The Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will receive $67,845,000 million from US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Community Development Block Grant- Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds in response to Vermont's July 2023 floods FEMA Disaster Declaration 4720. These funds will help communities with the necessary expenses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, and economic revitalization in the most impacted and distressed areas receiving major disaster declarations, for CDBG-DR eligible activities and addressed a national objective of benefitting low and moderate income people and addressing an urgent need. The Federal Register mandates $54,276,000 must be used to serve communities in zip code 05656 for Lamoille County and all of Washington county.
CDBG-DR Action Plan Status
DHCD staff have been working with Vermont Emergency Management, Chief Recovery Office and consultant Guidehouse on gathering information and developing the states CDBG-DR program to prepare the draft action plan to be submitted to HUD in order to access the funding and it can be found below.
Vermont 2025 DRAFT CDBG-DR Action Plan
Public comments are being accepted on the action plan until May 21, 2025 and can be sent to ACCD.CDBGDR@Vermont.gov.
Public Hearings
May 15, 2025
The Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development held a virtual public hearing to present how $67.8M in funds may be allocated and to get input from Vermont residents on the DRAFT CDBG-DR Action Plan on May 15, 2025, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at Weston Theater Company, 703 Main Street, Weston VT 05161 and virtually via Microsoft Teams and YouTube.
May 15, 2025 public hearing recorded video
May 15, 2025 public hearing presentation slides
March 20, 2025
DHCD staff held a public hearing to present an initial outline of how funds may be allocated and to get input from Vermont residents on the potential DRAFT HUD CDBG-DR Action Plan on March 20, 2025.
The purpose of the hearing was to listen to residents’ views that were impacted by the July 2023 floods to help determine the state’s unmet needs for planning, housing, infrastructure, economic revitalization, and public service from the flooding.
March 20, 2025 public hearing video
March 20, 2025 public hearing presentation slides
For more information about the funding please see links below:
Biden-Harris Announcement of Funds
Federal Register for 2025 DR Allocation
Universal Notice
Updated Universal Notice