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Binghamton Council adopts FY51 CDBG consolidated plan amendments, sets 50% homelessness-reduction goal
Summary
The Binghamton City Council on Monday unanimously adopted amendments to the fiscal year '51 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) budget and the FY51 consolidated plan, including a department-revised target to reduce family and chronic homelessness by 50% and priority language for deeply affordable multifamily rental housing.
The Binghamton City Council on Monday unanimously adopted amendments to the fiscal year '51 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) budget and the FY51 consolidated plan, including a department-revised target to reduce family and chronic homelessness by 50% and priority language for deeply affordable multifamily rental housing.
Councilwoman Rebecca Raffnell, who led the proposed edits, told colleagues that staff from the planning department and the city's HUD administrator incorporated revisions approved at a July 3 special meeting and public comments submitted afterward. "So we identified that during the 2023 to 2024 academic year, 369 students within the Binghamton City School District reported experiencing homelessness," Raffnell said, citing corrected data moved to page 61…
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