information ..... 63 Table 12: 2007 Income Limits .................................................... 64 Table 13: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Projects ....................... 65 Table 14: Project-Based Section 8 Units ...................................... 66 Table 15: Priority Public Housing Needs ....................................... 80 Table 16: 2007 Point-in-Time Count of the Homeless .................... 90 Table 17: Homeless Sub-Populations for Mobile County ................. 91 Table 18: Point in Time Count of the Homeless Yearly Comparison .. 92 Table 19: Community Development Projects by Year ................... 113 Table 20: Income by Age ........................................................ 115 Table 21: Entitlement Funding Levels 2008 vs. 2007 ................... 135 Table 22: 2008 CDBG Budget Analysis ...................................... 136 Table 23: 2008 HOME Budget Analysis ...................................... 136 Table 24: Mobile Housing Board Grant Assisted Programs ............ 143 Table 25: Period of Affordability ............................................... 158 Table 26: 2008 HUD Supportive Housing Program and Shelter Plus Care Grants ............................................................. 162 LIST OF MAPS Map 1: Racial/Ethnic Minority Concentrations ............................... 13 Map 2: Low to Moderate Income Concentrations ........................... 15 Map 3: Areas of Greatest Need .................................................. 17 Map 4: Areas at Greatest Risk of Lead-Based Paint ....................... 47 Map 5: City Parks ................................................................... 111 Map 6: Sites Receiving Entitlement Grant Funding ...................... 134 iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv City of Mobile, Alabama 3-5 Year Strategic Plan This document includes Narrative Responses to specific questions that grantees of the Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnership, Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS and Emergency Shelter Grants Programs must respond to in order to be compliant with the Consolidated Planning Regulations. GENERAL Executive Summary The Executive Summary is required. Include the objectives and outcomes identified in the plan and an evaluation of past performance. 3-5 Year Strategic Plan Executive Summary: The mission statement in the most recent Strategic Plan for the City of Mobile, adopted in 1997, reads, “…to continuously improve the quality of life for our residents and visitors, by assuring them a clean, safe, economically viable and progressive City that is responsive to changing needs.” This Consolidated Plan and Strategy will act as an important tool and guide to carrying out the City’s Mission. In order to determine the areas of greatest need, factors such as income, minority concentrations, overcrowding, substandard housing units, percentage of renter occupied units, and age of units were analyzed. Areas with problems in at least four of the six categories were considered to have the greatest needs. Within each category of need outlined in this consolidated plan, the following priorities will be followed when serving the areas of greatest need: 1. Housing (Homeless, Non-Homeless Special Needs, and Public Housing) 2. Community Development These priorities were developed by examining the goals, objectives, and recommendations in City of Mobile documents; the