Neighborhood Programs Division
Your input is needed!
The City invites community members to provide input on the most pressing needs in the community related to housing and neighborhoods. Annually, the City receives around $800,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding. In partnership with the City of Urbana, the City is working on a five-year consolidated plan to allocate resources to meet housing, public services, economic development, and public facilities/infrastructure needs. In order to help the City make significant community development investments, input from residents is being sought via a brief survey. The survey data will guide project priorities in the 2025-2029 CDBG Consolidated Plan and how the federal funds will be spent. We hope you will take five minutes to complete the survey.
The Neighborhood Programs Division is responsible for developing and managing programs to address neighborhood needs. The Division administers a variety of Federal, State and local funds to support these programs and activities. Some activities include:
· Planning and implementing neighborhood revitalization projects, including Bristol Place.
· Managing affordable housing programs, including the Safety Home Repair, Home Accessibility Retrofit, and Accessibility Structure Demolition programs.
· Leading the CommUnity Matters collaborative and allocating Community Development Block Grant funds to further youth initiatives.
· Implementing the Vital Home Repair program to complete substantial housing rehab for homeowners who experienced a COVID-19 financial loss.
These reporting documents guide out work.
Neighborhood Programs Manual
The Neighborhood Programs Manual is required by the Champaign Municipal Code to be updated, at a minimum, every five years. The Manual provides a description of the available programs, eligibility requirements, general terms and conditions, types of assistance (grant vs. loan), security and subordination guidelines, and processing procedures.
Consolidated Plan
The Consolidated Plan is a five-year plan that identifies strategies and resources that are available to meet affordable housing and community development objectives within the City.
Annual Action Plan
The Annual Action Plan is a yearly document required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that accompanies the Consolidated Plan. This document provides information on the City’s allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) funds.
Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER)
The CAPER summarizes the progress the City made in carrying out its strategic plan outlined in its Consolidated Plan including accomplishments, resources available, persons assisted, and other actions. Information is provided for the past fiscal year and what goals and objectives were met from the Annual Action Plan.
View the Regional Housing Study
View the 2014 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing
Public Comment
Key Projects
The completed Neighborhood Plan includes four parts: an existing conditions analysis; vision, goals, objectives; land use plan and implementation recommendations. The existing conditions analysis was completed in 2009. The plan provides guidance to the City on the Bristol Place redevelopment and other actions to improve the neighborhood.
Learn More About the Bristol Park Neighborhood Redevelopment
The CommUnity Matters model is now expanding to other areas to address issues identified by neighborhood residents and associations, frequently involving youth, in the City’s targeted neighborhoods.
This initiative is a partnership with substantial funding from the Community Development Block Grant and Urban Renewal funds at the City of Champaign, as well as significant in-kind staffing and resource contributions from the partner agencies.
Community Matters Partners
Resources
Partnerships
Community Reinvestment Group (CRG)
- The group, comprised of banks, local government and nonprofit housing providers. Meets the second Wednesday of each month at the Parkland Business Development Center.
Council of Service Providers to the Homeless (CSPH)
- CSPH is a local organization that works to provide quality community care to individuals who are homeless in the Champaign-Urbana area. CSPH convenes monthly to discuss the needs of the variety of agencies, provide support across agency lines, and to work together to help the homeless population. Together this council unites a number of organizations in helping the local homeless.