City of Covington

The City of Covington, Kentucky's 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan outlines a five-year strategic direction for housing and community development, utilizing federal resources. It identifies four priority needs: Affordable Housing; Public Facilities and Infrastructure Improvements; Neighborhood and Community Services; and Business and Economic Development. The plan aims to achieve nine specific goals, including expanding homeownership, increasing affordable housing units, improving existing owner-occupied housing, upgrading public facilities and infrastructure, enhancing parks, reducing crime, providing recreational and educational opportunities, increasing jobs through economic development, and reducing blighted conditions, leveraging CDBG and HOME funds.

This Citizen Participation Plan aims to encourage broad community involvement, particularly from low and very low-income individuals, in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan, and Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER). It details procedures for soliciting community input on needs and strengths, providing information on funding, offering technical assistance, conducting public hearings, managing citizen comments, and the processes for adopting, submitting, and amending the Consolidated Plan, ensuring public access to records and policies on minimizing displacement, specifically concerning Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) funds.

The 2025-2030 Consolidated Plan for the City of Covington, Kentucky and the NKY HOME Consortium is a five-year strategic plan addressing housing and community development needs. It identifies four priority areas: Affordable Housing; Public Facilities and Infrastructure Improvements; Neighborhood and Community Services; and Business and Economic Development. The plan sets nine goals including expanding homeownership, increasing affordable housing units, improving existing owner-occupied housing, enhancing public infrastructure, improving parks, reducing crime, providing recreation and education, increasing jobs through economic development, and reducing blighted conditions, leveraging federal CDBG and HOME funds.

The 2024 City of Covington, Kentucky Annual Action Plan outlines annual goals, projects, and activities for the period of July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. This plan implements the broader 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan, addressing four priority needs: Affordable Housing; Public Facilities and Infrastructure Improvements; Neighborhood and Community Services; and Business and Economic Development. It targets nine goals, including expanding homeownership, increasing affordable units, improving existing owner-occupied housing, enhancing public facilities and parks, reducing crime, providing recreational and educational opportunities, increasing jobs, and reducing blighted conditions, primarily through the investment of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) funds.

The Northern Kentucky HOME Consortium's HOME-ARP Allocation Plan details the distribution of $2,044,421 in American Rescue Plan funds. The plan outlines how these funds will be used to address homelessness and housing instability by prioritizing affordable rental housing development, providing comprehensive supportive services including homeless prevention, and covering administrative costs. It targets individuals and families who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or in other vulnerable populations within the consortium's jurisdiction.