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Lakewood staff outline 2026 CDBG and HOME allocations, note small Tilikum Center request
Summary
At a March Lakewood meeting staff presented the city's proposed 2026 CDBG and HOME annual action plan, citing roughly $480,000 in CDBG and $250,503 in HOME funds and flagging a possible small CDBG request from Tilikum Community Center to fund an audit needed for a larger Commerce grant.
At a March meeting in Lakewood, Jeff, identified in the discussion as the housing manager, summarized the city's proposed 2026 annual action plan for CDBG and HOME funding and detailed program priorities and dollar allocations.
Jeff said the public hearing held Feb. 24 produced comments centered on housing for seniors and barriers such as first- and last-month deposits. "Most of the comments for the 2026 annual action plan were focusing on housing, housing for elderly, housing for seniors," he said. He told the panel that the Tilikum Community Center asked for a small CDBG allocation (Jeff recalled the ask as $10,000 originally, possibly $20,000) to fund an audit and a building survey needed to pursue a larger $200,000–$400,000 Commerce grant; Milgard had already provided about $50,000 for a building survey, Jeff said.
The presentation placed the 2026 work inside the city's HUD five-year plan for 2025'29. Jeff said the 2026 priorities remain housing services, including a major home repair program, emergency assistance for displaced residents, an emergency payments program and HOME administration and housing activities. On program scale, he cited an approximate $480,000 CDBG allocation (near last year's level) and a HOME allocation of about $250,503.
Jeff offered line-item estimates: major home repair at $412,719.83; $25,000 for emergency assistance for displaced residents (he said the goal is to help roughly 30 households); about $10,000 for an emergency payments program (about 16 individuals); and HOME affordable-housing funding of $225,453, with admin dollars drawn to a Tacoma-managed pool. He noted construction and material costs have risen substantially, shrinking how far each dollar goes in home-repair work. "A roof now is $26,000," he said, and that cost inflation reduces the program's capacity to serve the same number of households.
Jeff also updated the group on a multi-year project that will add about 26 portable housing units in Lakewood, describing it as a long, multi-partner effort to buy parcels and assemble partners. He said the annual action plan will go to a 30-day citizen review April 1'30, return to council for a public hearing April 20, and be submitted to HUD on the timeline staff outlined.
No formal funding actions were taken at the meeting; staff said they will post the citizen-review materials and return with the finalized plan after the review period. The presentation concluded with members thanking Jeff and moving to the next agenda item.
