To assist with presidentially-declared disaster relief, long-term recovery and mitigation activities

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded $7.954 million to the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities on May 27, 2026, under the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program to support long-term disaster recovery, infrastructure restoration, housing reconstruction or rehabilitation, economic revitalization, and mitigation activities in the most impacted and distressed areas resulting from qualifying major disasters.

The award funds a range of recovery activities including housing rehabilitation or reconstruction, new housing construction, repair of roads and bridges, repair of water and wastewater facilities, business assistance, and job training and workforce development. Intended beneficiaries are low- and moderate-income households and businesses with urgent needs in disaster-affected areas. The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, a state-level housing authority headquartered in Boston, serves as the intermediary between the federal government and Massachusetts communities, administering federal grant programs across homelessness prevention, affordable housing, and economic self-sufficiency services. The organization typically sub-awards funds to local implementation partners including municipalities, nonprofit housing developers, community action agencies, and local service providers while maintaining fiscal oversight and program coordination.

Performance occurs in Boston, Massachusetts, with a period of performance through May 26, 2032.

Activities

Restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed (mid), areas resulting from qualifying major disasters.

Expected outcomes

Outcomes range from the following accomplishement examples: households benefitting from cdbg-DR, cdbg-MIT and cdbg-NDR funds, housing unit(s) new construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation activities, businesses assisted, jobs created and/or retained, rehabilitation or reconstruction of a public improvement, or public facilities.

Intended beneficiaries

The intended principal beneficiaries of cdbg-DR, cdbg-MIT and/or cdbg-NDR funds are low- and moderate-income households, which may include low- and moderate-income persons or households, and businesses with urgent needs.

Subrecipient activities

Cdbg-DR, cdbg-MIT and/or cdbg-NDR assistance may fund a broad range of grantee recovery activities, including but not limited to: housing rehabilitation or reconstruction, new housing construction, repairing roads and bridges, repairing water and wastewater facilities, providing assistance to affected business owners, job training and workforce development.