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Davis County holds public hearing on 2025–26 CDBG and HOME annual action plan; service providers seek funds for shelter, repairs
Summary
At a March 11 Davis County Commission public hearing, domestic-violence and housing nonprofits described requests for Community Development Block Grant and HOME funds to support transitional housing staff and critical home-repair projects; commissioners took public comment but did not award funds at the hearing.
Davis County Commissioners opened a public hearing March 11 to receive comment on development of the county's 2025'26 annual action plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and, for the first time, the HOME Investment Partnerships program. Commissioners Lorraine Kamalu, Bob Stevenson and John Cross presided.
The hearing drew representatives from local service providers including Safe Harbor Crisis Center and Habitat for Humanity, which asked the county to consider them for CDBG/HOME funding in the coming program year. "We're the first and only domestic violence and sexual-assault service provider in Davis County," Todd Hixson, executive director of Safe Harbor Crisis Center, told commissioners, outlining the agency's shelter, transitional housing and forensic nursing services.
Safe Harbor said it recently expanded its transitional housing capacity from 10 to 24 units and requested CDBG support to finish that project and to fund a residential support advocate to staff the agency's 24/7 crisis hotline and shelter. "This position focuses on answering those hotline calls, those 24/7 crisis hotline calls that are needed constantly," Emily Hillstead, Safe Harbor's development director, said.
Corinne Crow, chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Salt Lake Area, described Habitat's new presence in Davis County and said the affiliate has already completed 13 critical home-repair projects in the county this fiscal year, investing about $170,000; seven additional Davis County projects are under way, with roughly $130,000 in work pending. Crow asked the commission to consider a request to expand a critical home-repairs program to address health- and safety-related repairs for low-income homeowners.
The hearing was limited to public comment; commissioners did not vote to allocate funds at the session. Ryan Simon of the county's Community and Economic Development staff said the county will use comments to develop the annual action plan and bring the plan back for future public comment and formal adoption. The hearing opened and closed during the March 11 meeting without an immediate funding decision.
Why it matters: CDBG and HOME funds are federal dollars distributed locally to support affordable housing, minor-home repairs, shelter capacity, and other community development activities. Requests for those funds compete at the county level; public hearings are the formal step that informs the county's annual plan and subsequent grant applications or subrecipient awards.
Next steps: County staff will draft the 2025'26 annual action plan incorporating public input, publish it for comment and return to the commission for formal consideration and any funding decisions.
