CDBG Program

Provides annual housing stabilization grants to enhance communities.

The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program provides annual housing stabilization grants to enhance communities by aiding low-and moderate-Income households.

Program activities must meet one of the following national objectives, and no less than 70% of CDBG funds must be used for activities.

Eligible activities include

Funds must be used to benefit low and moderate-income households, prevent or eliminate slums or blight, or address urgent need(s) of the community.

  • Certain infrastructure projects.
  • Code enforcement.
  • Community centers.
  • Economic development.
  • Installation of public facilities.
  • Homeowner assistance.
  • Housing rahabilitation.
  • Microenterprise assistance.
  • Public assistance

FY21 - FY22 Accomplishments

  • Microbusiness Stabilization Funds

    Mecklenburg County provided rapid deployment of capital to meet immediate needs of small businesses to mitigate the economic impacts caused by COVID-19.

  • Greater Matthews Habitat for Humanity - Critical Home Repair Program

    This project provided critical home repairs for three (3) homeowners in the Town of Matthews. 

  • Christ Our Shepherd Child Development Center Tuition Assistance Project

    This program provides affordable and reliable childcare mostly for single mothers, whose income do not exceed 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. 

  • Davidson Cornelius Child Development Center- Scholarship Support Project

    The Davidson Cornelius Child Development Center (DCCDC) utilized CDBG funding and local donations to provide grants to working, low-income families that are unable to pay sliding-scale tuition costs. 

  • Huntersville Huntington Green Sidewalk Project

    This multi-phase project entails design, acquisition, and construction of approximately 6,000 linear feet of sidewalk in a historically low-income neighborhood located in the Town of Huntersville. 

  • Matthews N. Ames Street Sidewalk Project

    This multi-phase project entails design, acquisition, and construction of approximately 450 linear feet of sidewalk and the associated curbing and planting strip to provide adequate separation from the roadway in a low-income neighborhood located in the Town of Matthews.