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Plano staff present draft 2025–2029 consolidated plan emphasizing homelessness prevention and housing repairs
Summary
Plano staff previewed a draft 2025–2029 consolidated plan that targets HUD CDBG and HOME funding toward critical home repairs, homelessness prevention and public services, and said the final plan will return to council for a required public hearing and adoption.
City staff presented a draft 2025–2029 consolidated plan that outlines how the city intends to use federal HUD formula grants—Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME)—to address housing, public services and infrastructure needs over the next five years.
Curtis (staff) told the council the plan assumes continued HUD funding, estimating prior-year totals of about $1.5 million for CDBG and $600,000 for HOME. He reviewed HUD program rules the city must follow (administrative caps, CHDO set-asides, public services limits) and shared maps and data showing aging housing stock, cost-burdened households and a shortage of affordable rental units in areas with concentrations of low- and moderate-income residents.
Staff proposed achievable, more targeted goals than the prior…
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