Jed Drollet, community systems program manager in the Anchorage Health Department, told the Anchorage Assembly work session the municipality will introduce the 2025 HUD action plan at the June 24 meeting and seek assembly approval at the July 15 public meeting after the statutory public‑comment period ends June 20.

Drollet outlined three core entitlement programs — Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) — and said the department is shifting toward a more formal, competitive process for allocating funds. “This is a new, more formal, transparent process for selecting projects,” he said.

Drollet described program totals over recent years and proposed allocations in the draft action plan: a recurring mobile‑home repair program for $400,000 under CDBG, $750,000 earmarked for a property acquisition intended for a recovery residence operated by TrueNorth Recovery (an intent‑to‑award notice has been posted), and smaller lines for public services and administrative costs. He said the city typically receives roughly $2 million in CDBG, $600,000–$700,000 in HOME and about $150,000 in ESG in recent years, and that total HUD entitlement funding is generally in the $2–3 million range annually.

TrueNorth Recovery’s proposed acquisition would fund a nonprofit to acquire and convert a motel into recovery housing; Drollet clarified the city would fund the nonprofit’s purchase share rather than take municipal title of the property because municipally assisted property carries longer compliance periods under CDBG rules.

The department also said it will prioritize “fewer but larger” projects to leverage other funding and increase impact, and intends to use RFGPs to select capital, public‑services and CHDO (community housing development organization) projects earlier in the planning cycle. A CDBG public‑services line remains largely TBD; staff said they expect to release solicitations in the fall for some 2025 projects and that HUD’s reimbursement timing means grant draws can arrive years after project start.

Drollet said the public comment period on the draft runs May 21–June 20 and urged written comments to AHDcsdplans@anchorageak.gov. He also said that HUD requires the final action plan to be submitted by Aug. 16. No final assembly votes were taken at the work session; staff will present the formal action plan for introduction on June 24 and for approval on July 15.