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Housing committee to consider CDBG/DR plan amendments; council to appoint Helene recovery boards amid application‑deadline questions
Summary
Staff previewed amendments to steady‑state CDBG policies and CDBG‑DR action plan elements — including raising the lien threshold to $25,000 and adjusting program award levels — and outlined an early‑2026 earliest expectation for grant awards under federal procurement rules.
City staff outlined updates for the Housing and Community Development (HCD) committee at the Oct. 9 agenda briefing, including proposed amendments to the CDBG‑DR action plan and an update on appointments to multiple Helene recovery boards.
Ben Woody described three primary CDBG/steady‑state items that will appear at the HCD committee: 1) increase the lien threshold for the steady‑state home repair/rehab program from $10,000 to $25,000 so more homeowners can participate without a city lien; 2) raise the maximum beneficiary award amounts for…
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