CAPER Available for Public Review

Published on October 09, 2025

AMES, Iowa – The 2024-25 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) is available for a 15-day public comment period that will end on Thursday, Oct. 23. The CAPER is a document required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide Ames residents information on the City of Ames’ achievements during the past year using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the program year July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

Copies of the CAPER are available for review Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Department of Planning and Housing, Room 214, Ames City Hall, 515 Clark Ave. and at Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave.

To view the report online, go to www.cityofames.org/housing.

The Ames City Council will hold a public hearing on the CAPER as part of its regularly scheduled City Council meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct 28.

Those in need of special accommodations for a disability or language translation at the City Council meeting should contact Vanessa Baker-Latimer, Department of Planning and Housing, at 515.239.5400 or vanessa.bakerlatimer@cityofames.org, or the TDD at 515.239.5133 at least three business days (Oct. 23) in advance of the meeting.

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