Council approves FY25'26 HUD action plan; public service grants small amid lower allocation

City Council approved the city's FY25'26 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development action plan and citizen participation plan for submission to HUD. Staff reported the city's anticipated direct-entitlement Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocation of $105,087 and an expected HOME allocation of about $63,255 through the Brevard County HOME consortium.\n\nStaff said the year's CDBG allocation dropped substantially from the prior year and that the budget recommendation includes repaying an existing Section 108 loan used to build the Dr. Julie Smith Community Center; roughly $68,306 is budgeted for loan repayment. Four public-service partners will receive reduced awards because of the lower allocation: Central Brevard Sharing Center, Community Services Council/Aging Matters/Meals on Wheels, Family Promise of Brevard and the Salvation Army Domestic Violence Shelter (each about $3,940.76). Staff said CARES/"CDBG-CV" remaining funds of about $68,037 will be allocated to expand public-service assistance (food, rental/mortgage assistance) and to support administration costs.\n\nThe council received one public comment from the Central Brevard Sharing Center and approved staff's recommendation unanimously. Staff said the plan had been available for a 30-day public-comment period and no public comments were filed during that window.