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 of Waterbury has prepared the City's proposed CD YR 52 (2026-2027) Annual Action Plan. Notice is hereby given that the Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) will hold a Public Hearing and public comment period for the proposed plan. This action is undertaken in compliance with federal regulations 24 CFR 91. The Annual Action Plan delineates proposed activities to be funded under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program, and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program.

 

The CD YR 52 (2026-2027) Annual Action Plan identifies how this year’s funds will be used. HUD notified the City of its allocations on April 6, 2026 for the upcoming program year, development and draft of the plan was carried out using the following funding amounts: $2,194,766 (CDBG), $191,325 (ESG), and $884,687.34 (HOME). Program income is anticipated to be $2,500 for HOME and $14,000 for CDBG. The proposed CD YR 52 (2026-2027) Annual Action Plan is listed below.

 

A thirty (30) day public comment period will commence on April 22, 2026, and will end May 22, 2026. Drafts of the proposed plan will be available for public review at the Silas Bronson Library, 267 Grand Street; the City Clerk’s Office, 235 Grand Street; and the Office of Community Development, 188 Bank Street. The Plan is also available on the City of Waterbury website a www.waterburyct.org/services/community-development.

 

1. Under the Plans and Amendments tab the PDF attachment included in this email (CDYR 52 AAP Draft) can be added alongside the other plans already present. The same name can be kept for the title since it is important to include the word draft.

 

2026 Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Act (NAA) Tax Credit Program

 

 The City's NEW Waterbury HOME Improvement Program (WHIP) application period has closed.

 

Official WHIP Lottery Results (April 16, 2024)

 

CD YR 52 Annual Planning Process

 

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