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Lynchburg council approves FY2025 CAPER submittal for CDBG and HOME programs
Summary
At its Sept. 23 meeting the Lynchburg City Council voted 6–1 to adopt a resolution to submit the city’s FY2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME program activities to HUD. Staff highlighted housing, public facilities and emergency shelter expenditures from the year.
Lynchburg City Council on Sept. 23 voted 6–1 to adopt a resolution to submit the city’s FY2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME programs to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
City staff summarized the year’s expenditures and accomplishments and invited public comment; none was offered during the hearing. The city’s presentation said funds during the program year came from entitlement allocations, reprogrammed funds, program income and earlier CDBG-CV coronavirus allocations.
Staff highlighted several projects and dollar amounts recorded in HUD’s Integrated Disbursement and Information System. The Jefferson Park public facilities project, described as a multiyear undertaking, was listed as complete; the presentation said $562,395 in CDBG funds (including prior-year allocations) were expended on that project. The Central Virginia Continuum of Care-operated coordinated homeless intake and access (CHIA) program assisted 2,637 people with $54,706 in CDBG funds, the presentation said.
Staff also reported that the Salvation Army’s extreme weather center served 105 people during the winter season (Jan. 25–March 2025) with $24,769 in CDBG funds. Under HOME program activity, Greater Lynchburg Habitat for Humanity expended $57,968 on a homeownership and rental project on Notch Street; staff said two homes were completed and four were under construction. The Florida Terrace Apartments were identified as an affordable rental project that had 11 HOME-assisted units leased in the current year.
The CAPER presentation noted large CDBG-CV expenditures recorded in the year: Interfaith Outreach reported $3,031,374 expended and another local provider listed $5,213 for emergency housing and utility assistance. Staff said a public notice for the CAPER hearing was published on Sept. 5 and that no written public comments had been received prior to the hearing. After the hearing and approval, staff said it would submit any comments received that evening and forward the report to HUD.
“Thank you for your presentation,” the council member chairing the finance committee said before moving approval; another member seconded the motion and the roll call recorded a 6–1 approval. The resolution authorizes submission of the CAPER to HUD; the resolution text and the CAPER were provided to council ahead of the meeting.
Council materials and the staff presentation identify the CAPER as the city’s required annual performance report for HUD-funded CDBG and HOME activities; the adopted resolution directs staff to file the report with HUD and to include any public comments received at the hearing.
Staff noted a ribbon-cutting for the Jefferson Park project scheduled Oct. 8. No additional public hearings or follow-up actions were announced at the meeting.
