Funds target affordable housing, employment, education, homelessness, health, seniors and veterans
KILLEEN, Texas (Jan. 31, 2025) – The City of Killeen Community Development department will host community planning meetings on Feb. 6 and Feb. 13 at 6p.m. at City Hall to gain public input on affordable housing and community development needs for prioritizing federal funds spending. Funds will be used to benefit low and moderate-income residents and neighborhoods.
The feedback will help develop the five-year Consolidated Plan for Years 2025-2029 and the 2025 Annual Action Plan (for Year 1). The Consolidated Plan is designed to help states and local jurisdictions assess their affordable housing and community development needs, market conditions and to make data-driven, place-based investment decisions.
The consolidated planning process serves as the framework for a community-wide dialogue to identify housing and community development priorities that align and focus funding from the CPD formula block grant programs: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program.
The Annual Action Plan establishes priority community needs and disbursement of federal U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds. Funds can be used for programs, services, public facilities, and public improvements that address local needs in areas such as health, employment, education, homelessness, the elderly, and veterans.
Community planning meetings are part the City of Killeen Citizen Participation Plan, which seeks to engage community leaders, stakeholders, developers, lenders, non-profit and for-profit entities and other interested parties in the planning process.
Meetings are also in accordance with HUD’s general requirements for grant programs that encourage and involve residents, including persons of predominantly low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, in the development of annual strategies to address community needs.
Meetings are expected to last 90 minutes and will begin with an overview of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership (HOME) programs.
There will also be a brief overview of the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program and HOME ARP funding to reduce homelessness and increase housing stability. Attendees will participate in identifying and prioritizing strategies to address local needs.
Meetings are scheduled Feb. 6 & 13, 2025 at 6p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall (101 North College Street). There is also a virtual option on the website. There is no cost to attend.
For more information about these meetings, a Zoom link or Community Development programs, visit www.KilleenTexas.gov/Plan.