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Clearwater staff propose FY2025–26 allocations emphasizing more, smaller public-service grants and facilities repairs
Summary
City staff recommended a proposed fiscal-year funding plan that shifts toward funding more public-service projects at lower amounts, budgets $540,874 for four public-facilities projects, and preserves down-payment and homebuyer-education funding; the Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory Board voted to approve the plan for public comment.
Dylan May, acting housing manager for the City of Clearwater, presented a proposed fiscal-year 2025–26 spending plan that would allocate federal housing and community development funds across seven categories and prioritize funding a larger number of public-service providers at reduced award levels.
The proposed allocations, which the Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory Board voted to approve for public comment, are intended to align with the city’s 2025–2029 strategic plan and to balance housing, homelessness prevention, special-needs services and neighborhood investments.
May told the board the annual action plan directs how Clearwater will use federal entitlement funds each year and that staff scored more than 20 applications with input from a Technical Review Committee. “We took into account those scores and provide equitable distribution of funds based on the scores,…
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