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City holds HUD-required hearing on 2025 consolidated plan; $1,206,417 CDBG allocation and HOME funds discussed
Summary
City staff opened the HUD-required public hearing on the 2025–2029 consolidated plan and the FY2025 annual action plan for CDBG and HOME funding, outlined recommended agency and capital allocations and started a 30-day comment period ahead of an August resolution to send the plan to HUD.
City staff opened a HUD-required public hearing on July 1 to review the proposed 2025–2029 consolidated plan and the fiscal year 2025 annual action plan that will allocate Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Program funds.
Terry Floyd, director of development services, told the City Council the consolidated plan is required every five years by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and summarized recommended allocations from the council subcommittee on outside agencies. Floyd said the FY2025 CDBG allocation is $1,206,417, staff proposed reallocation of $100,000 in prior-year CDBG funds and $830,000 in FY2025–26 HOME funds for housing programs.
Floyd said roughly $1.3 million in requests were received and that the subcommittee and staff recommended about $1.3 million in awards including funding for long-standing nonprofit recipients such as Child Care, Inc.; Senior Citizens of North Texas (Meals on Wheels); and Christmas in Action. Staff also recommended funding for code enforcement, demolition, minor emergency repair programs and targeted capital projects, including place-making and parks investments.
Floyd noted that the Bridwell Park mural project announced during public comment had been funded through the CDBG program and that additional funds were recommended for renovation and rehabilitation projects at the MLK Center. He said the sidewalk program would receive $75,000 toward gap sidewalk reconstruction in the neighborhood revitalization area and described the first-time homebuyer program set-aside under HOME to assist low-to-moderate-income buyers, including work with Habitat for Humanity.
Floyd said the city had engaged a third party to help draft the consolidated plan and that the schedule calls for a 30-day public comment period following the hearing, with a final resolution to be returned to council in August for approval and subsequent submission to HUD.
The council closed the public hearing at 9:37 a.m. No final funding decisions were adopted at the hearing; staff will return with a resolution after the comment period. Anyone seeking the full plan was directed to a published version available via a QR code on the meeting materials, and staff offered to provide copies on request.
