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Goldsboro holds public hearing on draft FY2025–29 consolidated plan; HUD funds confirmed
Summary
Council held the first public hearing on the draft FY2025–29 consolidated plan and FY2025–26 annual action plan, heard a consultant overview of HUD-required process and funding allocations, and invited public and stakeholder input.
Goldsboro City Council opened a public hearing on May 19 for the draft FY2025–29 consolidated plan and the FY2025–26 annual action plan, a prerequisite for receiving HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership funds.
City staff told the council the city is a titled (entitlement) jurisdiction that receives both CDBG and HOME funding. Crystal Fuller of the city explained the process and said consultant Jason Wright (senior consultant, CHRISTUS Research) would present the plan overview. Wright summarized the consolidated plan structure: an executive summary, stakeholder engagement, needs assessment, market analysis, strategic plan and the one-year action plan that defines how funding will be used in the coming program year.
Fuller reported HUD released the city’s allocations: CDBG for 2025, $337,814; HOME, $225,732.15. Wright described the required public-engagement steps: an anonymous online survey, a stakeholder workshop scheduled about a week after the meeting, and at least two public engagements during the planning cycle. He said the needs assessment will identify priorities the city can fund under CDBG/HOME (housing, public services, homelessness and certain economic development activities) and that the action plan will map from five-year goals to the next fiscal year’s actionable projects. Wright cautioned the funds are limited and often insufficient to fully resolve long-standing needs, and that goals commonly carry forward between plan cycles.
A member of the public asked how neighborhoods are prioritized for neighborhood revitalization. Fuller and Wright explained HUD CDBG eligibility requires areas where at least 51% of residents are low- to moderate-income; the plan’s needs-assessment section will identify targeted census tracts or neighborhoods and explain how projects must principally benefit those geographies or populations. Fuller said the city will report which areas are targeted in the needs assessment and that the city may use CDBG funds in projects that benefit qualifying residents even if the physical project is outside the census tract so long as benefit to the target group can be demonstrated.
The council opened the hearing, invited questions and closed the hearing after three calls for speakers. No formal vote was required at the hearing; staff and the consultant said there will be a subsequent meeting to review collected data and proposed allocations before the council adopts the action plan. Wright and Fuller invited council members to participate in stakeholder outreach and individually meet with staff to offer input.
