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Green Bay staff present 2025–2029 consolidated plan priorities; council approves 2025 annual action allocations
Summary
Staff presented the city’s five‑year consolidated plan (2025–2029) and the 2025 annual action plan, emphasizing continued emphasis on affordable housing, homelessness services and infrastructure; the authority approved staff’s recommendation for the action plan allocations by voice vote.
City staff presented the draft 2025–2029 consolidated plan and the 2025 annual action plan on June 17, describing public outreach results and funding priorities for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME and related programs. The Redevelopment Authority voted to forward the annual action plan allocations as recommended.
Staff said the consolidated plan updates the city’s community priorities for federal CDBG and HOME funds and is based on public hearings, a community survey and stakeholder interviews. Major priorities identified were affordable housing (both rental and homeownership), homelessness services and substance‑use and mental health supports, and improvements to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.
Funding and program highlights Staff reported the city’s 2025 CDBG allocation rose slightly to about $940,000 from roughly $914,000 in 2024; HOME allocations were reported as lower than some prior years, with a referenced 2025 HOME allocation of about $468,186. The 2025 annual action plan proposes continued funding for fair housing services, community gardens (Brown County Extension), public service activities administered via nonprofit applications, a home improvement loan program for income‑qualified homeowners, down‑payment and closing cost assistance, economic development revolving loan funds and façade programs, and infrastructure improvements in eligible neighborhoods.
Short‑term rentals and federal limits During discussion, members asked whether federal CDBG/HOME funds could be used to address short‑term rentals. Staff said federal program rules do not provide a direct mechanism to limit short‑term rentals citywide, though units constructed or rehabilitated with HOME or CDBG assistance are subject to affordability periods and rent limits that would make their use as short‑term rentals difficult under program rules.
Outcome and next steps The authority approved staff’s recommendation for the consolidated plan and 2025 annual action allocations by voice vote. Staff noted that HOME and CDBG allocations are formula driven by HUD and have varied over recent years; staff also said they will pursue additional grant opportunities, including future EPA brownfields assessment grants.
Context Staff said the consolidated plan largely reaffirms needs identified in prior years, but emphasized that demand for affordable housing and homelessness services has risen. Staff also noted the city’s down‑payment assistance program is in demand and is often quickly exhausted; staff said they would continue funding that program but that available HOME allocations limit the size and scope of such assistance.
