REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Redevelopment Department provides administrative oversight of the City’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) which has been used to improve the City’s housing stock, infrastructure, economic development and social services. 

The Redevelopment Department is the lead agency, acting on behalf of the City of East Chicago, which administers the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) formula programs.  As an application requirement, a 5-Year Consolidated Plan is submitted to HUD.  This Consolidated Plan is a strategic plan that sets the course of action for revitalization throughout the City.  It also creates the opportunity for citizen participation and strategic planning, which leads to setting program goals, specific objectives, annual goals ad benchmarks for measuring progress.  An Action Plan is submitted annually to HUD to describe the actions, projects and programs that will be implemented during the year to address the needs and specific objectives identified in the Consolidated Plan. 

RESIDENTIAL RENOVATION PROGRAM

Rehabilitation assists owner occupant homeowners to determine the extent of repairs needed to bring the property to a safe and decent living condition.  Rehabilitation then prepares a suggested list of work.  After reviewing and adjusting this list of work the home owner accepts the list of work.  The list of work is offered to licensed, bonded and insured general contractors that have participated in the program, to submit sealed bids.  The homeowner is allowed to have any qualified general contractor bid on the list of work.  The work is paid from CDBG and Home federal funding to provide grants and low interest loans.  Applications are processed on the order of submission to Rehabilitation.

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