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CDBG Disaster Recovery Program

Meeting a National Objective

24 CFR Sec 570 483 Criteria for national 24 CFR Sec. 570.483 Criteria for national objectives


24 CFR Sec. 570.483 Criteria for national objectives

Activities benefiting low and moderate income persons

[ 1 ]

Activities which aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight.

A ti iti d i d t t it

[ 2 ]

Activities designed to meet community development needs having a particular urgency

[ 3 ]



In the regular program


70 % of CDBG funds have to be spent on activities meeting the

LMI National Objective



In the Disaster Recovery Program


70 % of CDBG funds have to be 50spent on activities meeting the

LMI National Objective



[ 1 ] LMI

(b) Activities benefiting low and moderate

[ 1 ] LMI

income persons

Regulations provide for four different ways to meet the LMI national objectiveto meet the LMI national objective


[ 1 ] LMI24 CFR Sec. 570.483 Criteria for national objectives

(b) Activities benefiting low and moderate income persons

(1) Area benefit activities.

An activity, the benefits of which are available to all the residents in a particular area, where at least 51 percent of the residents are low and moderate income personspersons

Area Wide benefit Parish LMI Areas








(2) Limited clientele activities must benefit a clientele who are generally presumed to be principally low and moderate income persons



(b) Activities benefiting low and moderate income persons p

(3) Housing activities

An eligible activity carried out for the purpose of An eligible activity carried out for the purpose of providing or improving permanent residential structures that, upon completion, will be occupied by low and moderate income households



[ 1 ] LMI


(4) Job creation or retention activities

An activity designed to create or retain permanent An activity designed to create or retain permanent jobs where at least 51 percent of the jobs, computed on a full time equivalent basis, involve the employment of low and moderate income persons


[ 2 ] Slum and Blight



(c) Activities which aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight

(1) Activities to address slums or blight on an area basis (1) Activities to address slums or blight on an area basis





(c) Activities which aid in the prevention or elimination (c) Activities which aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight

(2) Activities to address slums or blight on a spot basis


[ 3 ] Urgent Need


[ 3 ] Urgent Need

(d) Activities designed to meet community d l t d h i ti l development needs having a particular urgency

(1)that the activity is designed to alleviate existing ( ) y g gconditions which pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community


[ 3 ] Urgent Need


[ 3 ] Urgent Need

(d) Activities designed to meet community development needs having a particular urgency development needs having a particular urgency

(2)which are of recent origin or which recently became urgent

A condition will generally be considered to be of recent origin if it developed or became urgent within 18 months preceding the certification by the unit of general local government


[ 3 ] Urgent Need


[ 3 ] Urgent Need

(d) Activities designed to meet community development needs having a particular urgency

(3) the unit of general local government is unable (3) the unit of general local government is unable to finance the activity on its own


Summary


Summary

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Summary


Summary

LMI Slum and Blight

Urgent Need

Area WideLimited ClienteleHousing

Blight

Area Spot

Threat to Welfare Recent OriginLoc Gov unable tog

Jobsp

finance

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Summary


Summary

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