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Approve of the City of Clearwater’s Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). (APH)
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SUMMARY:
The Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) is the principal administrative report documenting the City’s expenditures for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) programs to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In FY 2024-2025, the City anticipated receiving $2,617,994 in CDBG entitlement funds, program income from revolving loan funds, and prior-year resources, as well as $4,897,672 in HOME program funding to support eligible housing, community development, economic development, and public service activities for extremely low- to moderate-income residents. The City also expected $1,898,317 in SHIP funding for the program year, as reflected in the FY 2024-2025 Action Plan.
Actual receipts for FY 2024-2025 differed from projections. The City received $940,482 in new CDBG entitlement funds and $400,221 in new HOME entitlement funds. For CDBG, the City received an additional $834,503.79 in prior-year resources and $218,319.15 in program income from revolving loan funds. For HOME, the City received $2,591,861 in prior-year resources and $993,803.00 in program income.
In total, the actual amounts available were $1,993,304.94 for CDBG and $3,985,885 for HOME. At the close of FY 2024-2025, the City also maintained three CDBG revolving loan funds with a combined balance of $389,124.80. In FY 2024-2025, the City expended a total of $1,043,672.27 in CDBG funds and $377,610.89 in HOME funds. In FY 2024-2025, the City expended a total of $1,169,975.58 in SHIP funds and $15,000 in PCHTF.
Not included in the report’s section CR-15 table 4, the City managed an allocation of $1,351,560 in CDBG-CV funds and $1,637,567 in HOME-ARP funds. Of the CDBG-CV funds, $95,150.98 was expended in FY 2024-2025, resulting in cumulative total expenditures of $1,238,806.28 in CDBG-CV. Of the HOME-ARP funds, $41,022.68 were expended in FY 2024-2025. Funds not expended from this year’s budget will be programmed in future years.
In addition to reporting activities carried out with federal money, a summary of activities conducted with the Florida State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program and Pinellas County Housing Trust Fund (PCHTF) Program is also included in the narrative section.
The report provides HUD with necessary information for the Department to meet its requirement to assess each grantee’s ability to carry out relevant Community Planning and Development programs in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations. It also provides information necessary for HUD’s Annual Report to Congress, and it provides grantees an opportunity to describe to citizens their successes in revitalizing deteriorated neighborhoods and in meeting objectives stipulated in their Consolidated Planning document.
The City of Clearwater’s FY 2024-2025 CAPER contains information on the City’s assessment of the following activities:
- Assessment of Five-Year Goals and Outcomes
- Resources and Investments
- Affordable Housing
- Homeless and Other Special Needs
- Public Housing
- Other Actions to Address Barriers to Affordable Housing
- Monitoring
- CDBG
- HOME
A list of notable accomplishments utilizing federal, state, and local funds for FY 2023-2024 include:
- Provided eight down payment and closing cost assistance loans/grants, exceeding the goal of seven, and provided an additional ten through SHIP.
- Assisted 2056 homeless persons with public facility or infrastructure activities including 196 homeless persons with public service activities, and 1860 homeless persons with public facilities or infrastructure activities.
- The City assisted 3,485 special needs persons with public facility or infrastructure activities which equates to 3485% of our goal.
- Provided funding to nonprofit partners to administer microenterprise and entrepreneurial technical assistance to 42 businesses [100% of goal].
- The City activated its emergency response goal and funded eight activities through the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) program (non-Federal source) to support emergency/disaster response efforts. This goal is implemented only in response to urgent needs.
- The City used State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) program funds to support affordable housing efforts, including ten Purchase Assistance Loans, totaling $663,700.00; 11 owner-occupied rehabilitations through the Home Preservation Program totaling $477,075.58; and Homeownership Educational and Counseling services for 176 households totaling $29,200.00.
On November 18, 2025, the Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory Board recommended City Council approval of the CAPER as written. If approved, staff will submit the CAPER to HUD by the submission deadline of December 29, 2025.
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2.4 Support equitable housing programs that promote household stability and reduce the incidence of homelessness within Clearwater.
