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Victorville holds HUD CDBG public hearing as nonprofits seek funding for food, housing and services
Summary
The Victorville City Council on March 4 opened a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) public hearing to collect comments for the city's 2025'26 annual action plan under the Consolidated Plan, hearing appeals from local nonprofits seeking Community Development Block Grant and related funds.
The Victorville City Council on March 4 opened a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) public hearing to collect comments for the city's 2025'26 annual action plan under the city's Consolidated Plan, hearing appeals from more than two dozen nonprofit organizations seeking Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME and public-services funding.
City Manager Matt Metzler told the council staff's current estimate for the entitlement award is "about $1,900,000," and that a council-appointed committee (Mayor Becerra and Councilmember Jones) will review applications and bring formal recommendations to council in April or May.
The hearing drew a long line of requests from local service providers. Pastor Josh Gerbrach of Feed My Sheep (First Assembly of God Victorville) asked the council to fund an expansion of his food-distribution program and a holiday meal kit program; he told the council his program distributed "over 600,000 pounds of…
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