REPORT TO HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
SUBJECT
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Consider Approval of the Draft 2025-2030 HUD Consolidated Plan and Draft FY 2025/26 HUD Action Plan
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
The City must submit a Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) every five-years to maintain eligibility for federal funding through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) programs. The Consolidated Plan (Attachment 2) sets the goals and priorities for the next five years, specific to issues related to housing and community development. Additionally, and in alignment with the Consolidated Plan, the City must submit an Action Plan (Attachment 3) to HUD every year in order to receive the aforementioned federal entitlement grants and each annual Action Plan is appended to the Consolidated Plan. The Action Plan sets forth the proposed uses of the CDBG and HOME funds projected to be available in the coming fiscal year. Staff recommends that the Housing and Human Services Commission recommend Council approve Alternatives 1 and 3, to adopt the draft 2025-2030 Consolidated Plan, as shown in Attachment 2 and adopt the 2025 Action Plan, as shown in Attachment 3.
The City Council is scheduled to consider this item on May 6, 2025.
BACKGROUND
As an entitlement city, Sunnyvale receives an annual allocation of federal funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Every five years, the City must submit a Consolidated Plan to maintain eligibility for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) funding. Sunnyvale's last Consolidated Plan was approved in 2020 and covered Program Years 2020 through 2024. In addition, each year the City must submit an Annual Action Plan to describe the grantees' local needs and the projects and programs to be funded with the grant funds in the coming fiscal year.
One way to think of the Consolidated Plan and how it relate...
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