North Las Vegas staff outline outreach and timing for HUD consolidated plan, urge patience on federal allocations

Mejji Tabar, a consultant who has worked with the city since February 2017, told the Citizens Advisory Committee on March 4 that the consolidated plan is a federal requirement for any city that receives HUD dollars and that it must be paired with an annual action plan. "If the feds wanna give you money, you have to show exactly what you're gonna do with it, then you implement, and then you report back on how you spend those dollars," Tabar said.

Tabar and city staff said the city is preparing a 2025–2029 consolidated plan and an associated one-year 2025 annual action plan. Staff said they plan to submit the action plan to HUD by the May 15 deadline that normally precedes the fiscal year by 45 days, but cautioned that submission and final allocations depend on Congress and the federal budget process. "We're working off of last year's numbers," Tabar said. "We don't actually have this year's city allocation. ... We won't know what's happening with the federal budget. I can guess probably up until last…