Anchorage Assembly to vote June 23 on $2.57M in HUD housing grants

The Anchorage Assembly is scheduled to vote June 23 on the 2026 Housing and Community Development Annual Action Plan, which would appropriate $2,571,477 in federal HUD entitlement grants through the Anchorage Health Department. The municipality faces an Aug. 16 deadline to submit the plan to HUD, and more than $1.2 million of the total remains unallocated pending a subsequent Assembly amendment.

AR No. 2026-166 would appropriate the funds to address housing and community development needs of lower-income individuals and families and people experiencing homelessness. The breakdown: $1,788,314 in Community Development Block Grant funds, $616,173 in HOME Investment Partnerships funds, and $166,990 in Emergency Solutions Grant funds. The 2026 program year began Jan. 1, 2026, and each appropriation is subject to receipt of an executed grant agreement.

Unassigned Funds

More than $1.2 million of those dollars have no project assigned yet. The CDBG line carries $1,037,405 marked "To Be Determined," and the HOME line carries another $181,322 in the same status. The Anchorage Health Department will propose a substantial amendment to the Assembly to appropriate those unallocated funds once specific projects are selected. The June 23 vote is the municipality's annual HUD application step, not the final project-allocation decision.

Of the funds already designated, the CDBG allocation includes $268,247 for public services and $125,000 for activity delivery costs, along with $357,662 in administrative costs. The HOME allocation includes $250,000 for tenant-based rental assistance, $92,426 for CHDO housing development, $30,808 for CHDO operating expenses, and $61,617 in administrative costs. The ESG grant directs $154,466 specifically to homelessness prevention through the Aging and Disability Resource Center, with $12,524 in administrative costs.

August Deadline

The Anchorage Health Department memo states the municipality must submit the plan to HUD by Aug. 16, 2026. HUD then has up to 45 days to review the submission after it arrives. Reimbursement under the grants will be on a monthly basis.

The plan followed required public process before reaching the Assembly. A public notice ran April 29, 2026, in the Anchorage Daily News, opening a 30-day comment period. A public hearing was held May 6 at the Housing, Homeless and Neighborhood Development commission meeting in Room 423, Jewel Jones Conference Room, 825 L St. The 2026 plan is the fourth of five annual action plans under the 2023-2027 Consolidated Plan. If the Assembly adopts the plan June 23, the Anchorage Health Department will return with a substantial amendment to assign the remaining TBD funds.