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Las Cruces council approves 2025 action plan allocating roughly $1.6 million in CDBG and HOME funds
Summary
Council approved the 2025 action plan allocating about $1.6 million combined for Community Development Block Grant and HOME programs, funding East Side acquisition, home rehab, tenant-based rental assistance and grants to local nonprofits.
The Las Cruces City Council approved the city's 2025 action plan on Monday, allocating federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership funds to housing and community development projects for the coming year.
Natalie Green, the city's presenter for the item, said the city—stimated allocation for CDBG is about $1,000,000 (including roughly $25,000 in program income) and the HOME allocation is just under $500,000, for a combined total of approximately $1.6 million.
Green said the plan dedicates funds for administrative costs; an East Side Center acquisition for the Quality of Life Department; renovation support for Mesilla Valley Community Hope (work on the former Casa de Peregrinos site); the city's home rehabilitation program, which assists low-income homeowners with needed repairs and ADA/weatherization work; and CDBG public services, which are capped at 15% of the allocation and in 2025 will fund four agencies at roughly $35,000 each.
For the HOME program, Green said the plan funds a mix of single-family development and tenant-based rental assistance, and that nonprofit community housing development organizations (CHDOs) including Habitat and Terra del Sol will receive CHDO operating funds.
The council approved the plan (Resolution 25-130). Councilors asked procedural and program questions about the home rehabilitation program and how award decisions are made for nonprofit public service grants; Green said public service awards are made by the Health and Human Services Advisory Committee and other allocations are scored by a staff committee using a risk-assessment and scoring rubric.
