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Affordable Housing advisory committee backs reallocation after Volunteers in Medicine withdraws CDBG award
Summary
The committee unanimously recommended that city council approve a CDBG annual action-plan amendment reallocating a $43,456 award, splitting the funds between Thrive Central Oregon and Saving Grace after Volunteers in Medicine declined its grant.
The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee on December 2025 unanimously recommended that Bend City Council approve an amendment to the 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan after Volunteers in Medicine declined its award.
Melissa Kamania, the city’s affordable housing coordinator, told the committee that Volunteers in Medicine "regretfully decline[d] their funding award," and staff proposed reallocating the…
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