Brevard County Housing and Human Services Plans and Reports

2025-2026 Annual Action Plan Draft for Public Comment

NOTICE TO CITIZENS Brevard County is the recipient of federal grant funds through programs administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). These federal grants include the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and the HOME Investments Partnership (HOME) Program. These programs are designed primarily to assist the County’s low and moderate-income residents. Brevard County receives and administers HOME funds through the Brevard HOME Consortium for the purpose of qualifying for HOME funds. The Consortium is comprised of the County, as lead agency, and the cities of Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne, and Palm Bay.

2025-2026 ACTION PLAN: Based on the information and analysis in the 2022-2026 Consolidated Plan, the County annually develops a one-year Action Plan. The Action Plan sets priorities and allocates the County’s Fiscal Year 2025-2026 CDBG funds and Consortium’s HOME funds for activities in the upcoming program year (October 1, 2025-September 30, 2026). Each of the Consortium members receives CDBG funds directly from HUD and is individually responsible for developing their own CDBG Action Plan.

Now is the time to provide input to the proposed use of funds. A 30-day public comment period will be open from June 3 to July 3, 2025, at 5:00 PM. During this time, residents are encouraged to review the draft Annual Action Plan and submit their feedback. The final public hearing on the proposed Plan and Action Plan is scheduled to be held on July 22, at 9:00 AM for final action and adoption. The public hearing will be held during the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners meeting, 1st floor Commission Chambers, Building C, 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Viera, FL 32940. The County will respond within 15 days, in writing, to any public comments and will include them in the Action Plan.

2024-2025 Brevard County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee’s Incentive Strategies Evaluation and Recommendation Report

Annually the Brevard County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC), pursuant to Section 420.9076(4) of the Florida Statutes, must review established policies and procedures, ordinances, land development regulations, the housing element of the local comprehensive plan and shall recommend specific actions or initiatives to encourage or facilitate affordable housing. The recommendations may include the modification or repeal of existing policies, procedures, ordinances, regulations, or plan provisions; the creation of exceptions applicable to affordable housing; or the adoption of new policies, procedures, regulations, ordinances, or plan provisions.  At a minimum, the advisory committee shall submit a report annually to the local governing body that includes recommendations to evaluate the implementation of affordable housing incentives as described in 420.9076(4) of the Florida Statutes. In accordance with Section 420.9076 (4) & (5) of the Florida Statutes on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. the Brevard County AHAC will conduct a public hearing to hear comments, regarding the recommendations and evaluation of local government implementation of previously recommended local housing incentive strategies, as identified in the report and the Brevard County approved State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Housing Assistance Plan.

2022-2026 HOME Consortium Consolidated Plan

The Brevard County HOME Consortium Consolidated Plan identifies and prioritizes the housing and community development needs of low- and moderate-income people. It also identifies five-year strategies and goals for the use of federal HOME Investment Partnership Program funds received annually by the Brevard County HOME Consortium. This Consolidated Plan period begins October 2022 and ends September 2027. The needs, goals, projects, and activities described in the Consolidated Plan have been identified through data analysis described in the Needs Assessment and Market Analysis sections, and an extensive community outreach process.

Community Development Plans and Reports

The Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 established a Consolidated Planning effort that requires a community-wide inventory, needs analysis, and prioritization of low-income housing and community development issues related to federal entitlement funding. This information is incorporated into a 5-year plan, and updated annually with an investment strategy called the Annual Action Plan. Progress made toward meeting overall goals and specified outcomes is documented in the end of year report called the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report

Brevard County announces that the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, will be available for public review and comment. The report documents the progress of the programs, expenditures, and accomplishments for the period October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.

The CAPER is an end-of-year requirement of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The purpose of the CAPER is to provide an overall evaluation of federally funded activities and accomplishments to HUD and the community. Within 90 days of the end of the program year, Brevard County is required to provide an annual report to HUD that summarizes its performance for the program year.

The estimated expenditures for HOME were approximately $520,303.88 and CDBG were approximately $1,400,274.17. The program performance for HOME included Homeowner Rehabilitation, Tenant Based Rental Assistance, Purchase Assistance, Rental Acquisition and Rehabilitation, and Administration. The program performance for CDBG included Public Services, Capital Improvements, and Repayment of Section 108 Loans.

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SHIP Annual Report

Florida Housing administers the State Housing Initiatives Partnership program (SHIP) which provides funds to local governments as an incentive to create partnerships that produce and preserve affordable homeownership and multifamily housing. The program was designed to serve very low, low and moderate income families. Depending on your income, you could be eligible for home repair or replacement, down payment assistance, rental housing assistance and other affordable housing assistance.