Full Text of HR0234 94th General Assembly
HR0234 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) | 3 |
| program was enacted and signed into law by President Gerald | 4 |
| Ford as the centerpiece of the Housing and Community | 5 |
| Development Act of 1974; and
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| WHEREAS, The CDBG program has as its primary objective "the | 7 |
| development of viable urban communities by providing decent | 8 |
| housing and a suitable living environment and expanding | 9 |
| economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and | 10 |
| moderate income"; and
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| WHEREAS, The CDBG program has considerable flexibility to | 12 |
| allow communities to carry out activities that are tailored to | 13 |
| their unique affordable housing and neighborhood | 14 |
| revitalization needs; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout its 30-year history, the CDBG program | 16 |
| has been a partnership among federal, state, and local | 17 |
| governments, business, and the non-profit sector which carry | 18 |
| out activities that improve lives and neighborhoods of low and | 19 |
| moderate income families; and
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| WHEREAS, According to the Department of Housing and Urban | 21 |
| Development, in FY 2004, the CDBG program provided funds for | 22 |
| thousands of activities, assisting over 23 million persons and | 23 |
| households through such activities as expanding home-ownership | 24 |
| programs, eliminating slums and blighting influences, | 25 |
| improving infrastructure such as roads, water, and sewer | 26 |
| systems, libraries, community centers, adult day care and after | 27 |
| school care for children, homeless housing facilities, | 28 |
| employment training, transportation services, crime awareness, | 29 |
| and business and job creation; and
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| WHEREAS, Cook County serves as a CDBG program pass-though |
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| source for municipalities and service providers who do not | 2 |
| qualify to receive funds directly because of population, making | 3 |
| these funds vital to programs serving residents of the county; | 4 |
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| WHEREAS, The loss of these funds would be a devastating | 6 |
| blow to those organizations that can least afford it; | 7 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 |
| we urge the United States Congress to preserve the Community | 11 |
| Development Block Grant (CDBG) program within the Department of | 12 |
| Housing and Urban Development and provide FY 2006 funding of at | 13 |
| least $4.7 billion in formula funding; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the President of the United States and all members | 16 |
| of Congress who represent Illinois.
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