Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and Section 3

Each year, the City of Bloomington receives a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The City administers this grant through its HRA. The grant is used for a variety of activities each year. The activities are selected by the HRA Board and City Council through an annual budget process for the program. The City of Bloomington will carry out activities that will provide for the preservation of the City's housing stock, provide affordable housing options, provide essential services to seniors, families, and individuals, and support Fair Housing activities.

The annual CDBG Action Plan details the activities and budget that the City/HRA will undertake in the next program year.  The program operates on a fiscal year that begins on July 1 and ends on June 30. The Action Plan for the most current fiscal year is linked below. The City is soliciting public comments on its 2024 corrected Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 2024 Annual Action Plan (Action Plan) to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The City Council held a public hearing on April 15, 2024, to determine how to allocate an estimated $444,762 in 2024 CDBG funding. The Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Bloomington (HRA) met on March 26, 2024, to determine their recommendations to be brought before the City Council during the public hearing seeking approval. On May 7, 2024 the City received its 2024 allocation notification of $475,718. HUD notified the City on June 26, 2024 that its 2024 CDBG Annual Action Plan needed corrections to get final approval. Two additional public hearings on the corrected 2024 CDBG Annual Action Plan will be held. The HRA will hold a public hearing on October 8, 2024 and the City Council will hold a public hearing on October 14, 2024.

August 28, 2024 - Using the Citizen Participation Process, the corrected plan is available for a 30-day public review and comment period from August 30, 2024, through October 2, 2024. The corrected plan may be reviewed electronically or at the office address below. Written comments can be submitted by email or mail through October 2, 2024, and will be included in submission to HUD.

HRA@BloomingtonMN.gov 

City of Bloomington
Housing and Redevelopment Authority
1800 West Old Shakopee Road
Bloomington, MN 55431

Below is the Corrected 2024 Action Plan Document.

• Corrected 2024 CDBG Annual Action Plan

The Draft 2020 Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing specifically addresses the housing discrimination, gentrification and displacement, barriers to housing choice, and the conditions of segregation and integration in the seven-county area that includes Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington Counties in Minnesota.  This fair housing planning is required of communities that receive certain funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The analysis was undertaken by the Fair Housing Implementation Council (FHIC).  The members of the FHIC, including the City of Bloomington, administer the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and/or HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) programs, as well as other Fair Housing programs which require them to certify to HUD that they will affirmatively further fair housing through the operation of their housing and community development programs as well as fair housing activities to overcome impediments. 

The 2020 Draft Analysis of Impendiments is available for public comment. Written comments can be submitted until 4:30 p.m., September 18, 2020 and addressed to Julia Welle Ayres, Manager, Hennepin County Housing and Economic Development, 701 Fourth Ave S, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55415 or sent by email to Julia.WelleAyres@hennepin.us.