Community Development – Mosaic Community Planning

Orange County, FL: Consolidated Plan, Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, HOME-ARP Allocation Plan, Language Access Plan

Orange County, home of Orlando and an array of smaller cooperating cities, anchors the rapidly growing Central Florida region. The County’s Housing and Community Development Division was overwhelmed with an influx of federal and state pandemic relief funding, the creation of a new locally-funded affordable housing trust fund, and then a tranche of CDBG-DR funding …

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El Monte, CA: HOME-ARP Allocation Plan

Included in the American Rescue Plan, a pandemic relief bill passed in 2021, was a $5 billion appropriation to address homelessness assistance and supportive service needs. This allocation of ARP funds, known as HOME-ARP, was allocated to cities, counties, and states for eligible activities that would primarily benefit individuals and families who are homeless, at …

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Greenville, NC: Consolidated Plan, Assessment of Fair Housing, and Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy

The City of Greenville, NC, was interested in providing a wide range of community engagement opportunities for residents in order to receive meaningful community input on opportunities, goals, and strategies, as well as feedback on the City’s existing strategies and programs. To achieve these goals, Mosaic designed a comprehensive community engagement process that provided a …

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Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS: Consolidated Plan and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice

In the development of its five-year Consolidated Plan and fair housing study, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS was looking to support robust community engagement to understand housing and community development needs and opportunities while clearly communicating the results of planning efforts to communities focused on implementation. Mosaic used a variety …

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United Way of Greater Atlanta: North Fulton County Homeless Needs Assessment

Housing and service providers, the faith-based community, the Fulton County Continuum of Care, and local governments provide a range of housing and services to address the unique needs of people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness in North Fulton County, including homelessness prevention, emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, and a wide range of homelessness …

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Chino Hills, CA: Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan, and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice

The city of Chino Hills is an urban area of more than 80,000 residents in San Bernardino County, CA. Mosaic worked with the City’s Community Services Department to prepare its Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan, and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. To engage with residents and stakeholders, our team held a community-wide needs …

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Bexar County, TX: HUD Community Development Planning

Beginning in fall 2020, Mosaic assisted Bexar County to prepare its 2021-2025 Five-Year Consolidated Plan, 2021 Annual Action Plan, and an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. With twelve participating jurisdictions, hearing from community members throughout the area was important to the County, and made particularly challenging by restrictions on in-person meetings due to …

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Fresno, CA: Consolidated Plan and Fair Housing Study

Fresno is California’s fifth-largest city, with a diverse population of over 525,000 residents. When embarking on development of a new five-year Consolidated Plan and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, the City sought to reset its public engagement process, deploying an array of new strategies designed to reach more deeply into its communities and …

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Atlanta, GA: Consolidated Plan and Regional Fair Housing Study

In some communities, priorities and goals barely change from one plan to the next. Not so in Atlanta. Atlanta’s 2020 Consolidated Plan arrived at a time of transition for the City. A new leadership structure unifying management of the City’s HUD-funded programs under one office had to be reflected as well as significant changes to …

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San Bernardino County, CA: HUD Community Development Planning

San Bernardino County is the largest county in the U.S. and is characterized by a mix of dense urbanized areas, vast open desert, and small alpine communities in the mountains. As an Urban County with many individual municipalities cooperating in the County’s CDBG program, the public engagement around the Consolidated Plan and Analysis of Impediments …

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