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Pearland staff outlines $537,831 HUD CDBG allocation, proposes $350,000 for Forgotten Angels
Summary
City staff told council a FY2026 HUD Community Development Block Grant of $537,831 will arrive soon and recommended using roughly $80,674 for social services, nearly $350,000 to finish Forgotten Angels’ multipurpose facility, and administrative costs; the city will receive a grant agreement in the coming weeks.
Pearland city staff told the City Council at a public hearing on Oct. 13 that the city will receive a FY2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the amount of $537,831. Joel, the city staff presenter, said the award is part of Pearland’s entitlement jurisdiction allocation and that the city must meet HUD national objectives when spending the funds.
Joel said the city’s draft plan would direct $80,674 toward social services — split between the Pearland Neighborhood Center and Counseling Connections for Change — and provide approximately $350,000 to Forgotten Angels to complete kitchen equipment and open a multipurpose facility that serves adults with severe mental disabilities. Remaining funds would cover administrative and program activities; staff also included an earmark for drainage improvements as an emergency placeholder.
Joel explained Pearland qualifies as an “exception criteria” grantee because the citywide low-to-moderate income percentage is below HUD’s typical threshold; Pearland’s current exception criteria percentage is 42.5. He described the program as flexible (up to 24 activity categories) and intended primarily to benefit households at or below 80% of the metropolitan statistical area income. Joel said officials expect the HUD grant agreement to arrive within weeks, at which point staff will return with final adoption steps.
Councilmember Cade asked whether the city has used CDBG funds to remove slum and blight; Joel said the statutory tests (contiguous properties on the same street) make that an uncommon use locally. On homelessness, Joel said data so far has not supported establishing a dedicated program and that staff continue to monitor needs and options.
The hearing was informational and opened for public comment; no public testimony changed the allocations described by staff. Joel concluded by saying staff will bring the grant agreement forward for formal adoption after HUD executes the funding paperwork.
The city expects the formal grant agreement to arrive in the weeks after the hearing; staff will return to council to adopt the action plan and finalize allocations.
