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McHenry County panel asks large CDBG/HOME applicants to prioritize after surge in requests
Summary
The McHenry County Community Development and Housing Grama Commission agreed to ask applicants whose requests exceed the minimum award to prioritize or scale back proposals ahead of April presentations, after staff said roughly $1.3 million is available and applicants requested several times that amount.
The McHenry County Community Development and Housing Grama Commission on Wednesday asked applicants seeking Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funds to prioritize or scale back requests ahead of April presentations, after staff told commissioners that available funding is far smaller than the total in proposed projects.
Sarah (county staff) presented the application spreadsheet and said the commission has "roughly 1.3" million dollars available and that CDBG applicants have submitted more than $5.2 million in requests. She told the commission this first review was intended to remove applications that commissioners prefer not to take forward…
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