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Mesa presents draft 2025–2029 HUD Consolidated Plan; staff prioritizes affordable housing, public facilities and homeless services
Summary
City staff outlined the draft five‑year Consolidated Plan and FY2025 action plan required by HUD. The draft emphasizes affordable housing, public facilities and homeless services, notes constraints on using CDBG for economic development, and opens a 30‑day public comment period before submission to HUD.
Justin Boyd, housing and community development administrator, and consultants briefed the Mesa City Council on the draft 2025–2029 Consolidated Plan and the city’s annual action plan for HUD entitlement funds.
The Consolidated Plan is the federal requirement that frames use of three entitlement grants — Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) and the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) — for the next five years. Staff told council the draft will be posted for a 30‑day public comment period and submitted to HUD for acceptance before fiscal‑year allocations are released.
Why it matters: the CDBG, HOME and ESG grants provide recurring federal funds to support affordable housing, public facilities, homeless services and certain public services in…
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