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Salinas committee approves substantial HUD amendment to reallocate $5.49 million to ready housing and public‑works projects
Summary
The Housing and Land Use Committee recommended that City Council submit a substantial amendment to HUD to reallocate $5,490,000 in unspent CDBG and HOME funds to projects the city says are shovel‑ready or can meet HUD timeliness rules.
The City of Salinas Housing and Land Use Committee voted to recommend city council approve a substantial amendment to the city’s HUD annual action plans that would reallocate $5,490,000 in unspent Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) funds to projects the city says can be completed within the current fiscal year.
The amendment, presented by Francisco Granvila, management analyst for the Housing Division of the Community Development Department, is intended to address the city’s multi‑year delay in meeting HUD’s timeliness standard and to move funds into “shovel‑ready” public‑works and affordable‑housing activities. Granvila said the reallocations would restore funds…
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