Jennifer Henderson

This document is a final report on North Dakota's 10-Year Plan to End Long-Term Homelessness, detailing accomplishments, lessons learned, and challenges from 2008-2018. It outlines recommendations for future strategic direction, focusing on breaking the cycle of generational poverty, lessening the financial burden of homelessness, enhancing government efficiencies, and implementing a client-focused delivery system. Key areas include developing permanent supportive housing, improving rent affordability, expanding supportive services, strengthening prevention and outreach, and collecting data to prevent, reduce, and ultimately end homelessness in North Dakota.

The Consolidated Plan for the State of North Dakota outlines a unified vision for housing and community development, aiming to provide decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanded economic opportunities. It prioritizes increasing access to affordable rental and homeowner housing, combating homelessness, enhancing local public infrastructure and facilities, and encouraging economic development. Key focus areas include supporting vulnerable populations, leveraging federal funding, and addressing housing cost burdens and supply shortages.

The 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan for the State of North Dakota focuses on providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income residents. Key priorities include increasing access to affordable rental and homeowner housing, supporting efforts to combat homelessness, enhancing local public infrastructure, and encouraging economic development. The plan addresses the needs of special populations, such as the elderly, persons with disabilities, and veterans, and aims to remove barriers to affordable housing through strategic initiatives and resource allocation.

The 2024 North Dakota Consolidated Plan outlines the state's strategies for allocating federal block grant funds (CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HTF) to address housing and community development needs. Key areas of focus include increasing access to affordable rental and homeowner housing, combating homelessness through emergency shelters, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing, supporting vital public facilities and services, encouraging economic development, and enhancing local public infrastructure. The plan emphasizes leveraging federal funds with other resources (private, state, and local) to maximize impact. The plan's goals are to provide decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanded economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income residents. Outcomes are measured by the number of households and individuals assisted, businesses assisted, and the number of persons assisted by public facilities and services.

The 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan for the State of North Dakota addresses seven priority needs: affordable rental housing, affordable homeowner housing, homelessness, vital public facilities, special needs populations, economic development, and priority infrastructure. The plan outlines goals to increase access to affordable housing through new construction, rehabilitation, and down payment assistance; support efforts to combat homelessness through emergency shelters, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing; support public facilities and services; encourage economic development; and enhance local public infrastructure and planning. The plan is guided by data from the Housing and Community Development Survey and public input, and aims to maximize available funding resources to achieve its objectives.