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Surprise holds public hearing on 2026 CDBG/HOME annual action plan; staff details priorities and schedule
Summary
City staff presented the first public hearing for the 2026 annual action plan for CDBG and HOME funds, outlining priorities established in the 2020'024 Consolidated Plan and the public participation timeline; commissioners asked about year-to-year variation and survey participation.
City staff opened the first public hearing on the 2026 annual action plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) funds at the Sept. 10 meeting of the City of Surprise Veterans Disability & Human Services Commission.
Danielle Osborne, staff lead on the Consolidated Plan process, told commissioners the city is an entitlement recipient of CDBG from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and a member of the Maricopa County HOME consortium. She said the action plan must implement goals in the Consolidated Plan, meet HUD's national objectives and target low- and moderate-income residents. "We plan, we don't know our allocation from HUD for 2026, but we plan around our current allocation of 2025, which was $748,000 [CDBG] and $207,000 [HOME]," Osborne said.
Osborne said the Consolidated Plan (adopted earlier in 2025) identified priority needs as affordable housing, public facility improvements and public services. For program year 2026, staff recommended continued emphasis on affordable housing and tenant-based rental assistance through HOME, public facilities, and public services within the statutory caps for public service (15%) and administration (20%). She described a public engagement schedule that includes a 30-day public comment period on the draft action plan, a second public hearing in March, and city council approval planned for April with a goal to submit to HUD by mid-May.
Commissioners asked why affordable-housing outputs fluctuated in the most recent year and about survey participation. Osborne said annual results vary with the number and type of projects and noted Maricopa County programs contribute to the city's totals; she estimated the Consolidated Plan survey had about 300 respondents. When asked what respondents put in the survey's "other" category, staff said the open-text responses can be reviewed and will be included in the record.
The hearing was opened for public comment; none was offered and the commission closed the public hearing. Staff emphasized the hearing was for citizen input on plan priorities and the draft timeline for public comment and council review.
