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Clerk 04/28/2005
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A MOTION urging Congress to provide full funding for housing, economic development and human services programs in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development through the Community Development Block Grant program, Section 8 housing vouchers and local public housing authorities.
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WHEREAS, , the Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") program, enacted into law in 1974, is the principal federal program providing grants to states, cities, and towns to devise neighborhood approaches for improving the physical, economic and social conditions that exist in their communities, and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program provides King County with over twenty-four million dollars annually and leverages additional resources to support vital programs and services such as food, shelter, housing, health services, child care and employment, which meet the needs of this county's most vulnerable residents, including seniors, people with disabilities and families, enabling them to meet their critical housing and human services needs, and
WHEREAS, King County and its cities have utilized CDBG allocations for numerous housing related programs including housing development, shelter, homeless prevention, home repair, access modifications and housing services, and
WHEREAS, King County and its cities have utilized CDBG allocations for human services such as child care, health care, domestic violence services, senior services, youth services, recreation, employment, counseling, emergency services and emergency food, and
WHEREAS, King County and its cities have utilized CDBG allocations for public improvements including water systems, sidewalks and other public infrastructure in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods and improved access to public infrastructure for persons with disabilities by removal of architectural barriers, and
WHEREAS, King County and its cities have utilized CDBG allocations for acquisition and rehabilitati...

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