Clerks and mayors of small towns

Which town is applying?

Plan a small-town CDBG application: national objective, low- and moderate-income data, two public hearings and the environmental review. Free.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
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ePlan fills in

  • Population
  • Low- and moderate-income share
  • Census tracts
  • Flood zone at the site

How it works

CDBG application checklist, from one answer

  1. Enter the town and describe the project and who it serves.
  2. ePlan pulls census and HUD low-mod data and flags the site's flood zone.
  3. Read the free checklist. Ready for the environmental review? Start a HUD Part 58 draft.

What you get

CDBG application checklist and 3 more documents

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the HUD environmental review door.

The first draft

CDBG application checklist (free)

  1. Project description and cost
  2. National objective and how it is met
  3. Beneficiary data: HUD low-mod data or a survey
  4. Citizen participation: hearings and notices
  5. Environmental review status
  6. Budget and other funds

Modeled on: 24 CFR part 570, subpart I (state CDBG), and your state's application manual

Next · 2

HUD Part 58 environmental review record

  1. Project and level of review
  2. Related laws checklist
  3. Findings and notices
Next · 3

Section 106 letter to the SHPO

  1. Undertaking and area of effect
  2. Historic properties
  3. Proposed finding
Next · 4

Citizen participation plan

  1. Hearings and notices
  2. Access and languages
  3. Complaints

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

2 hearings

at different stages of the program are the minimum a local government must hold for state CDBG funds
Source: 24 CFR 570.486(a)(5), eCFR

Ready for the paperwork?

Draft your Part 58 environmental review record: level of review, related-law checks, public notices and the RROF, ready to enter in HEROS.

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Questions

CDBG application checklist: what people ask

Does a small town apply to HUD directly?

Usually not. States that run the CDBG program distribute the money to local governments in their nonentitlement areas, so a small town applies through its state program and its rules.

Source: ecfr.gov

What's the low- and moderate-income test?

For an area-benefit activity, at least 51% of the residents of the area served must be low- and moderate-income. The area doesn't have to match census tracts, but it must be the entire area the activity serves.

Source: ecfr.gov

Can we start before the environmental review?

No. You can't commit HUD funds, or non-HUD funds that would harm the environment or limit alternatives, until the release of funds is approved. Exempt and certain excluded activities may proceed once the determination is documented.

Source: ecfr.gov

The rules this door follows