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Fargo planning director presents draft 2026 HUD action plan; public urges eviction aid and housing production targets
Summary
City of Fargo planning staff outlined draft uses for roughly $1.4 million in CDBG and HOME funds for 2026 — including tenant-based rental assistance, homelessness outreach, housing rehabilitation and an alley-repaving pilot — while residents pressed the city to address eviction-related legal barriers and set explicit housing production goals.
Nicole Crutchfield, the City of Fargo planning director, presented a draft 2026 HUD action plan at a public input meeting and opened a 30-day comment period on the proposal, which the city expects to take to a public hearing scheduled for May 26 and two readings at the City Commission before submission to HUD in late summer.
Crutchfield said Fargo’s allocation for the program year is roughly $1,400,000, split between Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership funds, and described several proposed programs and priorities that reflect a five-year consolidated plan: tenant-based rental assistance (TBRA), housing rehabilitation in older neighborhoods, homelessness outreach, targeted public-infrastructure improvements in low- and moderate-income areas and expanded fair-housing services. “We’re starting our action plan…we’re always about a year behind the calendar year,” Crutchfield said, describing the timing and the federal funding cycle.
On specific program ideas, Crutchfield said the city is developing a five-year TBRA program in partnership…
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