Community Development Block Grant (States)

Authority

Community Development Block Grant (States) is authorized by Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Title I, Allocation and distribution of funds (42 U.S.C. 5306); program authority 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq., administered by HUD, as a formula program. Statute.

Statutory dual formula (42 U.S.C. 5306): each state receives the greater of two formula amounts. Formula A weights population (0.25), extent of poverty (0.50), and housing overcrowding (0.25). Formula B weights extent of poverty (0.30), housing built before 1940 / age of housing (0.50), and lag in population growth (0.20). 30 percent of the post-set-aside appropriation goes to states for non-entitlement areas (70 percent goes to entitlement communities). A state may deduct administrative and technical-assistance costs up to an aggregate of 3 percent (the statute permits $100,000 plus up to 2 percent for administration, with state match required on federal admin dollars above $100,000). No federal match is required of the state for program funds; states set their own local match policies.

Allocations by jurisdiction

52 jurisdictions, from the published allocation table.

Where the money lands

Place-of-performance obligations by state, with per-capita, sealed in the location chain.

Top recipients

Source documents

6 primary documents, parsed and sealed by content hash.

• 42 U.S.C. 5306 - Allocation and distribution of funds (CDBG) statute
• 24 CFR Part 570 Subpart I - State Community Development Block Grant Program regulation
• FY 2025 CPD Formula Allocations - All Grantees (CDBG, RHP, HOME, ESG, HOPWA, HTF) allocation-table, 1 pages, 1 tables
• Community Development Block Grant Program (HUD program page) fact-sheet
• Assistance Listing 14.228 - Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii other
• HUD Leadership - HUD.gov agency-site

Questions

How does Community Development Block Grant (States) money reach recipients?

HUD allocates 30 percent of the annual CDBG appropriation among the states by statutory dual formula (42 U.S.C. 5306). Each participating state then awards the funds as grants to units of general local government in its non-entitlement areas (cities under 50,000 and counties under 200,000), based on the state's own annually published method of distribution. HUD provides no CDBG assistance directly to individuals, businesses, or non-governmental entities, and (for Hawaii only) HUD itself administers grants to the non-entitlement counties.

How much federal funding does Community Development Block Grant (States) represent?

As of 2026-06-05, $29.2B was obligated across 392 active awards to 102 recipients in 56 states and 100 counties. This is a sealed point-in-time figure from USAspending, the federal system of record.

What law authorizes Community Development Block Grant (States)?

Community Development Block Grant (States) is authorized by Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Title I, Allocation and distribution of funds (42 U.S.C. 5306); program authority 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq., administered by HUD.