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Harrington explores CDBG eligibility; consultant recommends low-to-moderate income survey and quick pre-application round
Summary
A consultant told the commission Harrington fell below the 51% low-to-moderate-income threshold in new census data and recommended a state-approved sample survey (about 300 homes, roughly $12,000) to requalify the city for Community Development Block Grant funding up to $650,000.
City consultants and staff outlined steps Harrington could take to pursue Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding through the Kansas Department of Commerce, including a recommended low-to-moderate-income (LMI) survey to challenge recent census-tract data that reduced the city's measured share of LMI residents.
Garrett Nordstrom of Governmental Assistant Services, the consultant working with the city, told commissioners the city was previously above the 51% LMI threshold needed for a citywide CDBG national objective but that recent census-tract data reduced that figure to about 46.5%. "The city was above 51% low to moderate income, but the new census tract data numbers dropped…
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