The Housing and Neighborhood Development Department invites you to attend the first public meeting to discuss the 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan that governs funding for affordable housing and non-housing community development activities starting July 1, 2024.

The meeting will be held on January 23, 2024, at 5:30 P.M., at the City of Knoxville Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Avenue, Knoxville 37909. 

At this meeting, City staff members will:

· Review priority goals and objectives from its 2020-2024 Five Year Consolidated Plan;

· Provide a description of unmet needs and gaps identified through consultation meetings with stakeholders, regarding: Non-housing Community Development needs; Homelessness needs; and Affordable Housing needs;

· Discuss anticipated HUD and local funding for PY2024-2025 programs starting July 1, 2024;

· Describe the process for developing the draft 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan, including proposed priority goals/objectives and how the public may provide input; and

· Inform agencies on how they may apply for grant funding to meet priority goals/objectives. 


As we know all too well, weather can be unpredictable at this time of year. We also want our public meetings to be more accessible to those who may not be able to attend in-person, so we also plan to offer the opportunity to attend the meeting online via Zoom. Those details are below. 

Please note that those attending online will first enter a "waiting room" and will need to identify themselves before being permitted to join the meeting individually. This is our first attempt at holding a hybrid in-person and online meeting simultaneously, so we ask for some grace please as we get more experienced. Every attempt will be made to ensure that all attendees will be able to share comments and questions during the discussion part of the presentation. We appreciate your patience with us.

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Jan 23, 2024 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Public Meeting #1
 
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The City of Knoxville ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities to comply with Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II laws and reasonably provides: translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary aids and services. Individuals with a disability who require an accommodation in order to participate may contact the City of Knoxville’s ADA Coordinator, Stephanie Brewer Cook at 865-215-2034 or [email protected] no less than 72 hours prior to the meeting. If you have Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and want to request language translation services, contact the Human Resources Department at [email protected], or 865-215-3100 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

If you are unable to attend the meeting, your feedback is still appreciated. Please send your comments/questions to Linda Rust at [email protected] or P.O. Box 1631, Knoxville, TN  37901.