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Manchester holds public hearing on HUD consolidated plan, seeks community input on housing and services
Summary
City staff outlined the draft five-year HUD Consolidated Plan and FY2025–26 annual action plan, described CDBG/ESG/HOME and lead-hazard grants, and solicited public priorities including affordable housing, accessibility and walkability.
Manchester city staff held a public hearing at the Manchester Community Resource Center to solicit community input on the city’s draft U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Consolidated Plan for 2025–2029 and the FY2025–26 annual action plan.
Todd Fleming, Grants Administration Manager for the Planning and Community Development Department, told attendees the two-part process is “we're holding this public hearing for two reasons. The first, we're soliciting input, for our HUD consolidated plan, which is a 5 year, 5 year plan.” The consolidated plan, he said, is a five-year blueprint for how HUD funding will be allocated to housing, public services and neighborhood infrastructure.
The nut graf: the public hearing explained how federal HUD programs—Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) and lead-hazard/Healthy Homes grants—are used in Manchester and asked residents to rank local priorities such as affordable housing, accessibility for elderly or disabled residents,…
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