Notice CPD-23-01: Guidance on Submitting Consolidated Plans and Annual Action Plans FY 2023 (Pre-Award Waiver)

Description

The purpose of this Notice is to instruct all Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), Housing Trust Fund (HTF), Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) formula grantees on the timing of submission of FY 2023 Consolidated Plans and Action Plans. Grantees and HOME Participating Jurisdictions (PJs) should not submit their Plans until the actual grant amounts have been determined and announced by HUD. In addition, this Notice provides:

1. Instructions to grantees/PJs under each of the above programs regarding the application of a waiver and CPD program flexibility to meet the consolidated planning citizen participation requirements for the submission of FY 2023 Consolidated Plans and Action Plans;
2. Instructions to grantees/PJs under each of these programs regarding costs incurred prior to execution of a grant agreement; and
3. Information for Entitlement CDBG grantees and HOME PJs about waivers being made available to certain grantees/PJs to assist in the implementation of the pre-award costs instructions.

These provisions apply equally to grantees’ three- to five-year Consolidated Plans as well as to annual Action Plans (either as a stand-alone document or as a component of the overall Consolidated Plan submission).

Resource Links

• Notice CPD-23-01: Guidance on Submitting Consolidated Plans and Annual Action Plans FY 2023 (Pre-Award Waiver) (PDF)