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The City of Burlington receives CDBG funding through its designation as a Small Entitlement City. Funding the upcoming 2010-11 fiscal year is $477,189. As an eligible recipient of CDBG funds, the City of Burlington also can receive Section 108 loan guarantee financing.
To receive HOME funding, the City of Burlington participates in a housing consortium of area local governments including the City of Greensboro, Guilford County and Alamance County with Greensboro serving as the lead agency. The formation of this consortium has enabled Alamance County, Burlington, Greensboro and Guilford County to join forces to cohesively and comprehensively improve the affordable housing situation and living conditions of many low- and moderate- income citizens in the metropolitan area. The City of Burlington's share of the HOME Consortium for FY 2010-2011 is $254,391 of HOME Program funds. Alamance County's share is $125,776 of HOME Program funds The City’s Community Development Division administers Alamance County’s HOME Program.
Planning for projects is critical to the use of CDBG and HOME funds. The Department of Housing and Urban Development posts information from plans as they are available. Both the consortium and the city produce regular five-year consolidated plans as well as one-year action plans. The following are available for your review:
- APPROVED 2010-2015 Burlington 5-year Consolidated Plan
- APPROVED 2010-2015 Greensboro Consortium Consolidated Plan
City of Burlington Housing Rehabiliation Program Brochure
Use the following HUD links for more program information:
- CDBG
- HOME
- Section 108
Other useful housing and community development links:
- North Carolina Housing Finance Agency
- NC Department of Health & Human Services
- NC Department of Commerce
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