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ANNUAL COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT REPORT <br />County of Hawaii <br />2020 Program Year: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 <br />HUD Point of Contact: <br />Brian Johnson <br />Senior Community Planning and <br />Development Representative <br />HUD Honolulu Field Office <br />1132 Bishop Street, Suite 1400 <br />Honolulu, HI 96813 <br />(808) 457-4679 <br />Introduction <br />County Point of Contact: <br />Ms. Susan Kunz <br />Housing Administrator <br />County of Hawaii <br />Office of Housing and Community Development <br />1990 Kinoole Street, Suite 102 <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />(808) 961-8379 <br />The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and the National <br />Affordable Housing Act of 1990, require federal grant recipients receiving federal assistance <br />under the Act to submit an annual performance report disclosing the status of grant activities. The <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is required by 24 CFR 91.525 to <br />determine whether the grant recipient is in compliance with the statutes and has the continuing <br />capacity to implement and administer the programs for which assistance is received. In <br />accordance with 24 CFR 91.525, our comments below incorporate our assessment of the County <br />of Hawaii's (County's) Program Year 2020 (PY20) performance. <br />In assessing the County's performance, HUD relied primarily upon the County's PY20 <br />Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER), technical assistance, remote <br />monitoring, and communications with the County's federal programs staff. During this period, <br />HUD has determined that the County generally met the intent of the Community Planning and <br />Development (CPD) programs. Based on the County's accomplishments through the Community <br />Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), and the <br />Housing Trust Fund (HTF), the County has demonstrated its ability to carry out various housing <br />and community development programs. HUD congratulates the County on its many <br />accomplishments and its achievement of CPD program objectives. <br />