City of South Salt Lake

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Hard Cost Application for the 38th Program Year - 2013-2014

The City of South Salt Lake anticipates an allocation of approximately $138,000 in Community Development Block Grant money for the 2013-2014 fiscal year and 389^h Program Year. These funds will be used to undertake activities that forward the National Community Development Program’s objectives of benefiting low-income residents and/or eliminating blight. These activities will be primarily of a physical improvement nature. All activities will serve South Salt Lake residents and will be conducted with in South Salt Lake’s boundaries. All interested parties are invited to download an application here.

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Strategic Housing and Neighborhoods Plan

Quality housing and beautiful, healthy neighborhoods is South Salt Lake City's highest priority. In the past year, the City embarked on several initiatives to improve housing anf neighborhoods, including implementing a Community Connection program that made a substantial impact on the neighborhoods surrouding Woodrow Wilson Elementary School.

To build on these successes and to make South Salt Lake City a regional leader in quality housing, we are developing a Strategic Housing and Neighborhoods Plan. The Housing Plan will be a collaborative effort involving community leaders, educators, realtors, lenders, developers, analysts, and policy experts. Our goal is to create a plan that is flexible, easy-to-understand, feasible, and responsive to changing market conditions.

Goals

Establish a task force of key stakeholders to collaborate on a needs assessment and action plan for housing.
Establish a framework for further collaboration or future housing and community-building efforts, including Community Connection and the Promise Partnerships.
Identify South Salt Lake City’s role in the metropolitan housing market.
Establish goals for the major remaining housing opportunities in the City: Central Pointe, TODs along the Light Rail and Streetcar Corridors.
Identify funding resources and opportunities to support the City’s Strategic Housing and Neighborhoods Plan.
Build durable relationships between the City, investors, lenders, brokers, community leaders, and community institutions to aid in the coordination of housing policies in the future.