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Committee approves draft 2026 Annual Action Plan for public review
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Summary
The High Point Community Development Committee approved the draft 2026 Annual Action Plan for a 30-day public review period and scheduled a public hearing for April 20; the draft reflects estimated CDBG and HOME allocations and shifts some HOME funding to homebuyer education and emergency repairs.
Councilmember Tyrone Johnson presided as the High Point Community Development Committee on April 7 approved the draft 2026 Annual Action Plan and opened it for a 30-day public comment period, with a public hearing set for April 20.
Nina Wilson, the city’s Community Development and Housing director, presented the draft and said the plan must be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by May 15. "It is annual action plan time again," Wilson said as she outlined the draft’s contingency approach to budgeting when federal allocations arrive late.
Wilson reported the city’s actual CDBG allocation was $855,552; including $10,000 in program income the draft shows a CDBG budget of $865,552. She said the HOME program’s actual allocation was $417,138.52; when combined with $25,000 in program income the draft’s HOME budget totals $442,138.52. Wilson told the committee she reduced CHDO operating support to $0, cut CHDO activities to $212,438.52 and reallocated funding to homebuyer education and down-payment assistance (Wilson cited $74,700 for homebuyer education, which includes $25,000 in program income).
Wilson said the combined investment across CDBG and HOME in the draft equates to roughly $1.3 million and that priorities remain affordable housing development and preservation, support for CHDOs, down-payment assistance and funding for emergency repairs to assist vulnerable residents.
After the presentation, the committee asked technical questions about CHDO capacity; Wilson said the city currently works with three CHDOs and does not have capacity to add additional CHDOs this program year. Councilmember Tyrone Johnson moved to approve agenda item 2026-105 (the draft 2026 Annual Action Plan). The committee approved the item by voice vote; the approval moves the draft to full council for final consideration.
The draft plan will be posted for 30 days for public review. The committee noted the plan may be updated after final federal allocations are confirmed and before the city submits the final plan to HUD.
