FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 6, 2025
Office of Community Solutions Announces Launch of CDBG & HOME Applications Window
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The Office of Community Solutions is pleased to announce the launch of the Program Year 2025-26 applications window for the City’s Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Programs.
The CDBG and HOME programs provide valuable financial support for a broad range of activities that benefit the community and is driven by the work and insights of the volunteers of the CDBG/HOME Taskforce.
Interested applicants can find the application link and other updates, including a planning document for interested applicants, a link to register for the mandatory pre-application workshop and the application portal online HERE (link).
About the Community Development Block Grants Program
The City of Charlottesville is proud to partner with the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and their Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) program.
Through this partnership, HUD provides valuable funding that helps Charlottesville nurture healthy and vibrant communities, with a special emphasis on fostering benefits for low- and moderate-income residents so that all of our neighbors have the opportunity to thrive.
Through CDBG, the City of Charlottesville partners with an array of local community-benefit organizations to design and implement programs that foster economic opportunities through activities related to economic development, commercial and residential revitalization, and/or job creation.
About the HOME Investment Partnerships Program
Through this partnership, HUD provides valuable funding that helps Charlottesville nurture healthy and vibrant communities, with a special emphasis on activities designed to support high-quality housing and living environments as well as to increase the availability of high-quality homeownership and rental opportunities for income-qualified City residents.
Through HOME, the City of Charlottesville partners with an array of local community-benefit organizations to design and implement programs that provide vital financial and capacity building supports to many local community-benefit organizations so that they can develop and rehabilitate affordable homeownership and rental opportunities to benefit income-qualified city residents.
Through a regional partnership known as the Thomas Jefferson Area HOME Consortium (TJAC), Charlottesville works closely with the staff of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC) and five surrounding counties: Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson.
Media Contacts
Anthony Warn
Grants Analyst
434-970-3093
warna@charlottesville.gov
Taylor Harvey-Ryan
Grants Program Manager
434-970-3418
harveyryant@charlottesville.gov