On Tuesday, May 19, the Hennepin County Board approved the Hennepin County five-year plan and 2020 action plan for housing and community development. These plans will guide the use of federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in suburban Hennepin County cities over the next five years. More than 2,000 Hennepin County residents offered input into the plans through in-person and online engagement activities.

• The 2020-2024 draft five-year consolidated plan sets high-level goals and priorities to guide the use of an estimated $25 million in federal funds for affordable housing and community development over the next five years.
• The 2020 draft action plan shows specifically how Hennepin County and partner cities plan to use approximately $5 million in federal funds on affordable housing and community development projects over the coming year.

View the draft plans (PDF 7MB)

Final plans will be posted to this page in the coming days.

These plans propose use of federal housing and development funds in all but three suburban cities: Bloomington, Eden Prairie, and Plymouth. These cities receive funding directly from HUD and prepare their own action plans, which are included in the PDF document linked above. The city of Minneapolis has a separate planning and reporting process, which can be found here.

Every year, Hennepin County and partner cities report and evaluate how federal funding was used for housing and community development, as well as some public service activities, in suburban cities over the previous year.

This information is included in a document referred to as the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). These reports are meant to show how the county and cities are working towards goals outlined in the five-year action plan. They serve to both satisfy federal requirements and provide information to the general public.

View 2018 CAPERs

Hennepin County 2018 final CAPER (PDF)

Bloomington 2018 final CAPER (PDF)

Eden Prairie 2018 final CAPER (PDF)

Minnetonka 2018 final CAPER (PDF)

Plymouth 2018 final CAPER (PDF)

Action plans

• Hennepin County 2019 final action plan (PDF)
• Bloomington 2019 final action plan (PDF)
• Eden Prairie 2019 final action plan (PDF)
• Minnetonka 2019 final action plan (PDF)
• Plymouth 2019 final action plan (PDF)

Five-year consolidated plans

• 2015-2019 Hennepin County Consolidated Plan and 2015 Annual Action Plan (PDF)
• 2015-2019 Bloomington Consolidated Plan and 2015 Annual Action Plan (PDF)
• 2015-2019 Eden Prairie Consolidated Plan and 2015 Annual Action Plan (PDF)
• 2015-2019 Minnetonka Consolidated Plan and 2015 Annual Action Plan (PDF)
• 2015-2019 Plymouth Consolidated Plan and 2015 Annual Action Plan (PDF)

Quarterly reporting for the NSP programs can be found at the following links:

NSP1 performance reports

NSP2 performance reports

NSP3 performance reports