Notices: Economic Development & Affordable Housing
FY 2025-26 Application Workshop & Consolidated Plan Consultation
To Potential Grant Applicants:
If you are a potential grant applicant for the City of Clearwater’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) or HOME Investment Partnerships Program funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, please note that the City of Clearwater’s FY 2025-26 grant applications opened on February 12, 2025, and will close on Friday, March 14, 2025, at 11:59 PM. A Notice of Funding Availability was published in the February 12th edition of the Tampa Bay Times. Effective immediately, you can access the city’s affordable housing and community development webpage and start an application:
https://portal.neighborlysoftware.com/clearwaterfl/Participant
For application questions and technical support, please contact:
Irin Gomez- (727) 444-7164; Irin.Gomez@myclearwater.com
Dania Perez- (727)444-7159; Dania.Perez@myclearwater.com
There will also be an application workshop scheduled for Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at 10:00 AM. The workshop will be held on the Zoom platform and will be structured to help you complete an eligible application. If you plan to apply during this year’s grant application period, your attendance at the workshop is strongly encouraged. If you or a representative from your organization attends the workshop, your application will receive additional points as applications are reviewed and scored. A higher score may increase the likelihood that your funding request is approved. Multiple people from your organization are welcome to attend; however more than one attendee will not increase your scoring. A Zoom meeting link will be sent to everyone who registers for the workshop.
FY 2025-26 Application Workshop & Consolidated Plan Consultation
When: Feb 26, 2025, 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Registration is required.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/x_wHQNv4TIKdKbGtB3I0GA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the information you will need to join the meeting.
The registration confirmation email you receive will allow you to add the meeting to your calendar.
Thank you for your interest in assisting Clearwater residents.
NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
FY 2025-2026 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
AND
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
The city of Clearwater is estimated to receive $940,482 in grant allocation funds under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and $400,221 in grant allocation funds under the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 beginning October 1, 2025. Federal funding authorization for the CDBG and HOME programs is through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In addition to these grant allocations, the city anticipates receiving program income from the CDBG and HOME programs. At this time, funding amounts are estimated only and may increase or decrease based upon actual program income, prior-year adjustments, and/or final federal grant allocations.
These funds will be used primarily for housing, community, and economic development activities. A portion of the funds listed above may be used for city conducted and/or sponsored projects and may not be available for allocation to applicants. Federal regulations applicable to these programs dictate funding availability for certain projects. Funds can only be used in the incorporated limits of the city of Clearwater. However, an agency that is located outside the city may receive funding if they provide documented services for city residents.
Proposals for new projects will be accepted beginning on February 12, 2025. Suggestions for new projects/activities for FY 2025-2026 may be proposed and must address one or more of the following strategies:
- Promote better livable opportunities in a designated Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area (NRSA); NRSA maps are located at www.myclearwater.com/NRSAmaps
- Promote affordable housing for renters and/or homebuyers
- Promote efforts/activities to end chronic homelessness
- Provide outreach and housing opportunities for homeless individuals and families
- Provide assistance to victims of domestic violence
- Promote economic opportunities for very low- to moderate- income individuals
- Provide assistance to the elderly, persons with disabilities, and persons with HIV/AIDS
- Develop public facility or infrastructure projects in the NRSAs
- Promote efforts to reduce lead poisoning in children
- Promote opportunities to end poverty (job training, employability skills, educational attainment, and other related activities)
- Promote opportunities to assist public housing residents to become self-sufficient
- Promote opportunities for individuals to reduce their dependency on alcohol and drugs
- Promote fair housing opportunities
Eligible activities may include, but are not limited to, housing rehabilitation, public facility or infrastructure improvements, supportive services to address homeless or special needs, economic opportunity or business assistance, and similar or related projects that benefit low- and moderate-income persons.
Applications for organizations desiring to participate in the city of Clearwater Housing Pool for affordable housing activities involving down payment assistance/gap financing, land acquisition, new construction, and rehabilitation of single- and multi-family housing will be accepted from eligible participants on a year-round basis while funds remain available.
The city will be utilizing an online application that can be found by clicking this Apply Here link located at www.myclearwater.com/housingnotices beginning February 12, 2025.
Applications must be submitted via the city’s website no later than 11:59 p.m. on March 14, 2025.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Irin Gomez, Community Development Programs Administrator, at (727) 444-7164 or irin.gomez@myclearwater.com.
NOTICE OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
Five-Year Consolidated Plan for
Fiscal Years 2025/2026 through 2029/2030
The city of Clearwater is preparing a Five-Year Consolidated Plan, including comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategies, to create partnerships among the local government, the private sector, community organizations and neighborhood residents. The plan will include goals to address community development, housing, homeless, and special needs in the city’s neighborhoods. The city is holding three community meetings to help prioritize needs and identify strategies that may be eligible for federal funding through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). These federal programs are intended to benefit low- to moderate-income residents.
Meeting #1: Feb. 10, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.
North Greenwood Recreation Center
900 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting #2: Feb. 11, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.
Ross Norton Recreation Center
1426 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., Clearwater, FL 33756
Meeting #3: Feb. 12, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.
The Long Center
1501 N. Belcher Rd., Clearwater, FL 33765
If you have any questions about this notice, please contact:
Dylan Mayeux, Real Estate Coordinator II, City of Clearwater, Economic Development and Housing Department, 509 S. East Ave, Suite 227, Clearwater, FL 33756, (727) 444-7168, or by email at: Dylan.Mayeux@MyClearwater.com.
A COPY OF THIS AD IN LARGE PRINT IS AVAILABLE IN OFFICIAL RECORDS & LEGISLATIVE SERVICES. ANY PERSON WITH A DISABILITY REQUIRING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING SHOULD CALL (727) 562-4093 WITH THEIR REQUEST.
Your Input is Needed!
The city of Clearwater is preparing a Five-Year Consolidated Plan to revitalize neighborhoods and strengthen partnerships among local government, private sector, community organizations, and residents.
This plan will focus on goals for: ✔️ Community Development ✔️ Housing ✔️ Homelessness ✔️ Special Needs
The city is hosting three community meetings listed above to gather input on priorities and strategies.
Can’t make it? No problem! You can still have your say by completing a quick online SURVEY by Feb. 28, 2025: Take the Survey