The City of Waterbury is a formula entitlement community and receives an annual allocation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), the Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG) and the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME).

The City's NEW Waterbury HOME Improvement Program (WHIP) is now accepting applications!

WHIP Application & Mailing List

CD YR 50 (2024-2025) Applications for CDBG and ESG are now open. Applications are due March 1, 2024 (3 pm).

CD YR 50 Application Request

The City’s annual allocation is dependent upon the federal budget. In order to receive these funds, the City must prepare an Annual Action Plan and submit it to HUD. The City’s program year runs from October 1 to September 30.

HUD provides funds to local communities to be spent on priority community needs as outlined in the locally developed Consolidated Plan. The purposes of the program are creating suitable living environments, providing decent housing and creating economic opportunity. Grantees must give maximum feasible priority to activities, which benefit low and moderate-income persons. A grantee may also carry out activities that aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight or meet an urgent need in the community that poses a serious and immediate threat to its health or welfare and for which they lack the financial resources to meet it.

The City of Waterbury has completed a new Five Year Consolidated Plan (2020-2024) and Updated Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI). A copy of these documents are posted to this website.

Participation

The City begins its citizen participation process in January of each year with the publication of the Notification of Funding Availability (NOFA) which sets forth the date of the first Public Hearing and the application process. To be placed on the City’s citizen participation list in order to receive CDBG announcements and information about dates and times of public meetings, please fill out and submit the form below:

Participation Form