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Funds are primarily used to provide decent
housing, a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities
in our community while meeting one of the three National Objectives
of the program:
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Provide benefit to LOW and MODERATE
INCOME PERSONS. (Not less than 70% of all program expenditures.)
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Prevent or eliminate SLUM or
BLIGHT.
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Meet community needs having a
particular URGENCY.
Eligible Activities
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Acquisition of Real Property
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Removal of Architectural Barriers
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Disposition
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Housing Rehabilitation
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Public Facilities & Improvements
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New Housing Construction
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Privately-Owned Utilities
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Code Enforcement
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Clearance
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Historic Preservation
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Public Services (15% limitation)
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Commercial/Industrial Rehabilitation
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Interim Assistance
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Special Economic Development
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Relocation
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Special Sub-recipient Activities
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Loss of Rental Income
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Program Planning/Administration
(20% limitation)
CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES
(15% Limitation)
CDBG funds may be used to provide public
services (including labor, supplies, and materials), provided that the
public services meet a national objective of the CDBG program and provided
that the public service be either:
A new service; or A
quantifiable increase in the level of a service
Above that which has been provided
by or on behalf of the unit of general local government (through funds
raised by such unit, or received by such unit from the State in which
it is located) during the 12 months prior to submission of the application
for funding.
Public Services also include the cost
of operating and maintaining that portion of a facility in which a service
is located.
Public services do not include:
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Political Activities;
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Payments to individuals for their
food, clothing, rent, utilities, or other income payments;
The following activities that may be
eligible under other CDBG categories - relocation services, rehabilitation
services, services carried out as emergency assistance, and planning
or administrative activities.
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