Citizen Portal
Sign In

Council adopts HUD allocation amendments to add tenant-based rent assistance and reconcile CDBG timeliness

5593066 · July 15, 2025

Get AI-powered insights, summaries, and transcripts

Subscribe
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

The council approved amendments to HOME-ARP and Community Development Block Grant plans that add tenant-based rent assistance and supportive services and reconcile program-year funding to meet HUD timeliness requirements.

GREELEY, Colo. — The City Council on Tuesday adopted amendments to several U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) entitlement planning documents: the HOME-American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) allocation plan and amended annual action plans for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for 2024 and 2025.

HOME-ARP amendment: Housing staff proposed and council approved an amendment to the HOME-ARP allocation plan to allow funds to be used for tenant-based rent assistance and supportive services, in addition to previously authorized activities. Housing Director Deb Collis said the change will allow HOME-ARP funds to be used as a leveraging source to match a recently awarded state grant for rent assistance and supportive services tied to the Homeless Solutions Department. Collis also noted HUD adjusted the city’s HOME-ARP award upward by $16.84 due to a national correction.

CDBG annual action plan amendments: Staff said reconciliation of internal fund-tracking with HUD’s system and the agency’s timeliness rules required amending the 2024 and 2025 annual action plans. Collis explained that COVID-era pauses in project activity had created a timeliness backlog for many jurisdictions, and the amendment reallocates funds and documents planned projects so Greeley complies with HUD’s requirement that local grantees not carry more than a specified unpaid balance over time.

Council action: Council unanimously approved the HOME-ARP amendment and both CDBG annual action plan amendments by roll-call votes. Collis and staff said the changes will enable rental-assistance and homelessness-prevention activities to proceed and ensure HUD reporting and timeliness compliance.

Why it matters: The changes allow the city to use HOME-ARP funds for tenant-based rent assistance and supportive services — enabling the city to leverage a state grant — and reconcile CDBG funding to avoid HUD timeliness penalties and to fund local housing, infrastructure and homeless-services activities.