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Pearland opens public hearing on $541,571 HUD CDBG allocation and flags homelessness as possible priority
Summary
Pearland staff told the City Council on April 27 that the city will receive $541,571 in FY2027 CDBG funds from HUD and outlined eligible uses, income limits and statutory caps; councilmembers pressed staff about sidewalks, road projects and whether some funds should address homelessness.
Pearland City Council opened the first of two public hearings April 27 to begin planning the city's FY2027 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) action plan, with staff saying Pearland's entitlement allocation will be $541,571.
Joel, the city's presenter on the CDBG program, told council that CDBG is a flexible federal program that can fund housing, infrastructure, public services and nonprofit capacity-building. He said HUD's national objectives limit funds to activities that remove slum and blight, address urgent needs such as disaster response, or principally benefit low- and moderate-income (LMI) households; Joel said Pearland's recalculated LMI share is…
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