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Board approves prioritized CDBG project list, recommends funding housing and ready-to-go projects
Summary
The board unanimously accepted the Community Development Advisory Committees prioritized list for the 2025 Community Development Block Grant action plan, with CDAC recommending partial funding for Habitat for Humanity acquisition and abatement projects and prioritizing ready-to-start housing projects.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved the Community Development Advisory Committee's recommendations for the city's 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan, endorsing a prioritized list that emphasizes housing projects and projects ready to proceed when federal allocations are announced.
Why it matters: Hot Springs is an HUD entitlement grantee; CDBG funds are intended for community development, housing and public services for low- and moderate-income residents. The board's prioritized list will be used to prepare the annual action plan HUD requires within 60 days of an allocation announcement.
CDAC recommended prioritizing two Habitat for Humanity projects (property acquisition and ‘‘spotlight abatement’’) at 50% of requests, citing the…
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