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Board weighs CDBG balance and proposes $25,000 per-project cap for housing grants
Summary
County staff told commissioners roughly $109,000 remained in CDBG funds and proposed capping individual housing projects at $25,000 to reach more households; the board discussed moving funds into a related grant receivable and scaling projects accordingly.
Staff (Speaker 5) told the board the county had approximately "109,000" in CDBG funds available and proposed limiting individual housing-assistance projects to $25,000 so the program could help more households. "I have a 109,000," the staff member said, and recommended a per-project cap to increase the number of eligible homeowners who could receive aid.
Commissioners discussed treating a portion of the CDBG balance as a receivable to start new work while waiting on an additional grant award, and considered moving $75,000–$78,000 into a related grant account to seed a new program. Staff said capping assistance would allow the county to fund more projects and that the $25,000 cap could be increased to $40,000 if necessary, but the board favored the lower cap to stretch available funds.
