Housing

Available HUD Funded Housing Programs
It is the responsibility of the Community Development Department to administer the grants funds received by the city from the US Department of Housing and Development (HUD) Entitlement Program. As a HUD Entitlement City, Kannapolis receives non-competitive funds annually from HUD that may be used for a variety of community and economic development activities. Every five years the city prepares a Consolidated Plan that examines the existing conditions of the city and sets priorities for the use of these funds. Each year the city submits an Action Plan to HUD detailing the planned use of the grants funds.

Overall goals of the city in its Consolidated Plan are adapted from the Kannapolis Visioning Plan and the Comprehensive Plan, with the primary goal of improving the overall quality of life for the low and moderate-income residents of the city. Objectives include the development of Gateway Business Park, infrastructure improvements, assistance to area agencies that provide services to low-income residents, and addressing housing needs. The plan also identifies other programs and resources available to meets these objectives.

Specific programs developed by the Kannapolis Entitlement program include the development of the Gateway Business Park, the water pressure reducing valve program, paving of unpaved city-maintained streets, funding to local agencies for homeless services and programs to assist older adults and disabled programs and disadvantaged youth.

Other activities the Community Development Department has achieved include joining the Cabarrus-Rowan-Iredell HOME Consortium. This program will provide funds each year for the construction of new affordable housing for first time homebuyers. Other programs include housing repair or rehabilitation programs.

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