NOTICE OF FIRST PUBLIC HEARING
Lucas County intends to apply to the Ohio Department of
Development for Program Year 2026 under the Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) Program, a federally funded program administered
by the State. CDBG programs can fund a broad range of planning,
community improvement, and housing related activities that must be
designed to primarily benefit low-to moderate-income persons,
aiding in the elimination of slum and blight, or meet an urgent
need within the community. The County is eligible for the following
PY 2026 Community Development programs, provided the County meets
the applicable requirements:
· Allocation Program: biennial for approximately
$490,000 – designed to improve public facilities, public
services, housing, economic development, and fair housing.
· Neighborhood Revitalization Program: biennial up to
$750,000 – designed to improve the quality of life,
livability, and functionality of distressed areas through public
infrastructure projects.
· Residential Public Infrastructure Program: open
cycle up to $750,000 – designed to create safe and reliable
drinking water and properly disposed of sanitary waste.
· Critical Infrastructure Program: open cycle up to
$500,000 – designed to fund public infrastructure
improvements with a significant community impact.
· Economic Development and Public Infrastructure
Program: open cycle up to $500,000 – grants and loans
designed to improve infrastructure directly and primarily related
to creating, expanding, or retaining a business in the community.
· Flexible Grant Program: open cycle – includes
Economic and Community Development designed to provide a means to
fund worthwhile projects and activities that do not fit within
existing program structures and to provide supplemental resources
to resolve immediate and unforeseen needs, Downtown Buildings, up
to $250,000, designed for private rehabilitation including
structural, façade improvements, interior and exterior code
violation corrections, aiding in the elimination of slum and blight
structures, and New Horizons Fair Housing Assistance, up to
$50,000, designed to implement strategies to address impediments to
fair housing choice, activities that affirmatively further fair
housing, and actions to remedy or mitigate conditions limiting fair
housing choice, in which activities exceed the minimum Standard
Fair Housing program requirements.
The first of two public hearings will be held on Wednesday,
April 29, 2026, at 11:00 A.M. in the Lucas County Commissioners
Hearing Room located on the first floor of One Government Center,
Toledo, Ohio 43604. This meeting will provide citizens with
pertinent information about all these programs, including an
explanation of eligible activities, program requirements, and
application due dates. Citizens are encouraged to attend to provide
input on the County’s programs. Accommodations for disabled
or non-English speaking residents will be made available upon
advance request, by contacting Lucas County at 419-213-4500.
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As published in The Blade.