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Board adopts 2025–26 CDBG action plan; $512,163 allocated and $1.81M Section 108 capacity noted
Summary
Waterford approved the 2025–26 Community Development Block Grant annual action plan allocating $512,163 to housing rehab, code enforcement/blight remediation, administration, senior chore public services and sidewalks; staff also said the township is eligible for up to $1,810,000 in Section 108 loans for economic development in Drayton Plains.
Scott, the township’s CDBG coordinator, presented the 2025–26 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan and opened the required public hearing before the board. He said the township’s new entitlement allocation is $362,163, with roughly $30,000 in anticipated program income and $120,000 reallocated from prior years, for a projected $512,163 available for the coming program year.
Staff outlined priorities consistent with the consolidated plan: housing rehabilitation (home repairs such as roofs, furnaces and water‑line work), code enforcement and blight remediation (including removal of unsafe structures), public infrastructure (sidewalks), program administration, and a senior chores public service. Scott explained housing rehab functions as a recoupable loan that is repaid when properties are sold and funds are recycled into future projects.
He also described the township’s qualification to use Section 108 loan authority — up to $1,810,000 — which would be deployed as loans to private businesses via financial institutions to support economic development in the Drayton Plains area and to leverage HUD funding for larger projects. Scott said details of the Section 108 program and application process were still being finalized.
After hearing no public comments during the hearing, Trustee (speaker 4) moved to adopt the 2025–26 CDBG annual action plan and the motion passed on roll call. The resolution that the board approved lists proposed budgets and project allocations and authorizes staff to prepare and submit plan documentation to HUD.
What’s next: staff will finalize submission materials for HUD and return to the board if program income or other funding warrants reallocations; the Section 108 program will require a separate application and a future implementation plan if the township opts to deploy loan authority.
