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handle is hein.crs/govcawz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Researh Sevice Responding to the COVID-19 Outbreak with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Authorities March 24, 2020 In response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, some in Congress have suggested using the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program as a vehicle for providing financial relief to states and communities. Congress has regularly instituted a special variant of CDBG for long-term disaster recovery, known as CDBG-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR). This Insight considers the potential role of CDBG and CDBG-DR as economic development countermeasures to the coronavirus outbreak. For more information on the health and epidemiological aspects of COVID-19, see CRS products R462 19 and IF11421. About CDBG CDBG is a flexible community and economic development program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that provides formula-based block grant funding to entitlement communities-broadly, cities with populations of 50,000 or greater, or urban counties of 200,000- which makes up approximately 70% of CDBG spending, and to the states and territories, which sub- allocate funds to non-entitlement communities. The primary goal 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. As a condition for receiving funds, the program's authorizing statute requires states and local governments to certify that proposed CDBG activities meet one of the program's three national objectives. Eligible activities must: * principally benefit low- and moderate-income persons defined as families and individuals whose household incomes do not exceed 80% of a jurisdiction's median income; * aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; or Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11277 Prepared for MNembers and

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