Impact of CDBG Spending on Urban Neighborhoods

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Year: 2002
Pages: 104
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0756737729

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Chris Walker (au); Harold L. Bunce (fr). The Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), with an annual appr’n. of $5 billion, is the flagship urban improvement program. It allocates Fed. funding to States, cities & urban counties accord. to a formula based on pop’n., poverty, age of the housing stock & other needs factors. It is admin. by 1,000 cities & urban counties & 50 State gov’ts., which have great discretion in how they spend their funds. This study examines whether avail. data sources can be used to track the outcomes of activities funded with CDBG. Concludes that 2 avail. data elements -- median home loan amount & the number of bus. -- hold some promise as tools for helping communities measure the effects of concentrated CDBG expenditures. Charts & tables.

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