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Consolidated Planning

As an entitlement community receiving Community Development Block Grant funds (CDBG), Travis County must draft a Consolidated Plan for submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Consolidated Plans are completed every 3, 5 or 6 years depending on the interests of each jurisdiction.

Specifically, the Consolidated Plan is a document that includes:

1. an assessment of the housing and community development needs;
2. a strategic plan for addressing those needs; and
3. a one year Action Plan for the use of CDBG funds.

The County recently completed its second Consolidated Plan spanning October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2014 (PY2011 - PY2013): Travis County Consolidated Plan & Action Plan 2011-13. As a part of the new Consolidated Plan, new priorities and goals were established. The tables below show categories for prioritization of goals and the high medium and low priority designations for owner housing needs, renter housing needs and non-housing community development needs.

Prioritization of Categories for the PY 2011 - 2013 Consolidated Plan
Category	Priority
Infrastructure	High
Housing	High
Community Services	High
Populations with Specialized Needs/Services	Medium
Public Facilities	Medium
Business & Jobs	Medium

 

Priority Housing Needs Summary Table, Owner Households
	Percent of Households	Number of Households1	Priority Need	Goals Carryover from previous years Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Very Low Income	84%	1,782	High	10	3	3	3
Low Income	72%	1,618	High	27	3	3	3
Moderate Income	56%	2,451	Medium	52	1	6	1

¹The number of households with a housing need was calculated based on the total number of households with a housing problem (see figure 3.23 in section 3.) Because this number was only available for all of Travis County, in order to estimate the need for the unincorporated areas alone, the total number of owner households with a housing problem at each income level was multiplied by the approximate percentage of population in Travis County that lives in the unincorporated area (17 percent.)

 

Priority Housing Needs Summary Table, Renter Households
	Percent of Households	Number of Households2	Priority Need	Goals Carryover from previous years Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Very Low Income	85%	5,736	Medium	0	0	0	0
Low Income	86%	4,374	Medium	0	0	0	0
Moderate Income	40%	2,706	Low	0	0	0	0

²The number of households with a housing need was calculated based on the total number of households with a housing problem (see figure 3.23 in section 3.) Because this number was only available for all of Travis County, in order to estimate the need for the unincorporated areas alone, the total number of renter households with a housing problem at each income level was multiplied by the approximate percentage of population in Travis County that lives in the unincorporated area (17 percent.)

 

Non-Housing Community Development Activities
	Needs	Gap	Priority Need	Goals Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Infrastructure	$26,000,000	$26,000,000	High	$145,000	$280,000	$380,000
Community Services*	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	High	$118,500	$118,500	$118,500
Public Buildings & Facilities	$15,000,000	$15,000,000	Medium	$0	$0	$0
Business & Jobs	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	Medium	$0	$0	$0

*Includes expanding service to Populations with Specialized Needs/Services