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CAC reviews year 51 HUD allocation timeline, contingency language and next steps
Summary
CAC staff told members April 7 that HUD year 51 allocations are still pending; staff explained contingency cuts within ±20% will be handled at staff level and larger changes will require reconvening the CAC. The committee set planning expectations for year 52 and voted to cancel May and June meetings unless needed.
Davenport City Citizens Advisory Committee staff briefed members on April 7 about the status of the city’s year 51 HUD allocations and how the CAC’s contingency language will be applied once the federal allocation is announced.
Heather, a CAC staff member, told the committee the allocations used in the committee’s recommendations are estimates and that HUD has not yet announced final amounts. She said the CAC adopted contingency language stating that a 20% plus-or-minus change in the allocation would be handled by staff as across-the-board adjustments; if the allocation change exceeds 20% in either direction, the CAC will reconvene to revisit the approved allocations. “Those allocations are based on an estimate,” Heather said, and staff “approved some contingency language which was a 20% plus or minus change will result in across the board cuts made at the staff level.”
Heather described rough timing: historically HUD announces allocations about 90 days after a budget is passed and the city would then have 60 days to submit its annual plan. She said Congress had passed a continuing resolution at the end of March and that national guidance suggested allocations could be similar to last year, but noted the city’s final allocation could still change because HUD’s formula accounts for factors such as poverty levels and housing stock age.
Staff said the CAC’s recommended allocations were forwarded to City Council, were discussed at the Committee of the Whole and were placed on the council consent agenda; the council approved the recommendations on the last Wednesday in March with no down votes. Heather asked members whether they wanted changes to the CAC’s application process or formula; no changes were requested at the meeting and staff said it would send a reminder email giving absent members another week to submit suggestions.
Looking ahead, staff said they do not expect CAC meetings in May or June unless the allocation timing forces reconvening; the CAC voted to cancel the May and June meetings unless needed and staff recommended holding the next definite meeting in July to review the public input plan for year 52.
