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Garden Grove council adopts 2025–2030 HUD consolidated plan and $2.9 million FY25–26 action plan
Summary
The Garden Grove City Council approved the five‑year HUD consolidated plan (2025–2030) and the fiscal year 2025–26 action plan, authorizing about $2.9 million in HUD funding to housing, homelessness, infrastructure, economic development and administration programs.
Garden Grove City Council on a 7-0 vote adopted the 2025–2030 consolidated plan and the fiscal year 2025–26 action plan, a federal planning document that guides how the city will use HUD entitlement funds over the next five years and in the coming fiscal year.
City staff said approximately $2,977,348 in HUD funds will be available in FY25–26, including a new entitlement allocation of about $2.3 million and approximately $677,348 in previously unallocated prior-year funds. Timothy Throne, the staff lead, summarized the plan and action plan, describing the consolidated plan as “a long term planning document for state and local governments that receive annual grant funding from HUD” and laying out goals to provide affordable housing, help people experiencing homelessness, fund public services and infrastructure, and support economic development and administration.
The action plan lists recommended allocations for the coming year. Among the amounts and program partners identified by staff: $700,000 in CDBG funds for the Lehi Street rehabilitation project (projected to assist 6,335 individuals); $160,000 to Habitat for Humanity and Azure Development for 20 owner-occupied housing rehabilitation projects; $539,500 for a micro‑business assistance program to support about 40 Garden Grove micro‑enterprises; $130,000 for childcare agency capacity building; $250,000 in HOME funds to Interval House for a tenant-based rental assistance program (14 households); funding for public services including $155,000 for the senior center (serving about 500 seniors), $20,000 for Meals on Wheels (about 40 seniors), $50,000 for Stand Up For Kids workforce support, and outreach and shelter funding distributed among Volunteers of America, Stand Up For Kids and Interval House; $5,256 to Orange County United Way to manage the countywide homeless management information system; and roughly $436,000 across CDBG, HOME and ESG for administration.
Throne described the methods used to develop the plan—surveys, stakeholder meetings, workshops and housing/demographic data—and emphasized the plan’s role in guiding HUD-funded activities over five years. The council opened and closed a public hearing on the plan; staff reported there were no speakers from the public on this item. Councilmembers thanked staff for producing detailed materials and encouraged the public to review the documents posted on the city website.
The council voted to authorize staff to submit the consolidated plan and FY25–26 action plan to HUD and to allow the city manager to execute related agreements and modifications.
The action plan will not affect the city’s general fund; programs will be funded from HUD entitlement grants and prior-year HUD funds.
