The City of Eau Claire Housing Division is currently accepting applications for its Community Development Block.
Donor Name: City of Eau Claire Housing Division
State: Wisconsin
City: Eau Claire
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/07/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Community Development Block Grant program was established with the passage of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. CDBG funds are distributed to eligible governmental units in two ways:
- Entitlement grants directly to cities and counties
- Grants to states, which conduct annual competitions for non-entitlement communities.
The City of Eau Claire is an entitlement city that is eligible to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Community Development Block grant program. The City of Eau Claire’s primary program income generator is its housing rehabilitation loan program, which the last few years has averaged approximately $100,000 in program income annually.
National Objectives
- Benefiting low and moderate (l/m) income persons
- Aiding in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight
- Meeting other community development needs having a particular urgency.
Goals
The proposed activity meets which of the following goals:
- Goal 1 – Creates a suitable living environment
- This objective relates to activities that are designed to benefit communities, families, or individuals by addressing issues in their living environment (such as poor-quality infrastructure) to social issues such as crime prevention, literacy or elderly health services.
- Goal 2 – Provides decent housing
- This objective focuses on housing programs where the purpose of the program is to meet individual, family, or community needs and not programs where housing is an element of a larger effort, since such programs would be more appropriately reported under suitable living environment.
- Goal 3 – Creates economic opportunities
- This objective applies to the types of activities related to economic development, commercial revitalization, or job creation.
Funding Information
The combined total Community Development Block Grant is estimated at $660,000.
Uses of Fund
- Housing rehabilitation
- Public facilities and public improvements directly benefiting people with low and moderate income
- Property acquisition benefiting people with low and moderate income
- Demolition and clearance of blighted properties
- Historic preservation: residential
- Housing code enforcement
- Public service programs which support the community development effort (15% cap) directly benefiting people with low and moderate income
- Administrative and planning costs for program management
- Other projects in compliance with 24 CFR Part 570 for the Community Development Block Grant.
Ineligibility
- Buildings or portions thereof, used for the general conduct of government
- General government expenses
- Political activities
- Acquisition of property or the construction or rehabilitation or structures to be used for religious purposes or which will otherwise promote religious interests.
For more information, visit City of Eau Claire Housing Divison.
