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York County Community Development Block Grant Program – Pennsylvania

The York County Planning Commission is accepting applications for its Community Development Block Grant Program.

Donor Name: York County Planning Commission

State: Pennsylvania

County: York County (PA)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 01/23/2024

Size of the Grant: $1 Million to $50 Million

Grant Duration: 3 Years

Details:

This program, funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides assistance to the county’s townships and boroughs, non-profit organizations, and county homeowners.

The county has expended in excess of $50 million for:

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides annual grants on a formula basis to entitlement cities and urban counties to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic opportunities, principally for low- and moderate-income persons. The County of York has participated in the Community Development Block Grant Program since 1977. During that time, it has been able to fund approximately $78 million in York County housing, public services, public facilities and planning projects! Community Development Block Grant Program entitlement amounts vary from year to year, but the expected amount for the year 2024 is $2.8 million.

Grant Period

  • 2024 Program Year 1 – July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
  • 2025 Program Year 2 – July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
  • 2026 Program Year 3 – July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027

Eligible Activities 

The County of York CDBG program includes five types of activities.

  • Clearance/Demolition: Clearance/Demolition of unoccupied, unsafe structures including acquisition of real property
  • Public Facilities Activity: Public facilities activities must benefit a predominantly residential area, based on the primary service area of the activity.
    • Examples:
      • Rehabilitation of non-residential structures, including stabilization of historic structures
      • Construction, reconstruction, and extension of public facilities and infrastructure such as water and sewer facilities, streets, curbs and sidewalks, neighborhood centers, and recreation facilities. Includes acquisition of real property such as permanent easements.
      • ADA improvements to existing facilities
  • Public Services Activity: Eligible public service activities are wide ranging. Activities previously funded by the County must be either a new service or a quantifiable increase in the level of an existing service. The County is limited by HUD regulations in the amount of CDBG funding that it may expend on public service activities in a given program year.
  • Planning Activity: Planning activities include comprehensive plans, community development plans, and studies. Also eligible are strategies and action programs to implement plans, including the development of codes, ordinances and regulations. The County is limited by HUD regulations in the amount of CDBG funds that it may expend for planning activities in a given program year.
  • Housing Activity: Housing activities include acquisition, selective demolition, relocation, and rehabilitation of existing structures for the purpose of creating or preserving permanent rental units. Activities in the Affordable Housing Development/Rehabilitation Program (AHDP) for HOME program financed properties are examples of eligible housing activities.

Eligibility Criteria 

  • Projects funded by Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) are loosely categorized in three ways:
    • Planning Activities – A limited amount of dollars are available to local municipalities to assist in developing codes, ordinances, and plans. The goal of these dollars is to enable public officials and organizations to make informed decisions in areas affecting housing and community development.
    • Public Facility and Infrastructure Activity – The goal of these funds is to:
      • Eliminate conditions which are detrimental to the health, safety, and public welfare in York County neighborhoods and communities principally those lived in by low and moderate income persons
      • Eliminate slums and blight
      • Prevent blighting influences
      • Promote economic development
      • Provide needed community facilities
    • Public Services Activity – These funds assist in providing new or increased levels of service to low and moderate and middle-income households which support the economic and physical redevelopment of the County’s distressed and deteriorating neighborhoods and communities whenever no other source of funding is available.

For more information, visit YCPC.

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