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Council approves CDBG annual plan; residents and treasurer raise NOFA, notice and programming concerns
Summary
City council approved submission of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan but public speakers and the treasurer questioned whether the required notice (NOFA) and public hearing process had been completed and whether the published deadline was correct.
The Dearborn Heights City Council voted Tuesday to approve the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan for program year 2025–26 and authorized its submission, while residents and some council members pressed staff on public-notice timing and advertised deadlines for applications.
The council-approved plan specifies about $1.099 million in entitlement and program income for 2025–26, according to department staff, with increases proposed in housing rehabilitation and senior services and continued allocations for public facilities and code enforcement.
Multiple public speakers and the city treasurer raised timing and public-notice issues during the public-comment period. The city treasurer and several residents said they could not find evidence that the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) required for public application had been published in time, and that…
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