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Common Council rewrites HUD funding plan after debate over partial awards and HUD deadline
Summary
The New Britain Common Council voted May 14 to adopt an amended 2025 HUD consolidated/annual plan that reallocates CDBG funds among local nonprofits and infrastructure projects after hours of debate on whether partial awards would allow projects to proceed. Councilors cited a May 15 HUD submission deadline as a decisive factor.
The New Britain Common Council on May 14 adopted an amended consolidated plan and annual action plan that reallocates Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money among local nonprofits and public-works projects after a lengthy debate over whether reduced awards would stall projects.
Alderman Victor Santiago moved the substitution and called the amendment to the floor, proposing reallocated awards for programs including window repairs at the Friendship Center, facility improvements for the housing authority, and funding shifts to New Life/Christ Church programming. He urged adoption, saying the changes reflected council priorities and fiscal constraints.
Why it matters: the city must submit its HUD consolidated plan by May 15 to preserve entitlement funding that allows subrecipients to spend retroactively from the July 1 fiscal year start. Administration staff repeatedly warned that partial awards on public-facility projects often make projects infeasible because…
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