Mayor announces expanded 2026 critical repair grants and $26 million Anchor Place workforce housing project

Mayor Spiro Cheragatus told the Mobile City Council that the city opened applications for its 2026 critical repair grant program, which the Neighborhood Development Department administers and which aims to help homeowners on fixed incomes make urgent repairs such as roof replacements. "We—re tripling the number of households we can serve to more than 220 homes," the mayor said during council communications.

Cheragatus described the program as a neighborhood stabilization tool intended to prevent blight and to keep long‑term residents housed. He named roof replacement as one of the most urgent and costly needs the program will prioritize.

In the same remarks, the mayor announced that Anchor Place, a city‑supported workforce housing development, received a state workforce housing tax credit. "Overall, it—ll be a $26 million investment, 70 new housing units off of De Metropolis Road for working families," he said, noting project partners he identified as Holly Hand Development, Figures Construction and Fuse Project.

The mayor framed the grant expansion and tax credit award as complementary efforts to increase housing supply and support residents who earn local wages. He encouraged residents to visit cityofmobile.gov for details on the grant application and noted several related community development events scheduled during National Community Development Week.

Next steps: the mayor indicated the grant application is open and directed interested homeowners to the city website; the Anchor Place project was described as having received the tax credit but the council did not take further action on the project during this meeting.