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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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.