Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Each CDBG application must meet at least one of the following
three national objectives.
A. Low and
moderate income benefit - an activity identified as principally benefiting
fifty one percent persons of low and moderate income will be considered
eligible only if it meets one of the following criteria:
(1) the activity must be carried out in a
neighborhood or area consisting predominantly of persons of low and moderate
income and provide services to such persons; or
(2) the activity must involve facilities
designed for use by a specific group of people or clientele predominantly of
low and moderate income; or
(3) the
activity must add or improve permanent residential structures that will be
occupied by low and moderate income households upon completion; or
(4) the activity must involve creating or
retaining jobs, the majority of which must be for persons of low and moderate
income.
B. Prevention or
elimination of slums or blight - an activity identified as aiding in the
prevention or elimination of a slum or blighted area must meet all of the
following five criteria.
(1) The area must be
designated by the applicant and must meet a definition of a slum, blighted
area.
(2) The area must exhibit at
least one of the following physical signs of blight or decay.
(a) At least one quarter of all the buildings
in the area must be in a state of deterioration.
(b) Public improvements throughout the area
must be in a general state of deterioration. For example, it would be
insufficient for only one type of public improvement, such as the sewer system,
to be in a state of deterioration; rather, the public improvements taken as a
whole must clearly exhibit signs of deterioration.
(3) Documentation must be maintained by the
applicant on the boundaries of the area and the condition that qualified the
area at the time of its designation.
(4) The activity must address one or more of
the conditions that contributed to the deterioration of the area.
(5) To comply with this objective on a spot
basis outside of a slum or blighted area the proposed activity must be
designated to eliminate specific conditions of blight or physical decay
including:
(a) acquisition and clearance of
blighted properties;
(b) renovation
and reuse of abandoned, historic properties;
(c) commercial revitalization through facade
improvements; or
(d) removal of
environmental contamination on property to enable it to be
redeveloped.
C.
Urgent need - planning grants are not allowed under urgent need. Verification
of the urgency of the need must be provided with written documentation by the
appropriate authoritative state agency. An activity identified as having urgent
community development needs will be considered only if the applicant verifies
the following:
(1) that the activity is
designed to alleviate existing conditions that pose a serious and immediate
threat to the health and welfare of the community;
(2) that the condition(s) to be alleviated is
of recent origin, i.e., it developed or became critical within 18 months
preceding the certification by the applicant; and
(3) that the applicant is unable to finance
the activity on its own and other sources of funding are not
available.
