Providing Access to Decent Housing
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) is a federally funded entitlement grant program through the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
HUD has three main objectives that the CDBG program is intended to serve:
- To benefit low and moderate income citizens (#1) and most important
- To aid in the prevention or elimination of slum/blight
- To meet a need having particular urgency (for example, tornado damage or an earthquake)
Grant Fund Uses
CDBG funds are used for:
- Administration (20% cap)
- Code enforcement
- Demolition
- Economic development activities
- Historic preservation
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- Housing rehabilitation
- Neighborhood planning
- Physical improvements
- Other community improvement activities
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Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice