The Escambia Consortium, comprised of Escambia County, the City of Pensacola, Santa Rosa County and the City of Milton, is soliciting public input on the development of the Consortium’s HUD Five Year Consolidated Plan as well as annual action plans for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 fiscal years.
The Escambia Consortium held two public hearings on March 23 and April 19 to afford citizens the opportunity to provide input and recommendations regarding assisted housing, housing related needs and priorities, supportive housing needs, and non-housing community development needs within the Consortium. Input from these meetings will assist with planning for the utilization of the Community Development Block Grant Program and HOME Investment Partnerships Act funds.
In addition to direct input provided during the public hearings, written comments or input regarding local housing needs or priorities will be accepted through 5 p.m. April 22, 2021 and may be submitted to:
For more information, contact Meredith Reeves at 850-595-4968 (Escambia County) or Marcie Whitaker at 850-858-0323 (City of Pensacola).
Recordings of the public hearings are available to view online:
The Consortium also generated
a needs assessment survey that can be accessed online here. The survey will be available through April 30, 2021.