Acting Director, Office of Block Grant Assistance

2506-AC52 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2506 Office of Community Planning and Development CPD 2500 Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD Submissions for Community Development Block Grant Programs, Consolidated Plans, and Indian Community Development Block Grant Program Changes (FR-6148)

This final rule revises the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and related Section 108 loan guarantee program regulations to make it easier for recipients to promote economic development in low- and moderate-income communities. This rule also revises the Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) program regulations to align the ICDBG program with the revisions being to the CDBG program regulations. This final rule also revises provisions related to Consolidated Plan and citizen participation requirements for the CDBG program and adds timelines for submissions to improve performance with respect to timeliness. HUD developed this final rule with input received from the public through comments in the Federal Register, which HUD encouraged during four public informational sessions HUD held for grantees, subrecipients, and other participants in the CDBG program on February 20, February 28, March 4, and March 7, 2024. HUD also established a website for the proposed rule that contains a 30-minute recorded overview, which received more than 1,400 views.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 24 CFR 570 24 CFR 91 24 CFR 1003 12 U.S.C. 1701x 12 U.S.C. 1701-1 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) 42 U.S.C. 5301 to 5320, Pub. L. 115-97 No NPRM 01/10/2024 89 FR 1746 NPRM Comment Period End 03/11/2024 Final Action 08/00/2025 No No Local State No No No No Cory Schwartz Acting Director, Office of Block Grant Assistance 2506 Office of Community Planning and Development CPD 202 402-4105 451 7th Street, Washington DC 20410