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CDBG Disaster Recovery
Supplemental HUD block grants that help communities rebuild after a presidentially declared disaster, with a special appropriation enacted for each event. VerisGov maps the structure and keeps the moving parts current.
At a glance
- Program
- Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR).
- Administering agency
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Community Planning and Development.
- Statutory authority
- Special supplemental appropriations acts passed for individual disasters, administered under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 as modified by each appropriation's Federal Register notice. The program is not permanently authorized.
- Funding mechanism
- Supplemental HUD block grants enacted by Congress on a per-disaster basis; HUD allocates each appropriation by Federal Register notice rather than by a standing formula.
- Money flow
- Congress appropriates to HUD, which allocates to states, local governments, tribes, and territories as grantees; grantees design programs and pass assistance through to affected households, businesses, and infrastructure.
- Who has a stake
- Disaster-affected homeowners, renters, and businesses; state and local recovery agencies; tribes and territories; infrastructure owners; and low- and moderate-income residents in the most impacted areas.
What it is
Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) is a special, event-driven form of the Community Development Block Grant program. It is not permanently authorized. Each time it is used, Congress must pass a separate supplemental appropriation that directs the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to allocate funds for recovery in areas affected by a specific presidentially declared disaster.
Because the program runs on bespoke appropriations rather than a standing formula, HUD publishes a Federal Register notice for each appropriation. That notice sets the rules for that tranche of money, including any statutory and regulatory waivers and alternative requirements that modify the underlying Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 framework. The mechanism trades the predictability of a standing program for flexibility tuned to each disaster.
CDBG-DR funds flow to states, units of general local government, Indian tribes, and territories, which then design recovery programs and pass the assistance through to affected households, businesses, and infrastructure. The block-grant structure gives grantees broad discretion to address unmet recovery needs, with a statutory emphasis on benefiting low- and moderate-income residents and the most impacted and distressed areas.
Key facts
- Program Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR).
- Administering agency U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Community Planning and Development.
- Statutory authority Special supplemental appropriations acts passed for individual disasters, administered under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 as modified by each appropriation's Federal Register notice. The program is not permanently authorized.
- Funding mechanism Supplemental HUD block grants enacted by Congress on a per-disaster basis; HUD allocates each appropriation by Federal Register notice rather than by a standing formula.
- Money flow Congress appropriates to HUD, which allocates to states, local governments, tribes, and territories as grantees; grantees design programs and pass assistance through to affected households, businesses, and infrastructure.
- Who has a stake Disaster-affected homeowners, renters, and businesses; state and local recovery agencies; tribes and territories; infrastructure owners; and low- and moderate-income residents in the most impacted areas.
What it funds
- Repair, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of disaster-damaged housing, including owner-occupied and rental housing
- Restoration and hardening of public infrastructure such as roads, utilities, and water and drainage systems
- Economic revitalization and assistance to businesses affected by the disaster
- Hazard mitigation and resilience measures that reduce the risk of damage from future disasters
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- Whether an appropriation has been enacted for a given disaster, and the dollar amount and grantee allocations of that appropriation
- Application deadlines, action-plan submission windows, and expenditure deadlines tied to a specific appropriation
- The specific waivers, alternative requirements, and program rules published in the governing Federal Register notice
- Current low- and moderate-income benefit thresholds and most-impacted-and-distressed area designations for an active grant
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Pinned to records published by
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- State and local disaster-recovery grantees
Answers
Frequently asked questions
Is CDBG-DR a permanent program with a yearly budget?
No. CDBG-DR is not permanently authorized. Congress must pass a separate supplemental appropriation for each disaster it chooses to fund, so there is no standing annual budget or guaranteed availability.
Who receives CDBG-DR funds directly from HUD?
HUD allocates funds to states, units of general local government, Indian tribes, and territories. These grantees then design recovery programs and deliver assistance to affected residents, businesses, and infrastructure.
How is CDBG-DR different from FEMA disaster assistance?
FEMA assistance addresses immediate response and emergency needs and is permanently authorized. CDBG-DR is supplemental, appropriated case by case, and funds longer-term recovery of unmet needs in housing, infrastructure, and the local economy.
How does VerisGov help with CDBG-DR?
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