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2022 Annual Action Plan Public Notice and Community Meeting

The City of Baton Rouge – Parish of East Baton Rouge Office of Community Development has completed a draft of its 2022 Annual Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), HOME American Rescue Plan (HOME - ARP), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs.

The City-Parish will held a virtual public hearing regarding the 2022 Action Plan and HOME-ARP Allocation Plan on Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 at 2pm. The purpose of the meeting was to notify the public of intended activities to be undertaken using HUD's CDBG, HOME, ESG, HOPWA, and HOME-ARP funding. 

VIEW THE MEETING RECORDING HERE

VIEW THE MEETING PRESENTATION HERE

VIEW THE PUBLIC NOTICE HERE

VIEW THE ACTION PLAN DRAFT HERE

VIEW THE HOME-ARP SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT DRAFT HERE

2021 Housing and Neighborhood Market Segmentation Study

Mayor Broome announced the completion of the first Market Segmentation Study of East Baton Rouge Parish, which provides a comprehensive analysis of our housing and neighborhood quality, affordability, safety, blight, and health outcomes. This study not only explains many of the conditions that have led to the affordable housing crisis we face today, but provides concrete, data-driven next steps that will guide Mayor Broome's administration and her Office of Community Development's Healthy Housing and Neighborhood Strategy.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

EBRP HOUSING MARKET SEGMENTATION STUDY

The State of Baton Rouge Housing Panel

Mayor Broome and the Office of Community Development held a discussion on the state of housing in East Baton Rouge Parish on Tuesday, May 17, at 6 p.m. at the River Center Library in downtown.

A part of the ongoing Safe, Hopeful, Healthy initiative, the conversation focused on the challenges to creating safe, affordable housing in the community and the solutions needed to move East Baton Rouge forward.

Panelists included:

• Joshua Hollins, the new Executive Director of the Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC)
• Michelle Wheaton, Vice President and Gulf Coast Director, Enterprise Community Partners
• J. Wesley Daniels Jr., CEO, East Baton Rouge Housing Authority
• Tasha Saunders, Director, Mayor’s Office of Community Development

WATCH THE REPLAY HERE

2022 Baton Rouge Rebuilds Developer Program

Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced the EBR Office of Community Development has issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for approximately $2,000,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant Declared Disaster Recovery Funding (DDRF) for a housing initiative titled "2022 Baton Rouge Rebuilds Developer Program (2022 BRRDP)".

Notice of Funding Availability

The 2022 BRRDP Application is now open. 

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2022 BRRDP Q&A

View the official Question and Answer document from the Question and Answer period here.

MEETING RECORDINGS