HUD 53231 CN Implementation Grants Resident and Community Involvem

OMB Approval No. 2577-0269
(exp.1/31/2015)

CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS – IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS
Resident and Community Involvement Certification
As part of your application for Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant funding, you, as the
executive officer authorized to sign on behalf of your organization, must certify to the following and
complete the form in its entirety. By signing this form, you are stating that to the best of your
knowledge and belief, the certification is true and correct.
Lead Applicant:
Name of Targeted Public and/or Assisted Housing Site(s):

Resident and Community Involvement threshold requirement (from the NOFA, Implementation Grants
Section, Section III.C.2) is as follows:
(a)
General. In accordance with section 24(e)(2)(D) of the 1937 Act, applicants must involve
affected residents at the beginning and during the planning process for the transformation
program, prior to the submission of an application. You are required to involve the affected
public and/or assisted housing residents in the planning process and implementation of your
Transformation Plan. This involvement must be continuous from the beginning of the planning
process through the implementation and management of the grant, if awarded.
(b)
Resident Meeting. You must conduct at least one meeting with the residents of the
target public and/or assisted housing to discuss the proposed Transformation Plan.
(c)
Public Meetings. You must conduct at least two public meetings with residents of the
target public and/or assisted housing and the broader community, in order to involve them in a
meaningful way, to develop the Transformation Plan.
(d)
Allowable Time Period for Resident and Public Meetings.
(i) Each of these meetings must take place on different days.
(ii) At least one public meeting, which included representation from the target public and/or
assisted housing residents and the broader community, must have taken place at the
beginning of the transformation planning process. This meeting can have occurred prior to
the publication of this NOFA, but must have anticipated the project proposed in this
application.
(iii) At least one meeting must have been held after the publication date of this NOFA.
(e)
Over the course of these meetings, the issues listed below must have been identified
(i.e., all issues need not be addressed at each meeting):
(i) The Choice Neighborhoods planning and implementation process;
(ii) The proposed physical plan, including the extent of proposed demolition or rehabilitation
of existing structures, and if applicable, proposed site design;
(iii) Planned supportive service activities;
(iv) Other proposed transformation activities;
(v) Relocation issues, such as relocation planning, mobility counseling, relocation benefits,
and maintaining the Choice Neighborhoods community planning process during the
demolition and reconstruction phases, where temporary relocation, i.e., relocation for a
reasonable period (less than one year), is involved;
(vi) Reoccupancy plans and policies, such as site-based waiting lists; and
(vii) Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income Persons, including efforts by the
recipient, in accordance with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
(Section 3) to ensure, to the greatest extent feasible, that training, employment, and other
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economic opportunities will be directed to low- and very low-income persons, particularly
those who are recipients of government assistance for housing, and to business concerns that
provide economic opportunities to low- and very low-income persons in the area in which the
project is located. See the Section 3 regulations at 24 CFR Part 135.
(f)
Physical Accessibility. All training sessions and meetings must be held in facilities that
are physically accessible to persons with disabilities. Where physical accessibility is not
achievable, recipients and sub-recipients must give priority to alternative methods of product
delivery that offer programs and activities to qualified individuals with disabilities in the most
integrated setting appropriate in accordance with HUD’s implementing regulations for Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.§ 794) at 24 CFR Part 8. In addition, all notices of
and communications during all training sessions and public meetings shall be provided in a
manner that is effective for persons with hearing, visual, and other communication-related
disabilities or provide other means of accommodation for persons with disabilities consistent
with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and HUD’s section 504 regulations. See 24
CFR 8.6.
(g)
Limited English Proficiency. All applicants must take reasonable steps to ensure
meaningful access to programs to persons with limited English proficiency (LEP), pursuant to
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This may mean providing language assistance services to
ensure meaningful resident and community involvement for persons with LEP as a result of their
nationality. The Department published Final Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients
Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English
Proficient Persons (72 Fed. Reg. 2732; January 22, 2007) to assist recipients of HUD assistance in
identifying language assistance needs and developing language assistance plans.
I certify that the Resident and Community Involvement threshold requirement (above) has been met.
Name of Lead Applicant Executive Officer:
Title:
Signature:
Date:

Date of Resident Meeting:
1.
Other (optional):

Dates of Public Meetings:
(Reminder: date of public meeting must be different from the date of the resident meeting)
1.
2.
Other (optional):
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