Plans and Reports

Action Plan 2025 Summary

Tarrant County activities will address the objectives and outcomes identified in the Plan by providing low- and moderate- income residents with a suitable living environment and decent, safe, affordable housing.

CDBG

$2,099,789.66 in CDBG funds will be used for public infrastructure activities under area-wide benefit, including project delivery costs. $100,303.03 from previous unspent CDBG allocations from completed 2023 projects in Crowley, North Richland Hills and Sansom Park will be reallocated for 51^st year (PY 2025) infrastructure activities. In PY 2025, approximately 16,363 people in 10 Tarrant County cities will be assisted with improved access to infrastructure benefits.

$1,009,661.34 from PY 2025 CDBG funding and previous unspent CDBG allocations to rehab as well as about $1,250 in CDBG program income will be used for the rehabilitation of at least 49 owner-occupied single-family housing units and program administration. Three (3) full home rehabs with a cap of $40,000 per home assisted in the City of Benbrook, 44 priority repairs with a cap of $15,000 per home assisted, and two (2) ADA barrier removals capped at $5,000 per home assisted, are estimated to be completed. No affordability period is required when using CDBG.

$222,000 in PY 2025 CDBG funds will be used for two (2) public service activities. $180,000.00 will be used for case management for enrolling an estimated 30 families/80 people experiencing homelessness into the Tarrant County Transitional Housing Program, and $42,000 will assist 1,000 youth through SafeHaven of Tarrant County’s SafeSchools Anti-Bullying Program.

Remaining CDBG funds will be used for the administration of these programs, planning, and meeting other federal requirements.

HOME

Reallocated HOME funding from PYs 2022 and 2024, will focus on increasing affordable housing inventory by providing down payment assistance, closing costs, and/or applicable fees up to $50,000. Match will be provided by Housing Channel through other homebuyer assistance activities. $1,329,716.26 from 2025 funds and prior year funding from 2017-2024 will newly construct 42 new affordable housing units in the City of Mansfield. HOME-ARP funds will continue to focus on supportive services, tenant-based rental assistance, and administration.

ESG

Approximately $122,483 in ESG dollars will provide funding for emergency shelter operations to provide temporary housing for approximately 10,725 individuals experiencing homelessness at overnight shelters and a daytime shelter. Approximately $112,295 will be allocated to pay short-term rental assistance for at least 20 households with eviction notices or notices to vacate through Homelessness Prevention programming. The remaining funds will pay for administration, reporting, training, and Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data administration costs.

For more, read the 2025 - 2029 Consolidated Plan (includes 2025 Action Plan).

Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) 2024

Tarrant County - Community Development Department is making available to all interested citizens and organizations the DRAFT 2024 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). The current performance report covers a period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 and describes progress made in achieving goals set forth in the 2024 Action Plan.

 Comments regarding this report may be made within the minimum fifteen day public examination and comment period from August 12 – September 3, 2025 with comment period ending at the close of the public hearing. A public hearing on this report will be held on September 3, 2025 at 10 a.m. in the Commissioner’s Court Room 503A, 5^th Floor, 100 East Weatherford, Fort Worth, TX 76196. Please check the County website in event of room changes. The public comment period will end at the end of the public hearing.