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City council authorizes submission of HUD action plan and grant agreements for 2025-26 program year
Summary
Birmingham authorized the mayor to submit the HUD action plan by July 13, 2025 for the July 1, 2025'June 30, 2026 program year and to enter required agreements under CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOPWA; the item was discussed briefly after being pulled from consent and passed.
The Birmingham City Council on Dec. 9 approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to submit the city's HUD action plan on or before July 13, 2025 for the program year running July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, and to execute associated agreements under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships, Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) and Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) programs.
Clerks and staff noted the item was pulled from consent for discussion but no councilors raised substantive questions during the meeting. The clerk called the vote and recorded that item 54 passed. The resolution authorizes the mayor to execute necessary agreements and to use the consolidated formula allocation budget as presented in the action plan submission.
The action represents routine annual authority for the administration to submit HUD-required documentation and to execute program agreements and does not itself appropriate funds beyond the budget elements described in the action plan.
