The county council held a public hearing to review the 2026 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and the HOME Investment Partnership Program, which allocates over $3.4 million in anticipated federal HUD funds and prior-year resources. The approved plans designate funding for local public services, neighborhood infrastructure improvements, economic development for microenterprises, and affordable housing initiatives such as homebuyer assistance and stability services. Following public comment and a brief discussion on land-trust housing models, the council unanimously authorized the county manager to submit the action plans to HUD and sign the corresponding grant agreements.
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Clark County Council · May 05, 2026 · 45:42–48:26 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: federal grant CDBG
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44:34 I'm accompanied by Rebecca Royce, Program Coordinator 2, who oversees and works on the Community Development Block Grant Fund and the Home Investment Partnership Programs. We are here to request a public hearing to receive comment on the 2026 Community Development Block Grant and the Home Investment Partnership Program Annual Action Plan. And also to the 2025, amendments to 2025 Annual Plan prior to their submission to US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Also to request authorization from you to submit those plans to HUD. And finally, authorization from the County Manager to sign any grants and agreements that are coming from this action plan and the 2025 amendment that we are submitting to them.
45:34 And I will pass it to Rebecca Royce to do the presentation for the hearing. Thank you, Michael. Thank you, Council. To receive CDBG and home funding, HUD requires the completion of a five-year planning document along with annual action plans. The five-year planning document identifies the needs of our community along with goals to address those needs. The annual action plan will describe the types of projects we anticipate completing to meet the goals identified in the consolidated plan. We have been working with a consultant and last year you adopted our consolidated plan for the 2025 through 2029 programs years. I apologize. Next one. So I'm going to go over the annual action plan for you, all the information that is included. It is a very long plan and it is very heavily federally regulated on what information is involved.
46:32 So this is just a brief overview of the annual action plan. As you can see here, this is a template for all of the jurisdictions to use when developing the one-year action plan. This slide reflects the sections of the plan. The full 2026 draft plan and the amendments to our 2025 plan are available for review on our website. Much of the plans for each year build upon the previous year's reporting. Because of this, and in the interest of time, I'll focus today on the funding expected from HUD, the activities being recommended for funding, and the changes to the previous action plan. Next slide, please. So HUD requires the public be notified and have a chance to provide feedback about the activities we undertake with the CDBG and HOME program funds. Notification about the availability of each of these documents was published in the Columbian, sent out through a news release, posted on the county social media platforms, and sent to over 450 people on our distribution list.
47:30 We announced the public hearing in the Columbians both on April 9th and on April 17th. The news release and social media posts, the publishing to our website, and the email distribution was all conducted on April 9th. Next slide. The amount of funding available through our 2026 request for application process comes from our anticipated annual allocation of funds from HUD, program income that is generated through the payment of loans for previous projects, and prior year resources, which are typically from projects that completed under budget unused contingency funding or projects that failed to move forward. The annual allocation of funding is just over $1.9 million for CDBG and $1.5 million for HOME. This includes entitlement funds determined through a formula at the federal level, anticipated program income to be earned over the program year.
48:26 Our finance staff estimated about $24,000 for CDBG and $27,000 for the HOME program, and also prior year resources. As you can see, the HOME program received significant prior year resources due to unanticipated loan payoffs. Before the Urban County Policy Board makes their funding recommendations, our finance staff determine funds from prior years that need to be reallocated. As mentioned previously, this can be from projects that completed under budget unused contingency funds, income from loan repayments, or projects that failed to move forward. You can see on the slide -- I'm sorry, please go back. No, you're fine. We also indicate the description of how the funds will be used, a brief description, and we indicate the amount of funding we anticipate having throughout the remainder of the consolidated plan. I also want to highlight that this is our second year of funding awards for the 2025
49:22 to 2029 five-year consolidated plan, which is why you see a rather high number in the
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ign any grants and agreements that are coming from this action plan and the 2025 amendment that we are submitting to them. And I will pass it to Rebecca Royce to do the presentation for the hearing. Thank you, Michael. Thank you, Council. To receive CDBG and home funding, HUD requires the completion of a five-year planning document along with annual action plans. The five-year planning document identifies the needs of our community along with goals to address those needs. The annual action plan
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f loans for previous projects, and prior year resources, which are typically from projects that completed under budget unused contingency funding or projects that failed to move forward. The annual allocation of funding is just over $1.9 million for CDBG and $1.5 million for HOME. This includes entitlement funds determined through a formula at the federal level, anticipated program income to be earned over the program year. Our finance staff estimated about $24,000 for CDBG and $27,000 for the H