Community Development Block Grant Program

The primary objective of the CDBG Program is the development of viable urban communities, by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate-income.

Community Development Block Grant Program LogoEach year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Community Development (HUD) distributes community development block grant funds to cities for their local community development projects. The City of Annapolis distributes these funds through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, based on its Five Year Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan.  The Consolidated Plan is a five-year planning document which: 1) identifies housing needs and problems; 2) analyzes market conditions and resources; 3) sets priorities and adopts strategies; 4) allocates resources; and, 5) contains an annual action plan.  The Annual Action Plan identifies the amount of CDBG funds the City expects to use, the activities that the City will fund, and the goals the City set for the number and type of households the City expects to assist.

The City’s Community Development Division in the Planning and Zoning Department administers the CDBG program. The City Affordable Housing and Community Equity Development Commission has oversight responsibility for the CDBG program and the use of CDBG funds. The Commission recommends the funding to the City Council, which approves all CDBG-funded projects. The approved projects then become the basis for the CDBG Action Plan. 

For the past 30 years, the City has used its CDBG funds to provide homeownership opportunities, housing rehabilitation services, and financial support for various human service organizations.

Community Development Block Grant Application (CDBG)

Process for FY 2024

 

The City of Annapolis is inviting housing and community development organizations to submit applications for projects for FY 2023 CDBG program.  We will accept applications from Monday November 14, 2022 to the deadline Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 4:30 p.m.

Community Development Block Grant Application FY 2024 (PDF)

 The Affordable Housing and Community Equity Development Commission will hold a virtual public hearing to provide residents with information on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and to solicit recommendations for the use of these funds for Local Fiscal Year 2024, which begins July 1, 2023.  The hearing will also provide residents with information on FY 2022 CDBG accomplishments.

This is the first Public Hearing of the City Housing and Community Development Block Grant Budget Process is being held on December 8, 2022 @ 6:30 PM.  This is a VIRTUAL public hearing. 

Watch the meeting here 

The Public will have an opportunity to comment and share information on the housing and community development needs they are seeing in their communities. 

Submit comments or sign up to give live testimony here

If you wish to attend and require a special accommodation (e.g. interpreter for deaf and hard of hearing or an interpreter for persons with limited English proficiency), please contact tcw@annapolis.gov no later than seven business days prior to the public meeting.

For the past 30 years, the City has used its CDBG funds to provide homeownership opportunities, housing rehabilitation services, and financial support for various human service organizations.

In FY 2023 the City provided $582,902 in CDBG Entitlement funds to the following organizations:

  • Arundel Lodge, Inc.
  • ARC of the Chesapeake Region, Inc.
  • Anne Arundel County Rebuilding Together
  • Blessed in Tech Ministries, Inc.
  • Center of Help, Inc.
  • Anne Arundel County Community Action Agency, Inc.
  • Homes for America
  • Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis
  • The Light House
  • Organization of Hispanic/Latin Americans of Anne Arundel County, Inc.
  • OIC of Anne Arundel County, Inc.
  • Restoration Community Development Corporation, Inc.

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACTION PLAN (PDF)

Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)

 

The Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) mandated report for all communities receiving Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. The CAPER reports the City of Annapolis success in meeting the housing and community development goals and objectives contained in its Five-year Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan and FY 2022 Annual Action Plan. (CAPER FY 2022)

For additional information about the CDBG Program, please contact Ms. Wellman at 410-263-7961 extension 7798 or tcw@annapolis.gov.

 CAPER FY 2022 (PDF)

Fair Housing

As an entitlement community under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), Annapolis is required, in accordance with the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, to “affirmatively further fair housing.”  To show that the entitlement community is “affirmatively furthering fair housing,” it must conduct a fair housing analysis, which identifies any impediments to fair housing choice and the steps it will take to meet this requirement.  HUD advises communities that this Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI) should also address “Visitability,” the Section 504 Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as the Fair Housing Act.

The HUD Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) Office is now advising Federal entitlement communities to update its Analysis of Impediments (AI) to Fair Housing Choice to coincide with its Five Year Consolidated Plan, and then every five (5) years thereafter.  In addition, each year the City, as part of its Annual Action Plan, must sign certifications that the City will affirmatively further fair housing.  Consequently, the City is currently working on its AI for FY 2020 to identify the appropriate actions to overcome the effects of any identified impediments.  The city must then maintain records reflecting what analysis and corrective actions were taken.

The City of Annapolis currently has a Fair Housing Law, which the Annapolis Human Relations Commission oversees and takes complaints. Learn more about fair housing rights in the City of Annapolis.

Resources

  1. City of Annapolis Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan Final 2021-2025 (PDF)
  2. 2021-2025 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice in the Baltimore Region Including Annapolis (PDF)
  3. City of Annapolis Annual Action Plan 2020 (PDF)
  4. Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report - Local Fiscal Year 2019 (PDF)
  5. Fair Housing Brochure (PDF)
  6. Fair Housing Brochure en español (PDF)