Chester County Department of Community Development

06/22/2026

More from DCD's 2025 Year In Review, with highlights about construction and public works.

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06/18/2026

More from DCD's 2025 Year In Review, with highlights about housing-focused service programs.
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06/16/2026

DCD is proud to share our 2025 Year In Review, starting with highlights about affordable housing efforts.

View the full report here: https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/84945/2025-Year-In-Review?bidId=

06/10/2026

Chester County has made chronic homelessness rare and brief, and proven it can stay that way.

Through years of coordination, real-time data, and a commitment to knowing every person experiencing homelessness by name, our community has built a system that houses people faster than new cases arise. That’s the functional zero milestone. That’s real progress.

This milestone represents real people, real coordination, and real progress toward making homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring.

06/03/2026

🎉Big news from Chester County: chronic homelessness has been made rare and brief.

This milestone reflects years of work by cross the community, particularly among dedicated partners who regularly participate in Case Conferencing meetings - led by Open Hearth Inc., including:

• Chester County Government departments (Chester County Department of Community Development, Adult Probation, Parole, & Pretrial, Children, Youth & Families, Drug & Alcohol, Human Services – Human Needs Network, Mental Health/Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Office of Aging, Chester County Prison)

• Emergency shelter providers ( Ann's Heart of Phoenixville Code Blue and CERAH Program, Community, Youth, & Women's Alliance, Inc, Friends Association, Good Samaritan Services, Safe Harbor of Chester County, St. Mary's Franciscan Shelter for Homeless Families, WC Atkinson)

• and a wide network of case management, housing, financial, and treatment providers (ACTnow, Brandywine Valley Active Aging, Chester County Intermediate Unit, Coatesville VA Medical Center, Elwyn, Haven Behavioral Hospital of West Chester, Holcomb Behavioral Health, Home of the Sparrow - Pennsylvania, Human Services, Inc., KACS, North Star of Chester County, Oxford SILO)

Together, we built a system that knows every person experiencing chronic homelessness by name, connects them to housing and supports, and tracks outcomes in real time.

Today, Chester County marks the functional zero milestone for chronic homelessness. Progress is possible. This work is proof.

05/21/2026

When there isn’t enough housing, everyone feels it.

But progress is happening.

In 2024, the Chester County Department of Community Development set a goal to add 1,000 affordable housing units in Chester County by 2030, and it's already underway:
🏘️283 new homes opened
🚧139 units under development
⚙️67 units pending

Each new home means more stability, more opportunity, and more people able to live and work in the community they call home.

04/28/2026

The Chester County Department of Community Development invites public review and comment on the 2026 Action Plan starting April 28 through May 27, 2026. This plan outlines funding allocations for key HUD programs, including the Community Development Block Grant and Emergency Shelter Grant. Two amendments for previous action plans will also be available for review. A public hearing is scheduled for May 7, 2026. Your feedback is essential.

Email from Chester County Department of Community Development Visit our Website Community Developments Vol. 10 April 2026 Public Notice: 2026 Action Plan CARES Act Amendment 2022 Action Plan Amendment

04/09/2026

The Chester County Department of Community Development is accepting applications for a Fiscal Coordinator position in its Fiscal Team.

The Fiscal Coordinator is responsible for managing and maintaining program accounts and funds for various federal, state, and locally-funded programs.

Interested candidates should have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experiences, knowledge of IDIS and LOCCS (Federal Government disbursement programs. This position requires a strong work ethic, working knowledge of budgets, spreadsheets, interpreting audits, an understanding of federal and state fiscal compliance and recordkeeping requirements.

The Fiscal Coordinator is responsible for managing and maintaining program accounts and funds for various federal, state and locally-funded programs.A criminal background check is required.