Community Development Block Grant Entitlement Program

CDBG is a noncompetitive grant program that provides flexible funding to support programs that address a wide range of community development needs including housing, infrastructure, and public services.

Administering Agency:

HUD

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Key Details:

Funding Overview:

CDBG is a noncompetitive grant program that provides flexible funding to support programs that address a wide range of community development needs including housing, infrastructure, and public services.

Common Uses:

Flexible funding to cities to pay for acquisition of real property, construction of public improvements, rehabilitation of residential structures (including for single-site permanent supportive housing), public services such as homelessness and behavioral health services, and economic development activities.

Issue Area(s): Criminal Justice, Housing and Homelessness, Other

Eligibility: City

Key Usage Options: Administrative, Hire Staff, Planning, Real Estate, Research/Evaluation, Staff Training, Supportive Housing

Funding Amount/Range: Varies

Allocation Frequency: Annual

Funding/Expending Period: 1-, 2-, or 3-year periods

Funding Type: Block Grant

How to Obtain: Direct Allocation

Match Requirement: No

Notes:

Construction of new housing is prohibited, with some exceptions. Public service activities, with some exceptions, must be new activities. Regular, non-emergency direct payments of rent or utilities are ineligible. Requires projects to be part of a jurisdiction's 3- to 5-year Consolidated Plan that is submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.