The City of Peoria is accepting applications for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Program.
Donor Name: City of Peoria
State: Arizona
City: Peoria
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/22/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
What is CDBG program?
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program (CFDA 14.218). The primary objective of the HUD CDBG Program is the development of viable communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanded economic opportunities primarily for low and moderate income residents.
The national objectives of the CDBG program were established to assist local communities with activities focused on:
- Eliminating slum and blight, preventing deterioration of property, providing needed neighborhood community facilities and supportive services;
- Preserving and improving the supply of affordable housing through improvement of low and moderate income housing;
- Acquisition, design, construction, and installation of needed public facilities, improvements, and accessibility measures; and
- Creation and retention of jobs for low and moderate income persons through the expansion of business opportunities and the provision of financial incentives to businesses.
What is HOME Program?
The HOME Program (CFDA 14.239) was created as part of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 and is also funded by HUD. HOME is primarily a bricks-and-mortar program that funds the development of affordable housing as a lasting community resource. Funding for this program is provided through HUD and flows to the City of Peoria through the Maricopa County HOME Consortium, of which the City is a member. HOME funds a broad range of activities including:
- New construction;
- Rehabilitation;
- Acquisition of standard housing;
- Homebuyer assistance; and
- Tenant based rental assistance.
How an CDBG Funds be used?
Federal regulations require that CDBG funds be used for eligible activities that meet one of three national objectives:
- Benefit low and moderate income persons;
- Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; and
- Meet a need having a particular urgency
The City of Peoria uses its annual CDBG allocation to fund projects and activities undertaken by city departments and not-for-profit agencies specifically to address the housing and community development needs of low and moderate income persons. CDBG funding can be used for a variety of activities to meet HUD statutory goals including, but not limited to:
- Decent Housing
- Assisting homeless persons to obtain affordable housing;
- Assisting persons at risk of becoming homeless;
- Retention of affordable housing stock;
- Increasing the availability of affordable permanent housing in standard condition to low and moderate income families, particularly to members of disadvantaged minorities without discrimination of the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, family status, or disability; and
- Providing affordable housing that is accessible to job opportunities.
- A suitable living Environment
- Improving the safety and livability of neighborhoods;
- Increasing access to quality public and private facilities and services;
- Revitalizing deteriorating neighborhoods;
- Restoring and preserving properties of special historic, architectural, or aesthetic value; and
- Conservation of energy resources.
- Expanded Economic Opportunities
- Job creation and retention;
- Establishment, stabilization and expansion of small businesses (including micro businesses);
- The provision of public services concerned with employment;
- The provision of jobs for low income persons living in areas affected by those programs and activities or jobs resulting from carrying out activities under programs covered by the plan;
- Availability of mortgage financing for low income persons at reasonable rates using nondiscriminatory lending practices;
- Access to capital and credit for development activities that promote the long-term economic and social viability of the community; and
- Empowerment and self-sufficiency for low-income persons to reduce generation poverty in federally assisted housing and public housing.
Eligible Activities
- CDBG Activities
- Acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities and facilities for persons with special needs (e.g. homeless shelters, group homes or halfway houses);
- Construction or rehabilitation of housing units for low and moderate income persons;
- Economic development activities that create full-time jobs for low and moderate income persons;
- Health care and substance abuse services;
- Transitional housing and supportive services for the homeless;
- Fair Housing counseling;
- Crime prevention activities;
- Senior and disabled centers, except 24-hour care facilities;
- Removal of architectural barriers which restrict mobility of persons with disabilities; and
- Installation, construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure (e.g. water/sewer lines, streets and sidewalks).
- HOME Activities
- Acquisition of property;
- Construction of new housing for rent or ownership;
- Moderate or substantial rehabilitation of owner-occupied units;
- Site improvements for HOME-assisted projects;
- Demolition of dilapidated housing to make way for a HOME-assisted development;
- Homebuyer assistance; and
- Tenant based rental assistance.
For more information, visit City of Peoria.
