St. Louis officials say the city will need to be more strategic about how it deploys federal funds aimed to aid the area’s low to moderate-income residents in the future, as funding from the federal government becomes more uncertain.

Community Development Administration executive director Nahuel Fefer said the city plans to cut next year’s community development block grant fund by five percent in preparation for expected federal funding cuts.

During his presentation to members of the city’s Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee, he said he expects the trend to continue in the coming years as the federal government continues to cut back.

“As the federal government retreats from certain areas and from providing certain services, it's incumbent on us at the local level to be stra

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