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Aurora staff outline housing strategy progress and timeline for five-year Consolidated Plan
Summary
City staff told a committee that Aurora has an estimated 7,500-unit affordable rental gap, reported recent program outcomes and outlined a timeline to submit a five-year Consolidated Plan and 2025 annual action plan to HUD; staff described the presentation as informational only.
Sarah Pulliam, Aurora’s manager of community development, briefed a city committee on the municipal housing strategy and the city’s draft five-year Consolidated Plan during an informational presentation.
Pulliam said the strategy, adopted in 2020, aims to expand the city’s affordable housing inventory and strengthen the local economy. “We found that we have about a 7,500 deficit in affordable housing units,” Pulliam said, citing 2019 HUD data used in the strategy’s assessment.
The update listed achievements from 2024 and recent years, program statistics, and next steps. Pulliam said the city increased its housing-unit pipeline, advanced land-banking activity and expanded counseling and repair programs. She told the committee the city purchased a parcel at 1455 Emporia Street and plans to issue a request for proposals for that site in 2025.
Pulliam summarized HUD-related funding that will shape the Consolidated Plan. She said Aurora is an entitlement jurisdiction that receives annual allocations of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) and the Emergency Solutions Grant…
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