U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Community Planning and Development

CITIZEN'S SUMMARY

Euclid is in the northeast portion of Ohio and is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. The city is a member of the Cuyahoga Housing Consortium, which is comprised of Cleveland Heights, Lakewood, and the Urban County of Cuyahoga.

Action Plan

The city will have about $203,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to use for housing and nonhousing priorities during the coming year. Projects for 1995 will include housing counseling, storefront renovations, a revolving loan program for homeowner maintenance, services for handicapped persons, and municipal beautification.

COMMUNITY PROFILE

In 1993 there were 24,892 households in Euclid. Of those, there were 5,950 very low-income households (0-50 percent of median family income [MFI]), 5,024 low-income households (51-80 percent of MFI), and 2,336 moderate-income households (81-95 percent of MFI). These households represent just over half of all Euclid households. There are 15 Euclid census tracts in which low- or moderate-income persons make up 40 percent or more of the population.

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT NEEDS

Housing Needs

Among very low-income households, 57 percent are renters; half of these renters are elderly. Almost 81 percent of all very low-income renters have housing problems, which are defined by HUD as overcrowding, serious physical deficiencies, or payment of 30 percent or more of income on housing expenditures. Among low-income renters, 41 percent have housing problems; the same is true for 14 percent of moderate-income renters. Forty-eight percent of very low-income homeowners, 18 percent of low-income homeowners, and 17 percent of moderate-income homeowners also have housing problems.

Affordable Housing Needs

Of the total households in the very low-income category, 79 percent of renters and 86 percent of owners have a housing cost burden greater than 30 percent of their income. Forty-seven percent of the renters and 22 percent of the owners in the very low-income group have a cost burden greater than 50 percent.

Among low-income renters, 41 percent have a have a housing cost burden of 30 percent or more, and only 3 percent have a burden of 50 percent or more. Seventeen percent of low-income homeowners have a 30 percent housing cost burden and only 2 percent have a burden of 50 percent or more. None of the households in the moderate-income category had cost burdens greater than 50 percent, but 10 percent of the renters and 16 percent of the owners had a cost burden that exceeded 30 percent of their income.

Homeless Needs

In early 1990, the U.S. Bureau of the Census undertook a special effort to identify the number and location of homeless people. For Euclid, this special enumeration reported one person in an emergency shelter for homeless persons, and two homeless persons on the street. In addition the city has not been able to identify a homelessness problem within the community. Several communities that are in the consortium have facilities or service available within their boundaries for homeless people, but Euclid does not have any overnight shelters or day centers.

Based on the 1990 census and its own efforts, Euclid does not anticipate a need to establish homeless facilities or services on its own. The support of existing programs and the search for additional mechanisms to strengthen services will be undertaken through the Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Office of Homeless Services.

Fair Housing

Euclid will provide funds to contract with Euclid Community Concerns, a local fair housing organization, and matching funds to the Cuyahoga Plan for the fair housing initiative project and the city's fair housing coordinator.

Community Development Needs

Euclid's citizens have long recognized the need to enhance the physical appearance of the community's older commercial areas. The city recognizes that there is, and will continue to be, a need for neighborhood shopping areas composed of single commercial buildings and strip shopping centers. The physical appearance of these areas can have either a positive or negative effect on the value of the single-family housing in the neighborhood. Consequently, a need exists for the city to continue to implement a strategy to counteract stagnation and lack of physical maintenance.

The city also needs to enhance the physical appearance of street right-of-ways by allocating money for the city's Municipal Beautification Program. This program seeks to encourage various public improvements that include streetscaping, tree planting, landscaping, and sidewalk and curb replacements.

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

Vision for Change

The overall goal of the plan is to provide a suitable living environment that will improve the livability of the city's neighborhoods, increase access to quality public and private services, revitalize deteriorating neighborhoods, provide a way to conserve energy resources, and develop activities that promote the long-term economic and social viability of the community.

Housing Priorities

Housing renovation and neighborhood revitalization. The city will provide paint and painting materials, weatherization assistance, and materials and labor for "handyman" projects to low- and moderate-income households. The Euclid Development Corporation will provide low-interest financial assistance to low- and moderate-income homeowners to make repairs that will bring their homes into compliance with the city's housing code.

Nonhousing Community Development Priorities

Human resources support. One of the strategies to support human resources is to continue to provide the Euclid Counseling program, which offers professional counseling services to about 100 Euclid residents, of which 51 percent will be low- to moderate-income families throughout the city. Another strategy is to offer senior programs through the Community Services and Economic Development Senior Programs Department. Euclid has two senior sites at which many services are offered, including nutritional meals and meals for the homebound.

Remove architectural barriers. This project will allow the handicapped and elderly to have greater mobility throughout the public thoroughfares.

Commercial preservation and economic development. Euclid will revitalize its commercial and industrial areas by providing incentives to the private sector for commercial rehabilitation and industrial reinvestment. The city will continue funding its Storefront Renovation program that enables Euclid to further counteract blight and deterioration. It will help leverage private sector monies with block grant funds as an incentive for commercial revitalization and renovation in targeted areas. Another strategy to promote economic development is the Section 108 loan guarantee industrial rehabilitation grant that will provide funds for eligible businesses to create and continue industrial investment to create and retain jobs.

ONE-YEAR ACTION PLAN

Description of Key Projects

Municipal beautifi`cation. This program will continue to provide additional incentives to the private sector while working closely with the Storefront Renovation program to improve pedestrian amenities and create a more pleasing pedestrian environment in targeted areas. The activities will use about $50,000 in CDBG funds.

Seniors programs. Euclid has two senior sites at which many services are offered, including nutritional meals and meals for the homebound. The city plans to use $164,000 in CDBG funds for this activity.

Services for handicapped people. The city will provide $20,000 in CDBG funds for an assistance program for income-eligible handicapped homeowners for improvements such as ramps.

Euclid counseling program. The city will use $30,000 in CDBG funds to continue to provide professional counseling to low- and moderate-income families.

Health, safety, and well-being program. The city will use $320,000 in CDBG funds to continue to aid low- and moderate-income single-family homeowners to live in a dwelling unit that complies with the city's housing code.

Storefront renovation. The continued funding of this program will enable the city to further counteract the blight and deterioration taking place in its older commercial areas. The city will provide $170,000 in CDBG funds for this program.

Low-interest home improvement revolving loan program. This program will continue to provide financial assistance to low- and moderate-income homeowners residing in structures requiring repair and renovation. The city will provide $175,000 in CDBG funds for this project.

Fair housing/community housing activities. The city will provide $70,000 to respond to the needs of neighborhood organizations, promote the city in the Cleveland region, and fund a fair housing coordinator for the city.

Maps

MAP 1 depicts points of interest in the jurisdiction.

MAP 2 depicts points of interest and low-moderate income areas.

MAP 3 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and minority concentration levels.

MAP 4 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and unemployment levels.

MAP 5 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, unemployment levels, and proposed HUD funded projects.

MAP 6 is a map, sectioned by neighborhood, which depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, unemployment levels, and proposed HUD funded projects.

MAP 7 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, unemployment levels, and proposed HUD funded projects within one of the four neighborhoods indicated in MAP 6.

MAP 8 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, unemployment levels, and proposed HUD funded project(s) from a street level vantage point.

To comment on Euclid's Consolidated Plan, please contact:
Mr. Kory G. Koran
Director, Department of Community Services and Development
585 East 222nd Street
Euclid, OH 44123

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