Community Development Block Grants
What is the Community Development Block Grant Program?
The Community Development Block Grant program is a national program that provides funding to eligible local governments to address critical community development needs. In Virginia, the program is administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development(DHCD). Projects seeking CDBG funding must meet at least one of the following:
- Give maximum feasibility priority to activities which will benefit low- and moderate-income (LMI) families,
- Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight, and
- May also include activities which are designed to meet other community development needs, having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the community
Fair Housing Commitment
The City of Buena Vista is committed to affirmatively further fair housing each grant year of its Community Development Block Grant Downtown Revitalization Project. It is the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia to provide for fair housing throughout the Commonwealth to all its citizens, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status, disability, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, or military status. For more information concerning fair housing policies and resources available to protected groups, visit the following: