Lee's Summit CDC recommends draft five-year CDBG consolidated plan and 2025–26 action plan, funds to be allocated to housing, public services and home repair

The Lee's Summit Community & Economic Development Committee on April 9 recommended the city's draft 2025–29 Consolidated Plan and the 2025–26 Annual Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding, moving the plans to full City Council for consideration.

The recommendation matters because the plans set priorities and allocate federal CDBG money — funds the city expects to total roughly $342,628 for the coming year — to local housing repair, homeless services, domestic-violence advocacy and public-service programs that primarily serve low- and moderate-income residents.

Jessica Fisher, a consultant with Mosaic Community Planning, said the consolidated plan is the five‑year strategy that guides how federal grant funding will be targeted: "The consolidated plan is the broader 5 year plan that identifies and prioritizes housing and community development needs and develops a strategy to target federal grant funding to areas of need identified." Fisher said the annual action plan lists the specific projects planned for the coming year and serves as the city's funding application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

City staff reported the draft plan resulted from more than a year of outreach, including an online survey with 243 responses, two workshops and interviews with at least 17 organizations. The five‑year goals listed in the draft include improving housing access and quality;…