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The City of San Diego will receive an entitlement of $14,852,521 for Fiscal Year 2009 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The following documents detail the projects that have been recommended for CDBG funds for Fiscal Year 2009. The City Council will adopt the CDBG Budget at its regularly scheduled meeting on May 6, 2008.
Community Development Block Grants General Information
The City of San Diego uses Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
funds to benefit low- and moderate-income citizens through the prevention and
elimination of neighborhood blight and to alleviate serious and
immediate threats to the health and welfare of community residents. The City
distributes approximately $15 million annually from the federal government
in CDBG funds.
Since 1974, federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) have provided
a flexible source of annual funding to communities nationwide. The CDBG
program offers local governments, with citizen participation, the opportunity
to improve development priorities, provided these projects:
- Benefit low- and moderate-income persons,
- Prevent or eliminate slums or blight, or
- Meet other urgent community development needs.
The CDBG Entitlement Communities Program provides this federal assistance to
nearly 1,000 of the largest localities in the country.
The City of San Diego has been receiving funding from the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) since 1975. The City has the authority
to carry out all of its CDBG-related activities or award some or all of the
funds to private or public nonprofit organizations as well as for-profit
entities. The City has used these funds to revitalize neighborhoods, expand
affordable housing and economic opportunities, and improve community
facilities and services that benefit low-and moderate income persons. The City
must use at least 70 percent of the entitlement for activities that either
directly benefit low or moderate-income persons or serves and area where the
majority of the residents are of low and moderate-income.
An explanation of basic eligible activities, technical assistance, and other
CDBG information are available at HUD's website.
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