Notice of Public Hearing : Draft 2025 Action Plan Funding
Notice is hereby given that the City of Albuquerque (COA), Department of Health, Housing and
Homelessness has prepared its Draft 2025 Action Plan. A public hearing to present the Draft
2025 Action Plan will be held on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. at the Los Griegos
Health & Social Services Center, located at 1231 Candelaria NW, 87107. The Hearing site is
accessible to persons with disabilities. Auxiliary Aids and language interpreters can be made
available during the hearing upon prior request. For individuals with disabilities who need
assistance to benefit from the public hearing, please contact Yolanda Krantz at (505)768-2885 or
(TTY) 711 at a minimum of 72 hours prior to the hearing. The public hearing will also be held
via Zoom at the following link: https://cabq.zoom.us/j/8118271546 .
The Action Plan serves as the COA’s grant application to HUD. This document includes specific
activities to be undertaken with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, HOME
Investment Partnerships (HOME) funds, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds from HUD and
other local funds in furtherance of the Consolidated Plan strategies during Program Year 2025,
July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026. Estimated funding from HUD includes $4,221,830.00 of CDBG
funding; $21,000.00 of CDBG program income; $1,947,445.00 of HOME funding; $100,000.00
of HOME program income; $486,861.25 of HOME Match; $376,019.00 of ESG funding; and
$376,019 of ESG Match. The Action Plan will also include $866,656.00 in General Funds (GF).
The Draft 2025 Action Plan includes proposed funding for the following projects:
COA Administration- Funding: CDBG $844,366.00, HOME $194,744.50
Funds will be used for administrative costs to support the implementation of the COA’s 2025
Action Plan.
CHDO Operating – Funding: HOME $50,000.00
Funds will be provided to Greater Albuquerque Housing Partnerships, a Community Housing
Development Organization (CHDO), to assist with operating costs incurred implementing
housing activities.
Homeless Intervention and Rapid Rehousing- Funding: ESG $376,019.00, ESG Match $376,019.00, GF $694,256.00
Projects under this category will provide services to populations experiencing homelessness by
providing street outreach, emergency shelter services and rapid rehousing opportunities. Funds
will also be used for administrative costs to support the implementation of these services for the
2025 Action Plan.
Affordable Homeownership Assistance – Funding: CDBG $1,279,000.00, CDBG Program
Income $21,000.00, HOME Program Income $100,000.00
Funds will be provided to Homewise and Sawmill Community Land Trust to assist low to
moderate income homebuyers purchase an affordable home.
TBRA- Funding: HOME $411,372.55, HOME Match $125,000.00
Funds will be provided to Enlace for a Tenant Based Rental Assistance Project. Specific high
priority populations will be served with these funds.
Dental Services - Funding: CDBG $229,760.00, GF $67,400.00
These funds will be used by Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless to provide a full range of
dental services to medically indigent, low- and moderate-income persons in the City who are
experiencing homelessness.
Eviction Prevention – Funding: CDBG $250,000.00
Funds will be provided to the City’s Health and Social Services Centers to provide emergency
rental and utility assistance for low to moderate income persons residing within the Albuquerque
city limits.
Senior Nutrition Program/Meals – Funding: CDBG $119,300.00
The Department of Senior Affairs will receive funds to support program costs to provide
congregate meals to low-income seniors.
Early Childhood Services - Funding: CDBG $34,214.50
Cuidando Los Ninos will receive funds to provide child development services, as well as case
management to homeless children and their families.
Tenant/Landlord Hotline - Funding: GF $95,000.00
Funds will be provided to Legal Aid of New Mexico to provide services for a landlord tenant
hotline that will support landlords and tenants with housing related legal issues.
Fair Housing Education/Training – Funding: GF $10,000.00
The City’s Office of Equity and Inclusion will administer activities that provide fair housing
education and training to housing service providers and members of the public.
Infrastructure – Funding: CDBG $1,465,189.50
Funds will be used for infrastructure improvements to support the development of affordable
housing projects, as well as for security upgrades and wastewater system replacement and/or
upgrades in affordable housing rental developments.
Affordable Housing Development – Rental – Funding: HOME $1,291,327.95, HOME Match
$361,861.25
Projects funded under this category will be provided assistance to develop affordable housing units
for low- and moderate-income households, either through development or acquisition and
rehabilitation.
All residents, property owners, persons with disabilities, immigrants, seniors, low-income persons,
children and youth, homeless persons, and other stakeholders in Albuquerque are invited to review
the draft plan and comment on it in writing until 5:00 PM on Friday, February 21, 2025. Comments
may be submitted to: [email protected] or Dept. of Health, Housing and Homelessness,
Community Development Division, Attn: Monica Montoya, P.O. Box 1293, Albuquerque, NM
87103. After receipt of public comments from the 30-day public comment period, the COA will
address each comment in writing and will submit all comments and responses in its formal
application for funding to HUD on May 17, 2025 or at a later date as directed by HUD. Final
funding levels for projects included in the Action Plan that is submitted to HUD may differ from
the proposed funding listed above, which are based on estimates of the 2024 grant amounts
awarded by HUD. Increases or decreases in funding will be allocated based upon need of listed
projects. Any remaining balance will be proportionally distributed amongst projects. The draft
Action Plan, as well as the final submission to HUD, will be posted to the City of Albuquerque
Department of Health, Housing and Homelessness website at:
https://www.cabq.gov/health-housing-homelessness/transparency/consolidated-plans-andamendments
For more information, please email [email protected].
Albuquerque Journal: January 7, 2025