CDBG Disaster Recovery Funds Plan Posted for Comment- August 26, 2013

From DHCD:

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)

Action Plan

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has allocated to Massachusetts, $7.21 million from the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (P.L. 113-2) for distribution through the Massachusetts Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The funds are intended to address unmet housing, infrastructure and business needs in communities recovering from storms that received federal disaster designations in 2011 and 2012.

In accordance with CDBG-DR requirements, The Commonwealth is required to submit an Action Plan that identifies the proposed uses of the funding, including criteria or eligibility, and how the uses address long-term recovery needs. DHCD has posted the draft in order to provide opportunity for public comment. The draft CDBG-DR Action Plan is available on DHCD’s website, at www.mass.gov/dhcd.

Interested parties should feel free to submit comments through August 30, 2013, in writing or via email, directly to DHCD. Comments may be directed to: Mark Siegenthaler, Community Development Manager, DHCD, 100 Cambridge St, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02114 or mark.siegenthaler@state.ma.us.