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Official Public Notice Document

On February 25, 2025, the City of Rochester issued a Public Notice which outlines upcoming opportunities for public input to inform the City's 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan which would be submitted to City Council for approval in June 2025. The same information is presented below on this webpage.

Public notice: 2025 Consolidated Plan Public Process

Background on the 2025-29 Consolidated Plan

As a direct recipient of certain federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of Rochester is required to prepare a Consolidated Plan every five years in accordance with HUD regulations and the City’s Citizen Participation Plan. The five-year Consolidated Plan identifies priority needs and goals to inform the City’s use of four HUD grant programs:

  • Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
  • Home Investment Partnership (HOME)
  • Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
  • Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)


The City of Rochester’s Consolidated Plan supports three overarching goals:

  1. To provide decent housing by preserving the affordable housing stock, increasing the availability of affordable housing, reducing discriminatory barriers, increasing the supply of supportive housing for those with special needs, and transitioning persons and families experiencing homelessness into housing.
  2. To provide a quality living environment through safer, more livable and accessible neighborhoods, greater supports and opportunities for low- and moderate-income (LMI) residents throughout the City, improved public infrastructure and facilities, increased housing choices, and neighborhood reinvestment.
  3. To expand economic opportunities through job creation, homeownership opportunities, façade improvement, development activities that promote long-term community viability and the empowerment of low- and moderate-income persons to achieve self-sufficiency.
    The purpose of the 2025-29 Consolidated Plan is to develop a strategic framework that will guide the City's funding decisions for CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA over the next five years. 

Each year an Annual Action Plan will also be produced that provides the annual budgets for how the City’s HUD grant funding will be allocated to specific projects in alignment with the priority needs and goals identified in the 2025-29 Consolidated Plan. The 2025-26 Annual Action Plan covering the HUD program year beginning July 1, 2025 will be contained within the 2025-29 Consolidated Plan document.

For reference, the current 2020-24 Consolidated Plan and associated documents can be viewed on the following webpage: 

Consolidated Plan 2020 Web Page 

Public Input Opportunities

To inform the development of the 2025-29 Consolidated Plan and the 2025-26 Annual Action Plan the City of Rochester is conducting a three-phase public outreach campaign to solicit feedback from residents and stakeholders. We invite you to participate in this essential planning process. Your feedback will help us identify and prioritize our community's needs and shape the strategic goals that will be outlined in this plan.

This public engagement campaign is being overseen by Highland Planning on behalf of the City. General questions about the outreach campaign should be directed to Julie@Highland-Planning.com

Special Accommodations Requests

The City of Rochester will make reasonable accommodations and services necessary for individuals to participate in the public process who are unable to read English, are sensory-impaired, disabled, and/or require a non-English language or ASL interpreter. Persons requiring such accommodations/services should contact Highland Planning who is overseeing the public engagement efforts on behalf of the City. Please email Julie Boasi at julie@highland-planning.com at least five working days in advance of a scheduled meeting or deadline to request special accommodations. 

Public Input, Phase I: Prioritizing Community Needs and Goals

Summary: During Phase I the City will solicit public input to inform the priority needs and goals that will appear in the 2025-29 Consolidated Plan as well as comments on recent program performance. 

At each Phase I public hearing, City staff will review the historic amounts of assistance that the City has received, the range of housing and community development activities that may be undertaken with CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA funds, the process for developing the 2025-29 Consolidated Plan, the amount of assistance the City expects to receive during the 2025-26 program year, and summarize recent performance by program area as documented in the City’s 2023-24 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).

Dates: February 25, 2025 through 5pm March 31, 2025

Official Contact:  Julie Boasi, Senior Community Engagement Planner, Highland Planning

585-649-1291, julie@highland-planning.com

Public Input Opportunities:

  1. Written Comments via Online Survey
  2. In-Person Public Hearing
    • Date:   March 11, 2025
    • Time:  6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
    • Location:  Regional Transit Service Offices, 1372 E. Main Street, Rochester, NY 14609
  3. Virtual Public Hearing via Zoom
  4. Written Comments via Email
  5. Written Comments via US Mail
    • Comments must be received by 5pm on March 31, 2025
    • Addressed to: HUD Program Management, City Hall Rm 224B, 30 Church St., Rochester, NY 14614

Files and Recordings:

  1. Video from March 12 2025 Virtual Public Hearing
  2. Slides from March 12, 2025 Virtual Public Hearing

Public Input, Phase II: Draft Plan 30-Day Public Display and Comment Period

Summary: To begin Phase II the City will issue an additional public notice on April 22, 2025 to notify the community that it has publicly posted the draft 2025-29 Consolidated Plan and 2025-26 Annual Action Plan for the required 30-day public display and comment period. The City will then solicit public comments in response to the contents of the draft Plans through 5pm on May 22, 2025.

At each Phase II public hearing, City staff will review the draft 2025-29 Consolidated Plan, including the priority needs and goals. Staff will also review the proposed budget allocations recommended to specific projects for the upcoming year in the 2025-26 Annual Action Plan.

The draft 2025-29 Consolidated Plan is subject to change based on any changes to estimated funding levels included in final allocations announced by HUD, as well as comments received during the 30-day public comment period. A summary of all comments received, as well as a summary of any comments not accepted and the reasons why, will be attached to the final Consolidated Plan for formal action by City Council and submission to HUD. 

Written comments must be received no later than 5pm on Thursday, May 22 to be included in the finalized documents for City Council approval and submission to HUD.

Dates: April 22, 2025 through 5pm May 22, 2025

Official Contact:  Julie Boasi, Senior Community Engagement Planner, Highland Planning

585-649-1291, julie@highland-planning.com

Accessing the Draft Plan Document:

Beginning on or before April 22, 2025, the draft 2025 Consolidated Plan will be available to view or download from the City of Rochester’s 2025 Consolidated Plan webpage at the following link: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/ConsolidatedPlan2025

The draft Plan will also be available for printing by request at the following locations: 

  • City Hall: 30 Church St. (Rm. 224-B)
  • Northeast Neighborhood Service Center: 500 Norton Street
  • Northwest Neighborhood Service Center: 400 Dewey Ave
  • Southwest Neighborhood Service Center: 923 Genesee Street
  • Southeast Neighborhood Service Center: 320 N Goodman Street 

Public Input Opportunities:

  1. In-Person Public Hearing
    • Date:   May 21, 2025
    • Time:  6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
    • Location:  City Council Chambers, City Hall, 30 Church Street, Rochester, NY
  2. Virtual Public Hearing via Zoom
  3. Written Comments via Email
  4. Written Comments via US Mail
    • Comments must be received by 5pm on May 22, 2025
    • Addressed to: HUD Program Management, City Hall Rm 224B, 30 Church St., Rochester, NY 14614

Public Input, Phase III: Formal Adoption of the Plan

Summary: During Phase III legislation will be submitted to City Council for approval to formally adopt the 2025-29 Consolidated Plan as well as the 2025-26 Annual Action Plan. 

The City Council process provides an additional opportunity for the public to comment on the 2025 Consolidated Plan at a public hearing to be held on June 12, 2025 in City Council Chambers.

Dates: May 23, 2025 through June 17, 2025

City Council Public Hearing:  

A final public hearing will take place at 6pm on Thursday June 12, 2025 prior to formal action by City Council on June 17, 2025.  The location will be: City Council Chambers, City Hall, 3rd Floor, 30 Church Street, Rochester, NY

Information on how to participate can be found here: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/publicmeetings/

The Public Hearing can be viewed via livestream on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/RochesterCityCouncil

City Council Action and Submission to HUD:  

The City anticipates bringing the 2025-29 Consolidated Plan and 2025-26 Annual Action Plan to City Council for formal action on Tuesday June 17, 2025. The final 2025-29 Consolidated Plan and 2025-26 Annual Action Plan must be submitted to HUD no later than June 30, 2025.