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City staff outlines CDBG and HOME spending: homeowner rehab, demolition, street lighting and HOME construction set-aside
Summary
City staff summarized recent Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME program spending: homeowner rehabilitation projects, demolition, street lighting and streetscaping projects, HOME funding for Partnership Park rehab and CHDO set-aside, and COVID-related CDBG-CV and HOME-ARP investments in park projects and transitional housing.
Corey, a city staff member, summarized how Jackson spent federal HUD grants in the most recent cycle during a Sept. 16 public hearing on the city’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME program performance.
Corey told the council the CDBG program funded about a dozen homeowner rehabilitation projects — roof, furnace and plumbing replacements — and that the city budgets about $250,000 annually for that work. The city also budgets roughly $200,000 a year for demolitions of…
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