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Council committee clears HUD entitlement spending and presses Community Development on backlog and staffing
Summary
Committee approved an ordinance to expend nearly $28 million in HUD formula grants; council members pressed Community Development on staffing shortfalls (78 of 111 budgeted FTEs), a backlog of over 2,000 home-repair applications and use of an implementation vendor, NextGen, to accelerate payments and compliance work.
The Department of Community Development presented ordinance 12-25-2025 to authorize expenditure of HUD formula grants for program year 2025–26. Director Hernandez (presenting) said the city has received approximately $19,460,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds; $4,250,000 in HOME funds; $1,760,000 in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds; and $2,370,000 in Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) funds — totaling just under $28,000,000.
The director emphasized the grants support home repair and lead hazard mitigation,…
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