Chapel Hill Town Council recently approved the 2023-2024 Annual Action Plan for the use of $629,892 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding provided through a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The Town of Chapel Hill has received CDBG funding from HUD each year since 1975 to be used for affordable housing, community development, and public service projects proposed by local non-profits that benefit low to moderate-income residents in Chapel Hill. Over the last 20 years, Chapel Hill has deployed over $10.5 million in CDBG funding into the community.
This year’s plan includes funding for:
EMPOWERment Inc.’s acquisition of 2 affordable rentals in Pine Knolls;
The purchase of a house in Northside neighborhood to be rehabilitated and resold to one of Community Home Trust’s low-to-moderate income homebuyers;
·Home repairs for at least 7 low-income homeowners through a partnership with Rebuilding Together of the Triangle and the Orange County Home Preservation Coalition;
Homeownership counseling and down payment assistance for 8 low-income homebuyers through an expansion of Community Empowerment Fund’s successful first-time homebuyers program;
Part-time employment for 14 youth through the Town’s Summer Youth Employment Program;
Transplanting Traditions Community Farm’s Growers School that will provide small business development and training for 13 refugee-owned farms;
Inter-Faith Council for Social Service’s case management for households experiencing homelessness to access resources and secure permanent housing; and
Crisis case management for limited English-proficient refugee and immigrant households experiencing housing instability or homelessness provided by Refugee Community Partnership’s multilingual staff.
To learn more about the Town’s CDBG program, visit www.townofchapelhill.org/cdbg or contact Megan Culp, Community Development Program Manager, at mculp@townofchapelhill.org.
