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The enacted ordinance repeals and replaces Philadelphia Code Chapter 21-1100 on community development. It requires the Office of Housing and Community Development to prepare an annual Consolidated Plan covering Community Development Block Grant funds and other funds used for housing and community development, with City Council review, public participation, financial and performance reports, and public access to plan documents. The plan’s programs are primarily intended to benefit very low-, low-, and moderate-income Philadelphia residents, with at least half of covered funds directed to housing-related projects or activities.

Repealing Chapter 21-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Community Development," and replacing it with a new Chapter 21-1100 that restates and revises the policy of the City of Philadelphia regarding its Community Development Block Grant Program; expands the scope of the Chapter to incorporate related housing and community development programs; requires the preparation of an annual Consolidated Plan for the City that covers, not only Community Development Block Grant funds that the City receives under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, but also all other funds from other sources that the City receives for housing and community development activities and programs; and establishes requirements and procedures relating to the preparation, content, publication, amendment, approval, oversight, administration and implementation of the Consolidated Plan; all under certain terms and conditions.