Federal CDBG and HOME housing grants: how the City divides them (2022-2025)

Aug 2, 2022 · Origin

Council adopts the 2022/23 CDBG and HOME plan, $1.58 million and $828,236, 4-0

After a public hearing with no speakers, the council adopted Resolution No. 08-02-22-2, the 2022/2023 Annual Action Plan, allocating $1,584,592 in CDBG and $828,236 in HOME funding. A summary worksheet later attached to the 2023 plan shows agencies had asked for $3,631,680 in CDBG money that year, and that the advisory committee changed several of staff's recommendations, including declining a $700,000 demolition request for The Commons at St. Anthony's that staff had partly funded.^[1][2]

Freda PowellEddy SauerHoward SmithCole Stanley

• Downtown & development
• Leadership & governance
• Votes & elections
• Federal & state funds

• ✓ Verified

  On August 2, 2022 Community Development Director Jason Riddlespurger presented the 2022/2023 CDBG and HOME allocations; no one spoke at the public hearing. Resolution No. 08-02-22-2, with the plan "to be submitted to Housing and Urban Development allocating $1,584,592 in CDBG funding and $828,236 in HOME funding," passed 4-0 on a motion by Councilmember Sauer, seconded by Councilmember Stanley (Mayor Pro Tem Powell and Councilmembers Sauer, Smith and Stanley voting aye; Mayor Nelson absent). ^[1]

  Cdbg

  $1,584,592

  Home

  $828,236

• ✓ Verified

  The "Summary Worksheet for 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan" in the July 11, 2023 council packet (p. 127) lists $3,631,680 in CDBG requests against the $1,584,592 entitlement, and separate Staff and CDAC recommendation columns. Where they differ: demolition and clearance (requested $150,000; staff $50,000; CDAC $68,414); Catholic Charities' Interfaith Food program ($30,000 requested and recommended by staff; CDAC $25,000); Don Harrington Discovery Center ($15,000 requested; staff $0; CDAC $5,000); Family Support Services building remodel ($100,000 requested; staff $92,115; CDAC $100,000); Martial Arts and Athletic Center ($500,000 requested; staff $0; CDAC $79,000); and "Crossroads Housing Dev Corp- The Commons at St. Anthony's, Demo" ($700,000 requested; staff $105,299; CDAC $0). The worksheet's "Council Approved" column shows $0 for each line and only the $1,584,592 entitlement total. ^[2]

  Cdbg requested

  $3,631,680

  St anthonys request

  $700,000

  St anthonys staff

  $105,299

• ✓ Verified

  No document read for this storyline records why the advisory committee recommended no CDBG money for the St. Anthony's demolition request; the committee's June 2022 minutes were not among the files available. ^[2]

May 16, 2023 · Related development

Advisory committee scores applications and awards four CDBG public service grants

In a work session, committee members scored public service applications separately, then voted award by award: Guyon Saunders Resource Center $55,000, Martha's Home $23,000, Maverick Boys & Girls Club $21,800 and the Salvation Army $21,800, as the minutes record them. The council packet two months later lists slightly different amounts for three of the four.^[3][4]

• Leadership & governance
• Federal & state funds

• ✓ Verified

  The May 16, 2023 minutes say the committee "moved to separate seating arrangements for privacy of application review, no open conversation/discussion allowed," with staff explaining risk assessments and "scoring assessments based on Factors 1-4 (high risk) and tier levels based on average score of 8.5." Each award was then reviewed in "open discussion" and approved on a motion and second; the minutes record each as "vote/motion carried" without a tally. In April 2023 the department had opened applications for FY2023-2024 funding through April 28. ^[3][4]

• ⚠ Sources differ

  The committee minutes and the council packet give three of the four 2023-24 public service awards differently.

  Reported value 1[3]

  Guyon saunders

  $55,000

  Marthas home

  $23,000

  Maverick

  $21,800

  Salvation army

  $21,800

  CDAC minutes, May 16, 2023 (scanned; amounts checked against the page images): 'award $23,000' for Martha's Home and 'award $21,800' each for Maverick Boys & Girls Club and the Salvation Army.

  Reported value 2[2][5]

  Guyon saunders

  $55,000

  Marthas home

  $23,500

  Maverick

  $21,810

  Salvation army

  $21,810

  July 11, 2023 council packet: the transmittal memo, the public notice and the CDAC review worksheet (pp. 121-128) list Martha's Home at $23,500 and Maverick and the Salvation Army at $21,809.50 each; the 2025-26 worksheet in the July 22, 2025 packet lists the same as 2023-24 funded amounts.

Jul 11, 2023 · Related development

Council adopts the 2023/24 plan, $1.63 million CDBG and $865,228 HOME, 5-0

The council adopted Resolution No. 07-11-23-1 after a public hearing with no speakers. The plan put $200,000 toward demolition and clearance, $236,000 toward owner-occupied housing repairs, $372,361 to City parks and sidewalk projects and $122,119 to the City's Coming Home program, alongside the four nonprofit grants. Of the HOME money, $605,660 went to tenant-based rental assistance and $173,045 to Amarillo Habitat for Humanity.^[6][2]

Cole StanleyJosh CraftDon TippsTom ScherlenLes Simpson

• Downtown & development
• Leadership & governance
• Votes & elections
• Federal & state funds

• ✓ Verified

  Resolution No. 07-11-23-1 approved "the 2023/2024 Annual Action Plan (AAP) for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for $1,628,247.00 and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) for $865,228.00." No one spoke at the hearing. It passed 5-0 on a motion by Josh Craft, seconded by Don Tipps (Cole Stanley, Josh Craft, Don Tipps, Tom Scherlen, Les Simpson). ^[6]

  Cdbg

  $1,628,247

  Home

  $865,228

• ✓ Verified

  The transmittal memo lists the CDBG allocations: demolition and clearance $200,000; public services $55,000 (Guyon Saunders Resource Center), $21,809.50 each (Maverick Boys & Girls Club and the Salvation Army), $23,500 (Martha's Home) and $122,119 (Coming Home); owner-occupied housing improvements $236,000; rehabilitation support administration $250,000; program administration $325,648; and $186,180.50 each to the City Parks and Recreation and Planning departments. HOME: administration $86,522.80, tenant-based rental assistance $605,660, Amarillo Habitat for Humanity $129,784.20 plus $43,261 in operating costs. The attached public notice lists Coming Home at $122,118.00. ^[2]

  Demolition

  $200,000

  Coming home

  $122,119

  Tbra

  $605,660

May 23, 2024 · Related development

Advisory committee splits $119,309.93 among six nonprofits; chair recuses on Martha's Home

A newly seated committee reviewed six eligible public service applications. The chair said she would recuse herself from funding discussions on Martha's Home. Members questioned Guyon Saunders Resource Center's financial statements, the size of its request and staff turnover; staff said the center had a record of timely documentation. The committee voted $37,000 for Guyon Saunders, $20,000 each for Martha's Home and Maverick Boys & Girls Club, $17,000 for the Salvation Army, $15,309.93 for Amarillo Children's Home and $10,000 for Another Chance House.^[7][8]

• Leadership & governance
• Federal & state funds

• ✓ Verified

  Staff told the committee "the total budget allotment is not enough to allocate to all agency requests." Before discussion the minutes record a call for members to disclose conflicts, defined to include serving on a board of, volunteering or interning for, working for or financially supporting an applicant; the chair, JaNet Van Alstine, "stated that she will recuse herself from any funding discussions concerning Martha's Home." The scores read were Guyon Saunders 11.8, Amarillo Children's Home 10, Maverick 9.8, Salvation Army 8.4, Another Chance House 7.6 and Martha's Home 7.2. On Guyon Saunders, members cited an audit paragraph noting that management "elected to omit substantially all the disclosures," the size of the request and turnover; a motion for $45,000 gave way to $37,000. Another member moved the $20,000 Martha's Home award. ^[7]

  Available

  $119,310

• ✓ Verified

  From "the available $119,309.93" the committee approved, each with none opposed: Guyon Saunders Resource Center $37,000; Martha's Home $20,000; Maverick $20,000; the Salvation Army $17,000; Another Chance House $10,000; and Amarillo Children's Home $15,309.93. Staff said 2023-24 funding was $244,000 including the Coming Home allocation, and that total funding was "1.6 million" in 2022-23 and "1.59 million" this year. ^[7]

  Guyon saunders

  $37,000

  Marthas home

  $20,000

  Maverick

  $20,000

  Salvation army

  $17,000

  Another chance house

  $10,000

  Amarillo childrens home

  $15,310

Jul 9, 2024 · Related development

Council adopts the 2024/25 plan with the committee's agency amounts unchanged, 5-0

The council adopted Resolution No. 07-09-24-1 after a public hearing with no speakers. The plan allocated $1,590,799 in CDBG and $697,926 in HOME money; the six nonprofit grants matched the amounts the advisory committee voted on May 23. In August the council hired Resource Consultants, LLC for $66,900 in CDBG money to prepare the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan.^[9][10][11]

Cole StanleyJosh CraftDon TippsTom ScherlenLes Simpson

• Downtown & development
• Contracts & procurement
• Votes & elections
• Federal & state funds

• ✓ Verified

  Resolution No. 07-09-24-1 adopting the 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan passed 5-0 on a motion by Josh Craft, seconded by Don Tipps, after a public hearing at which "no one presented to speak." The transmittal memo lists $1,590,799 in CDBG and $697,926 in HOME funding and the same six nonprofit amounts the committee voted, plus Coming Home $119,309.92, demolition $200,000, the CARE program $156,000, a CARE grant monitor $55,000, minor rehabilitation $25,000, rehabilitation support administration $250,000, program administration $318,159.80, and $174,009.68 and $174,009.67 for the Parks and Planning departments. HOME: administration $69,792.60, tenant-based rental assistance $488,584.20 and Amarillo Habitat for Humanity $104,688.90 plus $34,896.30 in operating costs. The memo says the plan had a 30-day comment period from May 31 to June 30, 2024. ^[9][10]

  Cdbg

  $1,590,799

  Home

  $697,926

• ✓ Verified

  The August 13, 2024 consent agenda, approved 5-0 on a motion by Josh Craft, included an award to Resource Consultants, LLC of $66,900, funded by the Community Development Block Grant, for "consultation services for the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan, as well as an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing." ^[11]

  Contract

  $66,900

Feb 4, 2025 · Related development

Advisory committee creates a full house rehabilitation program with reallocated CDBG money

At the request of the Environmental Health Department, staff asked to move CDBG money from the minor repair and CARE emergency repair programs to a new Full House Rehabilitation program for a home whose repairs, estimated at about $66,000, exceeded the CARE program's limit of about $8,000. Staff said the program would remain available for similar cases. The committee approved unanimously. The same meeting reviewed the FY2023 performance report: CDBG spent about $807,000 and HOME about $1,161,486.^[12]

• Construction & streets
• Leadership & governance
• Federal & state funds

• ✓ Verified

  Staff told the committee on February 4, 2025 that the CARE program's maximum "per resident is about $8,000," that the referred repairs would cost "about $66,000," and that the money would come from "$25,000 from Minor Rehab fund allocated this year plus rollover. Remainder from CARE." The Community Development Director said: "We would prefer to fund rehabilitations instead of demolitions." The motion to approve the reallocation passed unanimously. Staff said Environmental Health sets aside $25,000 a year for emergency repairs. The minutes elsewhere describe the request as using "$50,000 allocated to Minor Repair." ^[12]

  Project estimate

  $66,000

  Care limit

  $8,000

• ✓ Verified

  Presenting the FY2023 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report, staff said the programs served 4,510 people; CDBG spent "about $807,000" on public services, demolition and clearance, emergency repairs, rehabilitation support and administration against an allocation of "about $1.5 million," with sidewalk and park projects still to be implemented; HOME spent "about $1,161,486," over $800,000 of it on tenant-based rental assistance, and Habitat for Humanity completed two houses. No member of the public attended or commented. ^[12]

  People served

  4,510

  Cdbg spent

  $807,000

  Home spent

  $1,161,486

Jul 22, 2025 · Related development

Council adopts the first year of the 2025-2029 plan, keeping the same nonprofits, 5-0

On June 26 the advisory committee approved the 2025 allocations: $1,603,518 in CDBG and $677,160.93 in HOME money. Staff said that "due to federal funding uncertainties" the same public service subrecipients would be kept for the coming year. The council adopted Resolution No. 07-22-25-4 on July 22 after a public hearing with no speakers, and an amended Citizen Participation Plan, each 5-0. The Consolidated Plan estimates about $8 million in CDBG and $3.4 million in HOME money over five years.^[13][14][5]

Cole StanleyTim ReidDon TippsDavid PrescottLes Simpson

• Downtown & development
• Leadership & governance
• Votes & elections
• Federal & state funds

• ✓ Verified

  On June 26, 2025 staff presented the FY2025 CDBG award of $1,603,518: planning and administration $320,703, public service $240,527, neighborhood improvements (parks and sidewalks) $356,286, demolition and clearance $200,000, and owner-occupied improvements $486,000; and HOME $677,160.93: administration $67,716, Habitat operations $33,858, new construction $101,574 and tenant-based rental assistance $474,012. "Due to federal funding uncertainties, the decision was made to keep the same Public Service subrecipients as this year." The committee approved the allocations as presented and the Citizen Participation Plan, each unanimously. One member of the public attended. ^[13]

  Cdbg

  $1,603,518

  Home

  $677,161

• ✓ Verified

  On July 22, 2025 Resolution No. 07-22-25-4 (the 2025/2026 Annual Action Plan) passed 5-0 on a motion by Les Simpson, seconded by Don Tipps, after a hearing at which "no one presented to speak"; Resolution No. 07-22-25-5 amending the Citizen Participation Plan passed 5-0 on a motion by Tim Reid, seconded by Les Simpson, after one speaker spoke against it (Cole Stanley, Tim Reid, Don Tipps, David Prescott, Les Simpson). ^[14]

• ✓ Verified

  The transmittal memo (packet pp. 1429-1430) lists the 2025 public service awards: Guyon Saunders Resource Center $37,295.82, Martha's Home $20,159.91, Maverick Boys & Girls Club $20,159.91, Another Chance House $10,079.95, the Salvation Army $17,135.92, Amarillo Children's Home $15,432.34 and Coming Home $120,263.85, each about 0.8% above the 2024-25 amount; plus demolition $200,000, the CARE program $156,000, its grant monitor $55,000, minor rehabilitation $25,000, rehabilitation support administration $250,000, $178,143.35 each for the Parks and Recreation and Planning departments, and program administration $320,703.60. The CDAC worksheet in the packet lists each nonprofit's 2025-26 request at the same amount as its recommendation. ^[5]

  Public services total

  $240,528

  Neighborhood improvements

  $356,287

• ⚠ Sources differ

  The 2025 HOME administration amount is stated two ways.

  Reported value 1[5]

  Home admin

  $67,616

  Council transmittal memo (packet p. 1430): 'Program Administration: $67,616.09'. With the other HOME lines ($474,012.65, $101,574.14, $33,858.05) this totals $677,060.93, $100 less than the $677,160.93 award the memo states.

  Reported value 2[13][5]

  Home admin

  $67,716

  CDAC minutes, June 26, 2025 ('$67,716'), and the CDAC worksheet in the same packet ($67,716.09); this matches the award total.

• ✓ Verified

  The 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan memo in the July 22, 2025 packet estimates $8,017,590 in CDBG and $3,385,804.65 in HOME money over five years (estimates), with $6,477,224.18 for housing (including $2,430,000 for emergency repair and rehabilitation, $2,370,063.26 for tenant-based rental assistance and $1,000,000 for demolition), $1,781,433.50 for public facilities and neighborhood improvements and $1,202,638.50 for public services. ^[5]

  Cdbg 5yr estimate

  $8,017,590

  Home 5yr estimate

  $3,385,805

Oct 15, 2025 · Context

Preliminary 2024-25 report: $1.16 million spent on the Thompson Park playground

Staff presented preliminary results for the 2024-25 program year to the advisory committee: $182,587 for public services serving 910 people, $1,159,941 spent of $1,750,000 allocated for the Thompson Memorial Park playground, $400,082 for a sidewalk project on N.W. 18th Avenue, $36,627 for five demolitions, $33,208 in CARE repairs for six households and $245,461 in rental assistance for 92 people. The committee elected a new chair after the previous chair resigned.^[15]

• Parks & pools
• City buildings
• Leadership & governance
• Audits & oversight
• Federal & state funds

• ✓ Verified

  The October 15, 2025 minutes list preliminary 2024-2025 results: CDBG public services $182,587.26, 910 individuals assisted (Amarillo Children's Home, Another Chance House, the City's Coming Home program, Guyon Saunders Resource Center, Martha's Home, Maverick Boys & Girls Club and the Salvation Army); the N.W. 18th sidewalk project $400,081.95; the Thompson Memorial Park playground $1,159,941.10 spent of $1,750,000.00 allocated; demolition and clearance $36,626.87 for five completed projects; CARE $33,207.80 for six households; tenant-based rental assistance $245,461.45 for 92 individuals; and the CHDO program $150,090.53 for 15 individuals. HOME-ARP spent $499,045 for 35 households in 2024-25. ^[15]

  Thompson playground spent

  $1,159,941

  Thompson playground allocated

  $1,750,000

  Sidewalk

  $400,082

  Public services

  $182,587

• ⚠ Sources differ

  The 2025 CDBG neighborhood improvements allocation is stated two ways.

  Reported value 1[13][5]

  Neighborhood improvements

  $356,286

  CDAC minutes, June 26, 2025 ($356,286) and the council transmittal memo ($178,143.35 each for Parks and Planning, $356,286.70).

  Reported value 2[15][5]

  Neighborhood improvements

  $348,019

  CDAC minutes, October 15, 2025, presenting 'the approved Annual Action Plan' ($348,019). The other lines match June; the CDAC worksheet in the July 2025 packet lists $348,019.35 as the 2024-25 neighborhood improvements amount.