Summary: This Policy Bulletin summarizes how CDBG-DR funds can be used for economic revitalization by funding tourism-related activities. The bulletin addresses how these activities can be funded through existing CDBG-eligible activities and through waivers and alternative requirements.

• CDBG-DR Policy Bulletin 2022-01
• CDBG-DR Policy Bulletin 2022-01 (Espanol)

Summary: This Policy Bulletin provides guidance on how best to consolidate various requirements in the 2019 DOB Notice (84 FR 28836) and DOB Implementation Notice (84 FR 28848), as amended by the OMNI Notice (85 FR 60821). This guidance document restates information for clarity but does not establish any new requirements and lacks the force and effect of binding law.

• CDBG-DR Policy Bulletin 2022-02

Summary: This Policy Bulletin provides guidance on how to submit a request to extend a CDBG-DR grantee’s period of performance. HUD will consider extension requests for grant awards based on the Secretary's determination that the extension is necessary, and the grantee has demonstrated that it has evaluated all reasonable alternatives prior to determining that an extension is the only remaining viable alternative. This guidance recommends the best approach for building a grantee’s good cause statement for the extension. While this guidance applies to grants awarded for disasters occurring between 2011 and 2022, future grantees may also find this guidance useful if the applicable Federal Register notices allow for extension requests.

• CDBG-DR Policy Bulletin 2023-01

Summary: This policy bulletin provides an overview of the statutory authority and applicability of interchangeability across funds provided through various Public Laws. This policy bulletin focuses on interchangeability for Program Administrative Costs (PACs) and Grant Funds, and includes a review of the requirements, examples for each type of interchangeability, and tips for grantees choosing to use the flexibility provided through interchangeability across multiple CDBG-DR allocations. In addition, the bulletin illustrates how to report outcomes within the Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting (DRGR) System when using funds interchangeably. As a first step to implementing interchangeability, grantees are asked to please review CDBG-DR Policy Bulletin 2023-02 and the associated video before using the Interchangeability Checklists below.

• CDBG-DR Policy Bulletin 2023-02
• Video Review of CDBG-DR Policy Bulletin 2023-02
• Interchangeability Checklists: The Program Administrative Costs Interchangeability Checklist and the Grant Funds Interchangeability Checklist are designed as companion documents to CDBG-DR Policy Bulletin 2023-02 to help CDBG-DR grantees establish interchangeability processes, policies, and procedures. These checklists are a simplified tool but should be used with the context provided in CDBG-DR Policy Bulletin 2023-02.
  • Program Administrative Costs (PACs) Interchangeability Checklist-Fillable PDF
  • Grant Funds Interchangeability Checklist 2024- Fillable PDF

Summary: This Policy Bulletin aims to support CDBG-DR and CDBG-MIT grantees by outlining limited circumstances under which it is not in the best interest of the Federal government (i.e., HUD or its grantees) to pursue an identified duplication of benefits (DOB). HUD’s policy identifies two key scenarios: 1) when a beneficiary becomes deceased, is subject to a foreclosure action, or is experiencing bankruptcy; or 2) a low- and moderate-income (LMI) beneficiary receives subsequent federal financial assistance for the same purpose.

• CDBG-DR Policy Bulletin 2025-01

   

Summary: This FAQ provide clarity for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR), Mitigation (CDBG-MIT), or National Disaster Resilience Competition (CDBG-NDR) grants on Build Back, Buy America (BABA).

• CDBG-DR FAQs 2023-02

Summary: These FAQs provide clarity for grantees that are implementing section 1210 of the Disaster Recovery and Reform Act of 2018 (DRRA) that sunsets on October 5, 2023. This DRRA provision temporarily amended section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) (42 U.S.C. § 5155). For DRRA Qualifying Disasters (i.e., disasters declared between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2021) only, FEMA advised in a Fact Sheet that a loan is not a prohibited DOB under section 312(b)(4)(C) of the Stafford Act, as amended by section 1210 of the DRRA, if all federal assistance is used toward a loss suffered as a result of a major disaster or emergency.

• CDBG-DR FAQs 2023-03

Summary: HUD has updated its policy for how a CDBG-DR grantee should apply the necessary and reasonable cost principles (Cost Principles) when conducting a duplication of benefits (DOB) analysis. Under this updated policy, grantees conducting a DOB analysis can apply the Cost Principles without determining exactly how a beneficiary spent their other, non-CDBG-DR financial assistance for a different purpose. Grantees are no longer required to subtract the amount of unspent or misspent non-CDBG-DR financial assistance for a different purpose from the CDBG-DR award. This creates a simplified analysis to fund unmet need because grantees can focus only on the non-CDBG-DR assistance provided for the same purpose as the CDBG-DR award.

• Revised Duplication of Benefits Policy FAQ

Content current as of January 21, 2025.