The Alachua County Housing Programs Office is seeking comments and recommendations for the Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP). When finalized, the LHAP will summarize affordable housing priorities, planned activities, and funding levels for three years, from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023. The plan will govern State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program activities. The deadline for comments on the LHAP is December 19, 2019.
The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) is holding their LHAP Review meeting on Thursday, December 19, 2019, at 5:30 p.m., at the Alachua County Community Support Services Conference Room D (218 S.E. 24th Street, Gainesville). The public is invited to attend and make comments at this meeting. They will be finalizing the LHAP, including citizen comments and recommendations.
Those wishing to review the LHAP draft or make comments and recommendations should contact the Alachua County Housing Programs Office at 352-337-6240 or housing@alachuacounty.us. Written comments can be mailed to (please identify the author by name, address, affiliation, and interest affected):
Alachua County Housing Programs, Attn: LHAP
218 S.E. 24th Street
Gainesville, FL 32641
View the 2017-2020 Local Housing Assistance Plan.
View the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program Local Housing Assistance Plan procedures.
For more information, contact the Alachua County Housing Programs Grant Contract Specialist James Shaw at 352-337-6284 or jmshaw@alachuacounty.us.