San Bernardino opens comment on $3.9 million HUD housing plan as $2 million shifts to HOPE Campus
San Bernardino CA – The city is taking public comment on its next HUD spending plan while proposing to move older housing funds to the HOPE Campus.
San Bernardino is weighing two housing decisions at once
San Bernardino has opened public review of its next federal housing spending plan while also proposing to redirect older HUD money to the HOPE Campus. For residents, renters, and service providers, the two actions together could shape how the city supports low-income housing work and homelessness services in the year ahead.
The city’s FY 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan calls for about $3.9 million in federal funds, including roughly $2.58 million in Community Development Block Grant money, $1.09 million in HOME funds, and $229,280 in Emergency Solutions Grant funding. Those dollars are typically used for eligible housing, neighborhood, and homeless-assistance activities rather than one broad cure-all project.
At the same time, a separate draft substantial amendment would shift about $1.98 million in unspent CDBG and CDBG-CV money to the HOPE Campus at 796 E. 6th Street. Under the draft, the project’s identified funding would rise to about $4.96 million.
What the two funding streams do
The annual action plan is the city’s next-year spending blueprint for HUD money. It sets out how the city expects to use new federal funds for housing-related programs, neighborhood improvements, and emergency shelter or service work that fits the rules for each grant.
The draft amendment is different. It deals with older money that has already been awarded but not yet spent. If approved, that reallocation would move those remaining funds toward the HOPE Campus instead of leaving them in their prior program categories.
That distinction matters. New-year grant money helps define the city’s upcoming priorities. Older, unspent money can be reassigned if the city decides a project now has a better use for it, but the amendment is not final until the council acts.
Why residents should pay attention
These decisions are not abstract accounting moves. They affect which housing programs get support, how much help the city can direct to homelessness services, and how much capacity local systems may have for shelter or navigation work.
They also affect neighborhood-level expectations. Residents who follow encampment response, shelter availability, affordable housing funding, or downtown service planning should watch the HOPE Campus amendment closely, along with the broader annual action plan.
The city’s Housing and Homelessness Division is the part of local government tying these documents together. The 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the recent CAPER also show that San Bernardino is still describing housing instability and homelessness as active needs, not solved problems.
Deadlines and what happens next
Public comments on the annual action plan are due by May 18, 2026. The City Council is scheduled to consider the plan and the related housing funding questions on May 20, 2026.
Nothing is final yet. The comment window gives residents a chance to weigh in before the council vote, and the draft amendment still needs approval before the HOPE Campus money is formally moved.
For people who follow housing, homelessness, taxes, and public spending in San Bernardino, the next few weeks are the point to watch. The city is deciding both how to spend new federal housing dollars and whether to steer older money toward one major project that could influence local service capacity.
Sources
- City of San Bernardino FY 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan public notice
- City of San Bernardino draft substantial amendment summary for FY 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan
- San Bernardino Housing and Homelessness Division page
- City of San Bernardino FY 2024-2025 CAPER
- City of San Bernardino 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan
- IE Community News report on the San Bernardino HOPE Campus navigation center
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