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SC State Consolidated Plan

2024 Action Plan

The State of South Carolina has prepared its 2024 Action Plan, which is necessary for the State to receive 2024 HUD funding for the CDBG, HOME, NHTF, ESG and HOPWA Programs. A public hearing will be held on January 31, 2024 at 10:30am at 1201 Main Street, 15th Floor Conference Facility, to obtain input on the plan. Written comments on the plan will be accepted from January 15, 2024 through 5pm on February 13, 2024. Copies of the draft Action Plan and the draft 2024 program plans for CDBG and HOME can be downloaded using the links below.

Registration for the public hearing is free. Contact the SC Department of Commerce at (803) 734-0429 or email mwillis@sccommerce.com. The public hearing format will allow oral comments. You can also submit written comments by 5pm February 13, 2024 - email lross@sccommerce.com or mail to the SC Department of Commerce, Business Incentives & Community Development, 1201 Main Street Suite 1600, Columbia, SC 29201.

2023 CAPER

The State of South Carolina has prepared its Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report, or CAPER, for Program Year 2023. The CAPER covers the State's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Programs for the period April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024. CDBG, ESG and HOPWA also received CARES Act “CV” funding and accomplishments for CV are also included in the 2023 CAPER, as applicable.

Attachments to the draft CAPER include required IDIS CDBG program reports, and the final when posted will also include the HOPWA and ESG CAPERs.

Written comments will be accepted June 3, 2024 through June 17, 2024 at 5pm, and comments should be sent to Lisa Huff at 1201 Main Street, Suite 1600, Columbia, SC 29201 or emailed to ehuff@sccommerce.com.

 

2023 Action Plan

The State of South Carolina has prepared its 2023 Action Plan, which is necessary for the State to receive 2023 HUD funding for the CDBG, HOME, NHTF, ESG and HOPWA Programs. A public hearing will be held on January 25, 2023 at 2pm at 1201 Main Street, 15th Floor Conference Facility, to obtain input on the plan. Written comments on the plan will be accepted from January 9, 2023 through 5pm on February 7, 2023. Copies of the draft Action Plan, HOME & NHTF Program Attachments, CDBG 2023 Program Description and HOME & NHTF 2023 SRDP Manual can be downloaded using the links below.

Register for free by contacting the SC Department of Commerce at (803) 734-0429 or emailing mwillis@sccommerce.com. The public hearing format will allow oral comments. You can also submit written comments by 5pm February 7, 2023 - email lross@sccommerce.com or mail to the SC Department of Commerce, Business Incentives & Community Development, 1201 Main Street Suite 1600, Columbia, SC 29201.

November 2022 Amendment to the 2020 Action Plan for the CARES Act - CDBG-CV & ESG-CV

The State of South Carolina has prepared another substantial amendment to the 2020 Annual Action Plan for the CARES Act for funding received for CDBG, or CDBG-CV. The amendment also reflects increased funding for ESG-CV. The State is making the draft substantial amendment available for public review for 7 days, from November 7 through November 13, 2022.

Please click the links below to the download the November 2022 Substantial Amendment to the 2020 Action Plan for CDBG-CV and ESG-CV or the Amended CDBG-CV Program Description. Please also see the substantially amended 2020 Action Plan for information regarding all CARES Act CV funding for ESG-CV, HOPWA-CV, and CDBG-CV.

2021 CAPER

The State of South Carolina prepared its Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report, or CAPER, for Program Year 2021. The CAPER covers the State's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Programs for the period April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. CDBG, ESG and HOPWA also received CARES Act “CV” funding and accomplishments for CV are also included in the 2021 CAPER, as applicable.

Attachments to the draft CAPER include required IDIS CDBG program reports. Final reports uploaded to HUD also include the HOPWA and ESG CAPERs.

2021-2025 Consolidated Plan & 2021 Annual Action Plan

The State of South Carolina has prepared its 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan for funding that will be received over the next five years, for the five regular HUD Programs - CDBG, HOME, NHTF, ESG and HOPWA. The Consolidated Plan is required by HUD every five years, and it is required to receive funding for the five regular HUD programs. The Consolidated Plan also includes the first Annual Plan, or the Annual Action Plan for Program Year 2021 (April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022).

The 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan, the 2021 Annual Action Plan (Attachment A) and the 2021 CDBG Program Description were available for review during the 30 day public comment period which began January 4, 2021 and ended February 4, 2021. The draft amendment to the 2021 Action Plan for CDBG was available for review from March 9, 2021 to April 9, 2021, and the draft amendment for NHTF is available for review from April 16 , 2021 to May 15, 2021.

Click the links below to download the documents.

A virtual public hearing was held on January 20, 2021 at 2pm to discuss the Consolidated Plan and the Annual Plan. To receive an email link to participate in the virtual public hearing, please register at https://2021annualactionplanpublichearing.eventbrite.com.

For questions or comments about the draft 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan, please contact the appropriate program:

The SC Department of Commerce is also the lead agency for the Consolidated Plan for South Carolina. For general questions or information about the plan, please email Liese Ross at lross@sccommerce.com.

Amendment to the 2020 Action Plan for the CARES Act - CDBG-CV

The State of South Carolina prepared a third substantial amendment to the 2020 Annual Action Plan for the CARES Act for funding that will be received under three rounds of CARES Act funding for CDBG, or CDBG-CV. The State made the draft substantial amendment available for public review for 7 days, from November 12 through November 18, 2020. The State is also held a virtual public hearing on November 16, 2020 at 2pm.

Virtual Public Hearing (November 16, 2020):

Join the hearing by phone only - call the number below and enter the access code.

  • US Toll Free (877) 309-3457 or (404) 397-1516
  • Access code: 132 803 7603

Public comment and review are encouraged during through November 18, 2020. Please email any written comments to lross@SCCommerce.com or submit them to Liese Ross, SC Department of Commerce, Grants Administration, 1201 Main Street, Suite 1600, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201, or call (803) 734-0429 / TTY 711.

Amendment to the 2020 Action Plan for the CARES Act - ESG-CV and HOPWA-CV &
Amendment to the State Citizen Participation Plan (May 2020)

The State of South Carolina prepared a substantial amendment to the 2020 Annual Action Plan for the CARES Act for funding that will be received for ESG and HOPWA from HUD. The State also prepared an amendment to the State Citizen Participation Plan (CP Plan), as allowed under the CARES Act. Both were available for public review for 5 days, from May 19 to May 23, 2020. Both have been submitted to HUD and approved.

Program Links:

2020 Action Plan

The State of South Carolina has prepared its 2020 Action Plan, which is necessary for the State to receive 2020 HUD funding for the CDBG, HOME, NHTF, ESG and HOPWA Programs. A public hearing was held on January 23, 2020 to obtain input on the plan and written comments on the plan were accepted from January 6, 2020 through February 4, 2020. Copies of the draft Action Plan and CDBG 2020 Program Description can be downloaded using the links below.

Consolidated Plan

The State Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development (Consolidated Plan) is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in order for the State of South Carolina to receive federal funding each year for the following programs:

The SC Department of Commerce is also the lead agency for the Consolidated Plan for South Carolina.

The Consolidated Plan identifies statewide housing and community development priorities and broad strategies for addressing the three HUD goals:

  • Suitable Living Environment
  • Decent Housing
  • Economic Opportunity

Objectives address accessibility/availability, affordability or sustainability for each goal. Each year of the plan period, the state identifies annual priorities, goals and strategies in an Annual Action Plan and reports on progress toward achieving goals in the Consolidated Annual Performance Report (CAPER).

The public is involved in the planning process, both at the beginning of a plan period and prior to the start of each program year. The State makes its draft plans and annual reports available to the public for review and holds a hearing each year to discuss plans, prior to finalizing and submitting them to HUD. Program years run from April 1 through March 31.

Substantial amendments are required for significant changes to the Plan, such as was required to include the National Housing Trust Fund. The current plan was substantially amended and included the NHTF for the first time in 2017.

CDBG Program Description

The State's CDBG Program Description is required by HUD as part of the Consolidated Plan process. It represents the State's annual plan for distributing CDBG funding, and pertinent sections are summarized in the Annual Action Plan .

Go to the CDBG Program Documents page