{"id":3509,"date":"2020-08-19T15:30:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T15:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affordablehousingonline.com\/blog\/?p=3509"},"modified":"2020-08-19T15:31:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T15:31:05","slug":"carson-approves-flexibility-for-cdbg-cares-act-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affordablehousingonline.com\/blog\/carson-approves-flexibility-for-cdbg-cares-act-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson approves flexibility for CDBG CARES Act Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/hud-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/hud-logo.png 225w, https:\/\/affordablehousingonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/hud-logo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption>Image by hud.gov<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>New flexibility of CARES Act funding being used by HUD has been approved by Secretary Ben Carson, as announced by a HUD press release last Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) funds, which are used across the country to help local communities that are struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs communities recover from the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak, HUD is providing States and local units of governments with the flexibility they need to effectively target funds to those efforts that need it most,\u201d said Secretary Carson in the HUD press release. \u201cIn combating the novel coronavirus, we have to be responsive to challenges as they arise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of new flexibilities for these CDBG-CV funds, as listed by the HUD press release, include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>&#8220;States may carry out activities directly or pass funds through to local governments in both rural and urban areas throughout the state. 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