PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City and County of Honolulu’s (City) Draft HOME-ARP Allocation Plan is available to the public for a fifteen (15) day public comment period. The City was allocated $11,120,347 in HOME-ARP funds in a one-time funding special allocation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The purpose of the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan is to describe how the City proposes to use HOME-ARP funding to assist individuals or households who are experiencing homelessness, at risk of homelessness, and other vulnerable populations, by providing affordable housing, rental assistance, supportive services, and/or non-congregate shelter, to reduce homelessness and increase housing stability.

Comments on the Draft HOME-ARP Allocation Plan must be received by the City at the following address on or before March 18, 2023: City and County of Honolulu, Department of Community Services, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Room 200, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817, Attention: Community Based Development Division. Comments may also be submitted via email at dcscbdd@honolulu.gov. Copies of the Draft HOME-ARP Allocation Plan are available for public review on the City’s website at https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=16540. Hard copies will be made available for public review upon request by emailing dcscbdd@honolulu.gov. All comments received by the deadline will be considered in preparing the Final HOME-ARP Allocation Plan.

Upon approval of the City’s HOME-ARP Allocation Plan by the City Council, the Allocation Plan will be submitted to HUD as a substantial amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Action Plan for review and acceptance.

By Order of RICK BLANGIARDI, MAYOR
City and County of Honolulu

Anton C. Krucky, Director
Department of Community Services

(SA1407291 3/3/23)