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Lauderhill staff report federal and state grant wins and warn of possible health-care funding cuts
Summary
City staff reported approved federal community project requests for housing and home-hardening and an intact CDBG allocation, and warned that proposed federal cuts could reduce access to health and safety-net services affecting seniors and Medicaid recipients.
Lauderhill city staff told the City Commission on Sept. 8 that several community project requests and housing-related appropriations remain in congressional bills and that the city's CDBG allocation was preserved, while also warning elected officials about proposed federal policy changes that could cut benefits for vulnerable residents.
Intergovernmental Affairs Director Zach Davis reported that two community project requests remained secure in House committee action: $3,150,000 for infill housing development and $850,000 for a senior-and-veteran home-hardening program. He said Lauderhill's CDBG allocation is preserved at about $780,000 even though Congress trimmed the overall CDBG program from roughly $3.3 billion last year to about $3.1 billion this year.
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