Dallas County Planning & Development Community Development Block Grant
The County receives funding from HUD to operate a community development block grant (CDBG) program in the unincorporated areas and in the sixteen following cities with populations of less than 50,000:
Participating Cities
Duncanville
Combine
University Park
Cedar Hill
Lancaster
Sachse
Glenn Heights
Cockrell Hill
Balch Springs
Seagoville
Hutchins
Wilmer
Farmers Branch
Coppell
Highland Park
DeSoto
The County receives about $2.3 million a year from HUD for this program which can be used for a variety of purposes as long as they either eradicate blight, principally benefit low/moderate income people, or eliminate a community-threatening condition. The County uses about 20% of this funding to operate the program and another 15% to fund a Home Loan Counseling Center. The remaining 65% is allocated to the cities using a formula that takes into account a city's population and the percentage of it that is low/moderate income.
Cities participating in the program are generally allowed to utilize their allocations, which typically range from about $60,000-$175,000, for whatever eligible projects they desire as long as they do not jeopardize the County’s ability to meet HUD’s annual spending requirement. Most of the money received by the cities is used for capital improvement projects like reconstructing streets, installing new water lines, replacing bridges, or renovating parks. For more information about the County’s CDBG program, please call (214) 653-6368.
By virtue of its participation in the CDBG program, the County also receives HOME funding and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funding from HUD. The County typically uses its HOME funds to operate a housing reconstruction program which demolishes and replaces owner-occupied low/moderate-income homes that are too dilapidated to be economically rehabilitated. HOME funds are also used to finance a down-payment assistance program. For more information about the housing reconstruction program, please call (214) 653-6884. For more information about the down-payment assistance program, please call (214) 819-6060.
The County’s ESG funds are used to help non-profit homeless shelters pay their operating utilities. For more information about this funding, please call (214) 653-6359.
Request for Public Comments NOTICE OF PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
Dallas County desires to provide notice of a proposed substantial amendment to its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan so that the County can receive and utilize $4,405,482 in special funding that is now available under the new Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP).
Dallas County proposes utilizing $1 million of this NSP funding for down-payment assistance/the related repair of foreclosed homes in the sixteen cities that participate in the County’s CDBG program.
It is also proposed that the remaining $3,405,482 of NSP funding be used to have a non-profit organization acquire, repair, and re-sell foreclosed homes in selected target areas within the cities of Cedar Hill, Lancaster, DeSoto, and Duncanville.
All individuals, agencies, organizations, and other interested parties are invited to submit written comments about this proposed substantial amendment to Dallas County, attention Rachel Brown, CDBG Project Coordinator, 411 Elm Street, third floor, Dallas, TX, 75202. Questions can also be directed to Ms. Brown at 214-653-6359. All such comments and questions must be received prior to 4:00 p.m., November 24, 2008.
Click here to view the County’s proposed Substantial Amendment for NSP.
