Euclid opens 30-day comment period on 2025–29 HUD consolidated plan, outlines $998,865 CDBG allocation for 2025

City of Euclid Community Development Manager Ed Chenock presented a draft five‑year consolidated plan for 2025–2029 and the city—s 2025 annual action plan, describing proposed uses of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and related programs and seeking public comment during a 30‑day comment period that closes Saturday, July 5.

The consolidated plan, prepared with consultants from Historic Preservation Group and local advisory committee members, summarizes housing and demographic trends in Euclid, sets broad goals — maintain, improve and expand affordable housing; revitalize residential neighborhoods; provide needed public services; and increase economic opportunities — and identifies program types the city may use under HUD rules. The annual action plan translates those goals into specific 2025 spending proposals and project budgets.

Chenock told attendees the city will submit the consolidated plan and accompanying documents to HUD jointly with nearby jurisdictions through the Cuyahoga Housing Consortium, and emphasized that HUD technical data sets and the American Community Survey introduce reporting lags that affect some published statistics.

Consultant Rick Stica of Historic Preservation Group summarized the community profile in the draft consolidated plan, showing maps and census‑derived measures of median household income, renter/owner mix, age of housing stock and housing cost burden. Stica said large portions of Euclid have median household incomes in the mid‑$30,000s to mid‑$40,000s (2020 figures prepopulated by HUD), and noted the housing stock in many neighborhoods dates to the pre‑ and immediate post‑World War II eras, increasing the likelihood of cyclical repair needs for roofs,…