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Planning commission warns Trump administration budget proposal would eliminate key CDBG and HOME funding for Trumbull County
Summary
A county planning representative told commissioners the White House's proposed federal budget would cut or eliminate Community Development Block Grant and HOME program funding, which the county uses for sewer, bridge, housing rehabilitation and neighborhood revitalization projects, and urged them to contact federal representatives.
Nick Coggins, representing the Trumbull County Planning Commission, warned the Board of Commissioners that the proposed federal budget under the current administration would drastically reduce or eliminate Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME program funding.
Coggins said the proposal would eliminate CDBG funding by about $3.3 billion and the HOME Investment Partnerships Program by about $1.3 billion, which would remove formula grants that the county uses for affordable housing, small‑business support, infrastructure projects and critical public services.
He listed local uses that would be affected: sanitary and residential public infrastructure grants, neighborhood revitalization, sewer extension projects in unsewered areas, storm‑sewer improvements, and bridge replacements. Coggins and other staff noted the county had recent and pending awards and applications — including approximately $600,000 in critical‑needs allocations and a pending residential public‑infrastructure application of around $750,000 — that would be at risk.
"If this proposed budget were to pass this way, decreasing those funds, we would no longer receive that," Coggins said, and added that loss of funding would shift costs to local governments, township taxpayers or the general fund. He recommended the county send a letter and that each commissioner contact the federal delegation to oppose the cuts.
Ending
Staff said Director Green would draft a letter for the board to review and commissioners agreed to convey concerns to the congressional delegation; no formal vote on a letter was recorded during the meeting.
