Plans, Amendments, & Reports

Proposed Amendment to the 2023 Annual Action Plan

The City of Great Falls welcomes comments related to a proposed amendment to the 2023 Annual Action Plan. 

The City of Great Falls is an entitlement recipient of federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), which are designed to benefit low and moderate income persons. In order to receive these funds, the City must adopt an Annual Action Plan for Program Year 2023.  The draft 2023 Annual Action Plan outlines proposed activity allocations for the next year in order to achieve the City’s overall goals and objectives outlined in the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan.  The City of Great Falls expects its federal allocation for Program Year 2023 to be $782,543 for CDBG funds and $299,318 for HOME funds.

The purpose of this amendment is to reallocate funds from the Housing Rehabilitation Goal to the Public Facilities and Improvements Goal.  CDBG Fund recipients are required by federal law to make timely use of Block Grant allocations.  A Grantee is considered timely if, as of 60 days before its Program Year End, its CDBG Line of Credit balance does not exceed 1.5 times the annual grant for its current program year.  The City must spend $1,742,411.77 by May of 2024 to achieve timeliness.  A Housing Rehabilitation project, which was previously allocated $1,285,000.00, will not be able to begin construction before May of 2024.  Therefore, the City proposes amending the Annual Action Plan so that those funds may be allocated to Public Projects (i.e. streets, sidewalks, parks, etc.) that may reasonably be expected to be completed by May of 2024.

Written comments may be submitted to Tom Hazen, City of Great Falls Grant Administrator at;

• City of Great Falls Finance Department, P.O. Box5021, Great Falls, MT 5903-5021

Special accommodations will be available for persons with disabilities and/or limited English proficiency upon request and within reason, including alternative formats of distribution and/or translated versions of the proposed document.  For further information, please call 455-8471.  For hearing and speech impaired accommodations, please use the Text Telephone (TTY) Montana Relay Service at 1-800-253-4091 or dial 711.

2023 Amended Annual Action Plan

Consolidated Plan

The City of Great Falls’ Consolidated Plan outlines the priorities by which the City’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Program funds will be invested over the next five years.

2020-2024 Consolidated Plan

2020-2024 Consolidated Plan Minor Amendment

Annual Action Plan

The Annual Action Plan serves as the City of Great Falls’ annual application to HUD for funding and indicates which specific program activities are to be funded during a particular year.

2022 Annual Action Plan Approve 11.15.2022

2021 Annual Action Plan Approved 8.11.2021

Amended 2021 Annual Action Plan - HOME-ARP Allocation Plan

2020 Annual Action Plan – See Section 6

Amended 2019 Annual Action Plan

Analysis of Impediments (AI)

The City of Great Falls’ Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice reviews data from many sources to determine whether barriers may exist to Fair Housing Choice in the community.

Analysis of Impediments 2015-2019

Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)

The City of Great Falls is required by HUD to provide the CAPER which assess its progress in meeting the goals outlined in the Annual Action Plan.

2020 CAPER

Citizen Participation Plan

The City of Great Falls values the participation of our residents and provides them with an opportunity to comment on programs and project funded through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

Citizen Participation Plan