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Kingsport holds public hearing and approves 2025–26 CDBG annual action plan and five‑year consolidated plan
Summary
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen held a public hearing and unanimously approved the city’s 2025–26 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan and five‑year consolidated plan, with staff outlining allocations and noting federal funding uncertainty.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen on April 15 held a public hearing and approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to apply for and receive Community Development Block Grant funding for fiscal year 2026 and to adopt the 2025–26 annual action plan and five‑year consolidated plan.
The consolidated plan, presented by Michael Price, Kingsport community planner, lays out the four jurisdictions in the HOME consortium (Kingsport, Bristol, Johnson City, Washington County and Sullivan County, and Bristol, Virginia) and the city’s priorities for housing and community development over the next five years. “We are an entitlement city with HUD, which means we get an automatic allocation of funding, to use towards community needs,”…
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