Hampton council approves 2025–29 consolidated plan and 2025 annual action plan, outlines CDBG/HOME priorities

Hampton City Council voted unanimously to approve the 2025–2029 consolidated plan and the 2025 annual action plan, documents that guide how the city will spend federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds over the next five years and the coming program year.

City staff presented the plan at the council meeting and said the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provides the funds and requires the city to adopt a five-year consolidated plan and a separate annual action plan as a condition of entitlement funding. Angelique Schenck, management analyst in the city manager’s office, said staff worked with MOSAIC Community Planning to analyze federal and local data and gather resident and stakeholder input through surveys, focus groups and interviews.

The plan lists five priority areas: preserving housing affordability and quality; public facility and infrastructure improvements; increasing economic opportunities; supportive services including workforce and behavioral-health supports; and effective administration and compliance. Schenck told council the city’s 2025 CDBG and HOME allocation totals about $1.3 million, with roughly $150,000 in estimated program income, producing total available resources of $1,536,634 for program year 2025.

Schenck described proposed activities under each program. CDBG activities include housing services (administered by the Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority), housing programs for weatherization and accessibility, code enforcement funding for four property-maintenance positions that support the rental inspection program, and community development planning and grant administration. HOME activities include homeowner rehabilitation (up to $30,000 per eligible household), homebuyer assistance (up to 20 percent of down payment/closing costs per program rules), a 15 percent CHODO set‑aside and administration capped at 10 percent.

Councilmember Hawthorne asked whether the numerical goals on Schenck’s slides represented past accomplishments or upcoming targets; Schenck said the numbers were goals for the upcoming year and that the council would see a later performance report detailing actual accomplishments. Vice Mayor Brown asked for an update on a previously funded $2 million housing rehabilitation program; Yvonne Hodges, chief community development officer at the Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority, said about $900,000 has been spent, staffing had slowed activity (from three positions to one full‑time and one part‑time) and the program had touched 51 households to date.

No members of the public signed up to speak during the public hearing on the consolidated plan. After closing the hearing, council approved the consolidated plan and the 2025 annual action plan by roll call vote (unanimous). Council and staff said the plan preserves flexibility to direct federal funds to priority needs that arise over the five‑year period.

Council and staff noted the city will return with an annual performance and evaluation report in September showing actual expenditures and results from the funded activities.