Transformation Plan Requirements Clause Samples
Transformation Plan Requirements. (A) Activities under this Grant Agreement include tasks necessary to develop a Transformation Plan, align investments with this plan, and develop the relevant planning and evaluation capacity of the Grantee and its partners. Eligible activities for the Planning Grant include:
(1) Conduct comprehensive needs assessments to inform the development of the Transformation Plan. The needs assessments should include:
(a) Current patterns of disinvestment with the neighborhood, including vacant/abandoned homes and businesses, the quality of the existing housing stock, foreclosures, and current home values and rents. Discuss other subsidized housing (for example Housing Choice Vouchers, LIHTC units, local affordable housing units, etc.) in the neighborhood not part of the target public and/or assisted housing project(s), the current mix of incomes, and any long-term economic drivers for continued disinvestment that may be expected to continue, absent a publicly funded intervention;
(b) The neighborhood’s access to key assets, such as quality grocery stores, banks, health clinics and doctors’ offices, local schools, child care facilities, parks and recreational facilities, and public transit. Identify key neighborhood anchor institutions, such as major employers, universities, or hospitals that can reliably be expected to continue to provide significant economic activity;
(c) Relevant developmental, commercial, recreational, physical and social assets in the target neighborhood as these assets relate to opportunities for resident education, employment, health, mobility and safety; and
(d) Challenges and gaps in neighborhood services and assets.
(e) A household-level needs assessment for public and/or assisted housing residents living in the target development(s) to better design solutions for the children and families of HUD housing.
(2) Address the challenges and gaps in services and assets identified through the needs assessments in the Transformation Plan.
Transformation Plan Requirements. (A) Activities under this Grant Agreement include tasks necessary to develop a Transformation Plan, align investments with this plan, and develop the relevant planning and evaluation capacity of the Grantee and its partners. Eligible activities for the Planning Grant include:
(1) Conduct comprehensive needs assessments to inform the development of the Transformation Plan by 12 months after the Grant Award Date. The needs assessments should include:
(a) Current patterns of disinvestment with the neighborhood, including vacant/abandoned homes and businesses, the quality of the existing housing stock, foreclosures, and current home values and rents. Discuss other subsidized housing (for example Housing Choice Vouchers, LIHTC units, local affordable housing units, etc.) in the neighborhood not part of the target public and/or assisted housing project(s), the current mix of incomes, and any long-term economic drivers for continued disinvestment that may be expected to continue, absent a publicly funded intervention;
(b) The neighborhood’s access to key assets, such as quality grocery stores, banks, health clinics and doctors’ offices, local schools, child care facilities, parks and recreational facilities, and public