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Committee recommends CDBG public-service allocations, opts to prioritize rental assistance over down-payment funding
Summary
The committee recommended staff’s funding scenario for CDBG public services, heard presentations from applicants including Tulsa United Way, Youth at Heart and Housing Solutions, and directed contingencies that would favor rental assistance over down-payment assistance if allocations decrease.
The Housing and Urban Development Community Development Committee reviewed CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG funding scenarios, heard presentations from applicant organizations and recommended the staff’s funding plan (scenario 4) for the committee’s funding recommendations.
Grants administration presented six allocation scenarios for the CDBG public-service set-aside and described a historical practice of using a minimum award threshold to limit administrative burden. Staff noted the committee typically views awards under $20,000 as administratively inefficient and offered sliding-scale scenarios. Committee members discussed raising the minimum award to $25,000 for organizations scoring above 20 points.
Several applicant organizations made brief presentations. An Operation Aware representative summarized a virtual prevention-education program for Tulsa Public Schools that…
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