The Kansas Department of Commerce is accepting applications for its CDBG Commercial Rehabilitation Grants Program.
Donor Name: Kansas Department of Commerce
State: Kansas
County: All Counties except Johnson County
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/03/2022
Size of the Grant: $250,000
Details:
The purpose of Commercial Rehabilitation grants is to help cities improve the quality of their downtown commercial districts by assisting private property owners in the rehabilitation of blighted buildings. It is hoped that strategic investment of grant funds will help prevent the spread of blighted conditions to other nearby structures.
National Objective
- All projects must meet a national objective and involve an eligible activity under the Housing and Community Development Act (HCDA) of 1974. It should also be noted that the Kansas program will be limited to privately owned buildings.
- All CDBG-funded projects must meet one of the three national objectives set forth in HCDA.
- This program will utilize two national objectives, 1) the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; and/or 2) job creation/retention.
Funding Information
The maximum amount of CDBG funds that can be applied for is $250,000.
Eligibility Criteria
All incorporated cities or counties in Kansas that do not receive an annual CDBG entitlement allocation from HUD are eligible to apply to the Kansas CDBG program. (The following communities receive entitlements and are ineligible to participate in the state program: Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Manhattan, Overland Park, Topeka, Wichita and all of Johnson County.) The business operation assisted by the CDBG funding must also be located in a non-entitlement area of the state.
Eligible Activities
The most relevant eligible activities are: building rehabilitation for code violations, historic preservation and building renovation for job creation.
For more information, visit Kansas Department of Commerce.