HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Mail Packet - 05/27/2025 - Memorandum from Beth Rosen and Dianne Tjalkens re 2025 -2029 HUD Consolidated Plan UpdateSocial Sustainability
222 Laporte Ave
PO Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522
970-221.6734
dtjalkens@fcgov.com
MEMORANDUM
Date: May 12, 2025
To: Mayor and Council Members
Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager
Beth Yonce, Social Sustainability Department Director
Jacob Castillo, Chief Sustainability Officer
From: Beth Rosen, Grants Compliance Manager
Dianne Tjalkens, Grants Program Administrator
Subject: 2025-2029 HUD Consolidated Plan Update
BOTTOM LINE
As a condition of receiving continued grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), the City is required to develop and submit a Consolidated Plan every five
years. Staff is completing the draft 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and will seek Council Approval
of the Plan in July 2025.
BACKGROUND
The City of Fort Collins is an Entitlement Community, meaning we receive federal Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) grants each
year on a formula basis. Every five years, the City is required to develop a Consolidated Plan
which assesses the City’s current community development needs and establishes funding
priorities for the next five years. From 2025 through 2029, HUD is expected to invest nearly $8.5
million dollars into Fort Collins through these funds. Grant dollars can be used for affordable
housing, homelessness, supportive services, economic development, and community
development to benefit low-income residents and neighborhoods.
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The HUD funds are paired with City dollars (Human Service Program funds of $770,000,
Affordable Housing Funds of $525,000, and Homelessness Response Program funds of
$270,000 annually) and allocated through the Competitive Process. The Competitive Process
uses the Housing Strategic Plan, Consolidated Plan, and Human Services and Homelessness
Priorities Platforms to guide funding decisions.
UPDATE
March 2024–January 2025 input into community needs and priorities was sought via a variety
of methods including a listening session, prioritization workshop, focus groups, lived experience
groups, interviews, Board and Commission presentations, public hearings, a webform, and a
community questionnaire.
June 11, 2024 Council received a staff report about the Consolidated Plan process, inputs and
eligible uses of funds.
July 2024 Councilmembers answered an online questionnaire which asked about community
needs, affordable housing, and assisting low- and moderate-income households and people
with special needs. Council identified affordable housing, supportive services, and
homelessness facilities and services as priority areas of need.
June 2024–June 2025 the above inputs, along with data gathered from HUD, census, and City
and partner plans and reports, is being used to develop the draft 2025–2029 Consolidated Plan.
The Plan will focus on achieving the following goals*:
• Increase the supply of affordable housing units. Increase both rental and ownership
housing with the following priorities: mixed-income housing, permanent supportive housing,
and/or housing with co-location of services (case management, childcare, etc.). Prioritize
projects that have nearby access to transit, grocery, employment, and other
amenities/resources. May include construction, acquisition, adaptive re-use, etc.
• Preserve existing affordable housing. Invest in preservation activities that maintain and/or
improve affordable housing stock conditions and numbers. Includes rehabilitation of existing
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units and acquisition to prevent conversion to market rate. Rehabilitation efforts will extend
the life of the preserved unit for a minimum of 15 years.
• Provide emergency sheltering and services. Support projects that provide services,
emergency shelter, and/or residency programs for individuals and families experiencing
homelessness, including comprehensive case management for long-term stabilization. May
include extreme weather emergency sheltering.
Note: Housing stabilization was also identified as a priority, but due to funding limitations,
applications for grant funds for these activities will be directed to the Homelessness Response
Program fund through the duration of the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan.
*These goals may be modified to reflect additional input received between now and August
2025.
NEXT STEPS
1. June 2025, the completed draft 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan will be released for public
review and comments.
2. July 15, 2025, the Plan comes before Council for approval by resolution.
3. August 15, 2025, the final Plan is due to HUD.
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