Stay Informed on Community Development Block Grants: Monitor Key Updates Effortlessly
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Understanding Community Development Block Grants
Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) are a critical financial resource, particularly for urban planning professionals, nonprofit managers, municipal finance officers, and economic development advisors. These grants were instituted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs.
Why It Matters
The CDBG program is pivotal in enabling communities to revitalize neighborhoods, promote economic development, and improve community facilities and services. It’s instrumental in projects ranging from housing rehabilitation and public facilities improvements to job creation and retention. Professionals in urban planning, local government, and community development need to keep abreast of CDBG updates to:
- Avoid regulatory penalties: With constant regulatory updates, failing to stay informed can result in non-compliance penalties that could jeopardize critical funding opportunities.
- Seize funding opportunities: Timely updates on funding availability can allow municipal finance officers and nonprofit grant managers to apply for grants promptly, gaining an edge in securing financial resources.
- Stay ahead of policy changes: CDBG funds are subject to federal regulations and allocations that can change, impacting current and future projects.
- Respond to open comment periods: Regulatory updates often include public comment opportunities, allowing professionals to participate in shaping the policies and decisions impacting their communities.
Recent Trends and Regulatory Impacts
In recent years, there has been a push towards using CDBG funds to address broader social issues such as affordable housing shortages and disaster resilience. Understanding how these policies evolve can influence funding allocations and project viability.
Professionals across different sectors, such as urban planning, housing authorities, and economic development agencies, closely monitor CDBG announcements. Staying informed allows these groups to leverage new legislative provisions and regulatory flexibility introduced in response to socio-economic challenges.
Why Monitor CDBG Updates?
Implementing a robust monitoring strategy is crucial for organizations invested in community development. Missing out on updates can delay significant projects and financial recovery efforts:
- Urban Planning and Development Agencies: Need immediate alerts on policy shifts that could affect zoning laws and compliance requirements.
- Nonprofit Organizations: Depend on accurate data to adjust their program designs and funding applications.
- Municipal Governments: Require timely insights to manage city budgets and infrastructure projects efficiently.
AI-Powered Monitoring: The Solution
FedMonitor offers a comprehensive solution to monitor Community Development Block Grants effectively. With our AI-powered service, stakeholders can:
- Automatically filter updates to receive only the most relevant policy changes and funding notices.
- Integrate with popular platforms like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Salesforce, ensuring that critical updates are communicated to teams in real-time via their preferred channels.
- Utilize our service to receive notifications through email or SMS, ideal for those moments when immediate awareness is necessary.
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Latest Documents
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This interim final rule revises HUD's regulation governing the Fair Housing Act's mandate that the Secretary administer HUD's program and activities in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing. This interim final rule returns to the original...
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Rule | Mar 03, 2025 |
HUD's HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME program or HOME) provides formula grants to States and units of general local government to fund a wide range of activities to produce and maintain affordable rental and homeownership housing and provi...
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Rule | Jan 06, 2025 |
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is proposing to amend its regulations on Federal financial assistance to conform with 2020 and 2024 changes to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance governing Federal financial assis...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 31, 2024 |
HUD's Housing Counseling Program provides counseling to individuals seeking information about financing, maintaining, renting, or owning a home. Established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, entities and individual cou...
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Rule | Jun 12, 2024 |
HUD's HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME program or HOME) provides formula grants to States and units of general local government to fund a wide range of activities to produce and maintain affordable rental and homeownership housing and provi...
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Proposed Rule | May 29, 2024 |
This final rule amends HUD's regulations to implement changes to the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) tenant-based program and the Project-Based Voucher (PBV) program made by the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA). HOTMA made s...
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Rule | May 07, 2024 |
This final rule revises HUD's regulations governing floodplain management and the protection of wetlands to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) in accordance with the Executive Order titled "Establishing a Federal Flood Risk...
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Rule | Apr 23, 2024 |
This final rule amends the regulations governing the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Program ("Section 184 Program") to strengthen the program by clarifying rules for stakeholders. As the program has experienced an increase in demand, it is...
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Rule | Mar 20, 2024 |
This rule amends HUD's regulations covering rental housing assistance for the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant (NHHBG) program, consistent with the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA). The amendments cl...
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Rule | Feb 12, 2024 |
HUD is proposing to revise the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and related Section 108 loan guarantee program regulations to make it easier for recipients to promote economic development and recovery in low- and moderate-income communities a...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 10, 2024 |
This final rule establishes a new approach to defining and assessing housing quality: The National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE). This rule is part of a broad revision of the way HUD-assisted housing is inspected and e...
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Rule | May 11, 2023 |
This proposed rule would revise HUD's regulations governing floodplain management and the protection of wetlands to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS), in accordance with the Executive order, "Establishing a Federal Flood Ri...
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Proposed Rule | Mar 24, 2023 |
This final rule revises HUD regulations to implement parts of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA). In addition to amending regulations for HUD's public housing and Section 8 programs, this final rule revises the program...
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Rule | Feb 14, 2023 |
Through this rulemaking, HUD proposes to implement the obligation to affirmatively further the purposes and policies of the Fair Housing Act, which is title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, with respect to certain recipients of HUD funds. The Fa...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 09, 2023 |
HUD's Housing Counseling Program provides, through HUD- approved counseling agencies and State housing finance agencies, counseling to individuals seeking information about financing, maintaining, renting, or owning a home. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 26, 2023 |
Through this notice of proposed rulemaking, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is proposing to amend its regulations covering rental housing assistance for the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant (NHHBG) program, consistent with th...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 04, 2023 |
This proposed rule would revise the regulations governing the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program ("Section 184 Program") to fiscally strengthen the program by clarifying rules for Lenders, Tribes, and Borrowers. As the program has experie...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 21, 2022 |
This final rule amends HUD's regulations regarding HUD's Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA). This rule makes conforming changes to HUD regulations to reflect the office's proper title, to remove references to the terminated HUD Board of Contract Ap...
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Rule | Feb 14, 2022 |
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) publishes this interim final rule to restore certain definitions and certifications that have been through notice-and-comment scrutiny and that are grounded in legal precedent to its regulations i...
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Rule | Jun 10, 2021 |
Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Section 3), contributes to the establishment of stronger, more sustainable communities by ensuring that employment and other...
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Rule | Sep 29, 2020 |