Community Engagement Healthy Home Initiative

At a glance

Built from the official City Council minutes of April 6, May 11 and May 18, 2026. The newest minutes posted are May 18; every Council meeting after that has an agenda only, and no committee minutes are posted since April, so anything that happened after May 18 is not in this page.

• What: Ordinance 464-2026 lets the Director of Community Development run a Community Engagement Healthy Home Initiative: contracts with community development corporations to hire Community Engagement Specialists by neighborhood to improve residents' quality of life and the housing stock.
• Where it stands: Passed May 18, 2026 on second reading, as amended, 14-0 (Santana moved, Bishop seconded; Kazy absent).

Detail

• It also covers professional services contracts for training and purchases of materials, equipment, supplies and services for the initiative.
• A shared presentation (464, 518 and 520-2026) was attached for this item and the two Community Development Block Grant Funding ordinances. The minutes do not give the amount.

Sources

• City Council minutes, May 18, 2026: https://cityofcleveland.legistar1.com/cityofcleveland/meetings/2026/5/3864_M_City_Council_26-05-18_Meeting_Minutes.pdf

Log

2026-10-22 - Development, Planning and Sustainability Committee

Department staff described the program as embedding contractors in CDCs across the city, separate from CDBG.

2026-05-18 - City Council

Passed as amended, 14-0.