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Lowell officials flag HUD guidance that could narrow who can receive CDBG, ESG and HOME money
Summary
DPD Director Yvonne Bayraiz Rose told a Lowell City nonprofit subcommittee that new federal language is changing compliance requirements for entitlement funds and could require immigration verification, restrict DEI and climate-related activities and increase city monitoring; staff will release the RFP Jan. 5 with technical assistance.
DPD Director Yvonne Bayraiz Rose told the Lowell City nonprofit subcommittee that changes to federal guidance for HUD entitlement funding will alter what the city can put into its RFPs and grant agreements and could limit which nonprofits qualify for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and HOME funds.
"This is not funding, that is a competitive request," Bayraiz Rose said, explaining that entitlement communities receive automatic distributions but that new compliance language from HUD requires certifications from subgrantees. She listed three primary buckets the city administers — CDBG, ESG and HOME — and said the city typically plans RFP awards on prior-year baselines because HUD final awards arrive after the RFP cycle begins.
Bayraiz Rose said the city’s rough baseline this cycle is about $2,000,000 for CDBG and less than $200,000 for ESG; the transcripted figure for HOME allocation was not clearly audible and is not specified here. She warned that prior presidential budget recommendations have sought…
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