Plans & Documents
Cary Housing Plan
Imagine Cary Community Plan
The Cary Community Plan, adopted January 24, 2017, is the comprehensive plan for the Town of Cary. This plan is the result of several years of work, unprecedented community input, and dozens of meetings and workshops. It sets out a long-term vision, policies, and strategic actions with a time horizon out to 2040.
The Cary Community Plan is a living document and underwent a public update process in 2024. See the full plan here: Imagine Cary Community Plan.
CDBG Consolidated Plan
Every five years, Cary prepares the Consolidated Plan, which serves as the primary vehicle for prioritizing the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Cary’s Consolidated Plan identifies and prioritizes housing, community and economic development needs and strategies based on community input and in accordance with the Imagine Cary Community Plan, the Cary Housing Plan, and HUD National Objectives. The statutory goals of the Consolidated Plan are to provide decent housing, a suitable living environment and economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income residents. Staff prepares the draft Consolidated Plan, posts it for public comment per the Citizen Participation Plan, then presents the draft Plan and comments received to Council. Once a Consolidated Plan is passed by Council, it goes to HUD for approval.
For each of the five years covered by a Consolidated Plan, Cary prepares an Annual Action Plan, which proposes how Cary will implement Consolidated Plan goals for the next fiscal year. Click on the tab below to see more information about Cary’s Annual Action Plans.
COUNCIL APPROVED: Draft Consolidated Plan 2025-2030 and Draft Annual Action Plan 2025-2026
Note: The 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan is one chapter of the 2025-2030 Consolidated Plan; they are presented together in one document. Now that the above draft Plans have been approved by Council, they will go to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for review.
View the 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan
Annual Action Plans
Every year, the Town of Cary provides an update on the five-year Consolidated Plan: the Annual Action Plan, which sets forth how Cary will implement Consolidated Plan goals within the next fiscal year. Every Winter, Cary welcomes organizations working in high impact housing initiative areas too apply for funding. Applications are evaluated based on alignment with goals from the Consolidated Plan, Cary Housing Plan, and Imagine Cary Community Plan. Staff then prepares the draft Annual Action Plan with funding recommendations, posts it for public comment per the Citizen Participation Plan, then presents the draft Plan and comments received to Council. Once an Annual Action Plan is passed by Council, it goes to HUD for approval.
Cary Housing Program & CDBG Awards
COUNCIL APPROVED: Draft Consolidated Plan 2025-2030 and Draft Annual Action Plan 2025-2026
Note: The 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan is one chapter of the 2025-2030 Consolidated Plan; they are presented together in one document. Now that the above draft Plans have been approved by Council, they will go to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for review.
Previous Annual Action Plans
CAPER
Every year, the Town of Cary provides an update on the five-year Consolidated Plan and the Annual Action Plan (AAP) in the form of the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). The Consolidated Plan sets goals for the next five years, the AAP directs how Cary will use funding to implement Consolidated Plan goals within the next fiscal year, and then after the fiscal year ends, the CAPER reports on the progress that was made towards the annual and five-year goals. The CAPER is prepared by Cary staff every Fall and posted for public comment per the Citizen Participation Plan. After the 15-day public comment period, staff considers and incorporates comments received into the CAPER and submits it to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for review.
The Draft 2024-2025 CAPER was available for review and public comment from September 2 through September 16, 2025. There was also a public meeting on September 8. The report was submitted to HUD in September 2025 and is awaiting approval. Please access the draft CAPER below.
Public Notice
CDBG and Cary Housing Program Public Notices
There are no active CDBG and Cary Housing Program Public Notices at this time.
Environmental Review Notices
The Town of Cary considers the environmental impact of all Cary Housing Awards made by Cary Council. When required by certain fund sources that Cary administers (such as the Federal Community Development Block Grant), Environmental Review Records are completed for individual projects. When there is the potential for the project to impact the environment (as defined by the grantors, such as HUD), completed Environmental Review Records may be posted for public comment opportunities. Please find active public comment opportunities for Environmental Reviews below:
There are no active Cary Housing Environmental Review Public Notices at this time.
All current and archived environmental notices may be found on the Community Planning and Development website here and on the HUD Exchange here.
See here for town-wide public notices.