OHCD Documents

 

As a federal Entitlement Community, the City of New Bedford’s Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) is required by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development to report on its programs and activities. The City of New Bedford receives three entitlement grants, which are as follows: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership Grant (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG). The OHCD is responsible for administering the grants and preparing the following plans/reports:

Plans

  • Consolidated Plan – The Consolidated Plan is a five-year plan for the expenditure of federal funds by the City of New Bedford. The plan is based on extensive community participation, detailed demographic analysis, socioeconomic trends and input from partnering community agencies. The Consolidated Plan (often called “The Con Plan) is the vision for OHCD department activities in each five-year period.

 

  • Annual Action Plan – The City’s Action Plan is a statement of how federal funds will be spent over the course of the fiscal year (July 1st through June 30th). Each year a Request for Proposals (RFP) is released. These proposals are reviewed according to the priorities established in the Consolidated Plan and ranked for funding.

 

  • Ten Year Plan to Address and Eliminate Homelessness – Articulates the City’s formal strategy for assisting homeless individuals and families move from streets and shelters to economic independence and self-sufficiency. The Office of Housing & Community Development, in partnership with the Homeless Service Provider Network, seeks to strengthen prevention strategies and to expand permanent affordable housing opportunities for chronic and episodic homeless individuals and families.
    Ten Year Plan to Address and Eliminate Homelessness

 

  • Analysis of Impediment to Fair Housing Choice – Entitlement communities such as New Bedford are required to conduct an analysis to identify impediments to fair housing choice through a comprehensive review of local regulations affecting the location, availability and accessibility of housing as well as public and private programs, policies and practices that affect housing price.
    2021 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing
    2007 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing

 

  • Citizen Participation Plan – The purpose of the Citizen Participation Plan is to provide citizens – especially low and moderate income citizens of the community with a written description of the process by which they can engage in the planning, implementation, and assessment of Community Development projects and activities.
    Citizens Participation Plan

 

Reports

  • Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) – The CAPER is the report accounting for the Office of Housing and Community Development’s work throughout the fiscal year. A CAPER is submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development each year, and relates to the five year Consolidated Plan.

 

  • Continuum of Care – The Continuum of Care (CoC) documents are actually annual application submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for funding in support of the City’s CoC.  Though not a report, the CoC document is an important review of the CoC’s activities and progress over the past year.

 

Consolidated Plan  Action Plan  CAPER Continuum of Care
2023
2022
2022 Exec Summary
2022

2022 CAPER Summary

2021
2021 Exec Summary
2021

2021 CAPER Summary

2020-2024 2020 Plan (This plan can be found within the
2020-2024 Consolidated Plan)
2020 Exec Summary
2020

2020 CAPER Summary

2019 Plan
2019 Exec Summary
Substantial Amendment Action Plan 2019
Substantial Amendment #2 Action Plan 2019
2019

2019 CAPER Summary

2019
2018 2018 2018
2017 2017 2017
2016 2016 2016
2015-2019 2015  (This plan can be found within the
2015-2019 Consolidated Plan)
2015 2015
2014 2014 2014
2013 2013 2013
2012 2012 2012
2011 2011 2011
2010-2014 2010 2010 2010