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Greenville council approves 2025–26 Annual Action Plan for CDBG and HOME funds, prioritizes housing and rental development
Summary
The council approved the city's Annual Action Plan for HUD CDBG and HOME funding, allocating funds across housing rehab, rental development, down-payment assistance and nonprofit services and authorizing submission to HUD.
The Greenville City Council voted 5-0 to approve the 2025–26 Annual Action Plan, the one-year spending plan drawn from the city's five-year consolidated plan that guides use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships funds.
Director of Neighborhood Business Services Tianna Berryman presented budget figures and program priorities, saying the city will use CDBG funding for housing rehab, public services and infrastructure and HOME funds for owner-occupied rehab, rental development and down-payment assistance. Berryman said the city received an allocation of "a little over $850,000" in CDBG funding and "just shy of half a million dollars" in HOME funds.
Berryman outlined major line items: roughly $460,000 in CDBG housing rehabilitation; $250,000 for rental development; a CHDO set-aside of about $71,000 for nonprofit development partners; approximately $100,000 for down-payment assistance; about $50,000 for infrastructure improvements; and roughly $45,000 set aside for acquisition and demolition of substandard structures, with the city planning to supplement some activities through its 50-and-10 affordable-housing program.
Berryman described the plan as year three of the city's five-year consolidated plan and said the draft will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the coming week. Council members commended staff for doing "more with less" and for prioritizing homeownership and rental development.
No members of the public spoke for or against the plan during the public hearing. Council member Blackner moved approval and Council member Robinson seconded; the motion passed 5-0.
The plan includes public-service funding for nonprofit grants and reserves for acquisition/demolition to make lots available in West Greenville consistent with the city's 50-and-10 initiative, staff said.
