NEWS

Governor Announces Announces $34 Million in Community Development Block Grants to 63 Communities

Sep 26, 2019

Governor Baker and the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) recently awarded $34 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) Awards to support a variety of housing, community and economic development projects in 63 cities and towns across the Commonwealth. Many of these projects are helping cities and towns become more Age-Friendly through improvements to a community’s physical environment.

These 2019 CDBG awards will more specifically help rehabilitate more than 230 housing units, support twelve food pantries and provide funding for 19 infrastructure improvement projects. Today’s funding will also support initiatives ranging from the provision of senior, youth, and veterans’ services to park renovations and small business technical assistance.

See the full list of CDBG awards and what was funded here.

The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program is a competitive grant program authorized by Congress, funded under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and designed to help small cities and towns meet a broad range of community development needs. Assistance is provided to qualifying cities and towns for projects that assist low and moderate-income residents, or revitalize blighted areas.

CDBG funds are allocated annually to the Commonwealth through the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and administered by the MA Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). Since 2015, the Baker-Polito Administration has awarded nearly $144 million in Community Development Block Grants to projects in more than 180 communities.