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Community Development Block Grant National Disaster Resilience (CDBG-NDR) Competition Unmet Recovery Need and Most Impacted and Distressed Threshold Criteria Briefing Todd Richardson – Office of Policy Development and Research Carey Whitehead – Office of General Counsel 1

Agenda 1. CDBG-NDR NOFA Overview 2. Unmet Recovery Needs and Most Impacted and Distressed Threshold Criteria 3. Request for HUD review during 45 days 4. Resources 2

NOFA Overview • General Background • Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Supplemental Appropriation under the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-2) • CDBG-NDR NOFA Purpose • Two Phases 3

“Most Impacted and Distressed” and “Unmet Needs” Thresholds The “most impacted and distressed” threshold: • This appropriation provides for certain recovery assistance “in the most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ” due to Hurricane Sandy and other eligible events in calendar years 2011, 2012, and 2013 . . . The unmet needs threshold: • This appropriation makes funds available “ for necessary expenses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, and economic revitalization . . . • These funds “may not be used for activities reimbursable by or for which funds are made available by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Army Corps of Engineers. . . “ 4

Unmet Recovery Need and Most Impacted and Distressed Threshold Criteria • HUD Disaster Recovery allocations must be based on “best available data” • No current data for remaining unmet recovery needs for 2011, 2012 and 2013 disasters • CDBG-NDR NOFA allocations will factor in estimates of unmet recovery need in most impacted and distressed areas using data provided by applicants and found acceptable to HUD. • Threshold Criteria described in CDBG-NDR NOFA - Appendix G • HUD will review one unmet recovery need response per applicant during the first 45-days after NOFA publication and confirm or reject whether information provided meets the thresholds [discussed further later in this briefing] 5

Most Impacted and Distressed – Phase 1 • Narrative response must be submitted in Exhibit B to the CDBG-NDR NOFA Response must address: • Must identify by place name and/or Census tract code the target area(s) that is(are) most impacted and distressed resulting from the Qualified Disaster AND • Must demonstrate unmet recovery need • Exhibit B narrative response will not count against page limit • Narrative must provide a link to data supporting the applicant’s framing of unmet recovery needs as described in the NOFA 6

Most Impacted and Distressed – Phase 2 • Phase 2 submissions will update Phase 1 Unmet Recovery Need and most impacted and distressed submission as necessary • HUD will award more points to more accurate, detailed and robust description of unmet recovery needs • As applicable the Phase 1 assessment may be referenced rather than restating 7

Most Impacted and Distressed Areas with Unmet Recovery Need Threshold Requirement: Unmet Recovery Most Impacted Distressed AND AND Need w/CDBG-DR Allocation Counties Already demonstrated Already demonstrated by by HUD HUD Demonstrate at least one category of unmet recovery need in Most Impacted and Distressed A sub-county area within a Presidentially declared major No CDBG-DR Allocation Areas: disaster area that demonstrate at least one Most Impacted • Housing Characteristic AND at least one Distressed characteristic: • Infrastructure Most Impacted Distressed Characteristics : • Economic • Characteristics: Low- and moderate Revitalization • Housing Damage income area • Environmental • • Infrastructure Loss/shortage of Degradation Damage Affordable Housing • • Economic Impact Federal target/ • Environmental economically fragile area • Degradation Prior environmental distress 8

Group 1: Already Most Impacted and Distressed Counties - still must demonstrate continuing unmet needs States (Most Impacted Counties) Local Jurisdictions Alabama (7) Tuscaloosa, AL Colorado (3) Birmingham, AL Connecticut (2) Jefferson County, AL Illinois (2) Chicago, IL Louisiana (5) Cook County, IL Massachusetts (1) Du Page County, IL Maryland (1) Jefferson Parish, LA Missouri (2) New Orleans, LA North Dakota (1) St. Tammany Parish, LA New Jersey (12) Springield, MA New York (15) Joplin, MO Oklahoma (2) Minot, ND Pennsylvania New York City, NY Rhode Island (4) Moore, OK Tennessee (1) Luzerne County, PA Texas (1) Dauphin County, PA 9 Vermont (3) Shelby County, TN

Group 2: Must demonstrate Most Impacted and Distressed as well as continuing unmet needs Alaska Mississippi Arkansas Montana Arizona North Carolina California Nebraska District of Columbia New Hampshire Delaware New Mexico Florida Ohio Georgia Oregon Hawaii Puerto Rico Iowa South Dakota Idaho Utah Indiana Virginia Kansas Washington Kentucky Wisconsin Maine West Virginia Michigan Wyoming Minnesota 10

Threshold Requirements: Unmet Recovery Most Impacted Distressed AND AND Need Demonstrating an Area is Most Impacted: • CDBG-DR Allocation • Counties previously determined by HUD to be most impacted as the basis for prior CDBG-DR allocations • No CDBG-DR Allocation • Area must meet one of the following “most - impacted” characteristics as a result of the Qualifying Disaster • Housing Minimum 100 homes damaged; OR • Minimum 20 homes seriously damaged • Infrastructure $2 million or greater damage to permanent infrastructure • Economic 1% or greater higher unemployment rate six-12 months after disaster; OR • Revitalization 50 or more people no longer employed for six months or longer; OR • Other harm to the economy • Environmental Damage to natural resources; AND • Degradation Places housing, infrastructure and/or economic revitalization at risk 11

Threshold Requirements: Unmet Recovery Most Impacted Distressed AND AND Need Demonstrating an Area is Distressed: • CDBG-DR Allocation • Counties previously determined by HUD to be distressed as the basis for prior CDBG-DR allocations • No CDBG-DR Allocation • Area must meet one of the following “distressed” characteristics as a result of the Qualifying Disaster • Low/Mod Area More than 50% of people earn less than 80% of median income • Shortage of At least 100 renters with income less that 50% of target area median income; AND 60% of these renters have a severe housing problem; OR Affordable Rental • More than 100 assisted rental housing units are at high risk of damage from a future Housing event • Tribal Area Federal Target or • Contains a Promise Zone Economically Fragile • Strong Cities Strong Communities Site; AND/OR Area • Unemployment rate greater than 125% of national average • Prior Environmental Contains a contaminated property cleaned, undergoing or proposed for cleanup 12 Distress

Threshold Requirements: Unmet Recovery Most Impacted Distressed AND AND Need Applicants with a previous CDBG-DR Applications without a previous CDBG-DR allocation allocation Housing : Demonstrating unmet recovery need How many households are still displaced from How are other CDBG-DR allocations housing due to the disaster, or how many inadequate for addressing remaining housing units that were damaged by the housing repair needs? disaster have not yet been repaired? • At least 20 households and/or still • Number of households that would damaged homes must be documented to continue to be displaced; or meet this requirement • Number of homes or rental units that will not be served. 13

Threshold Requirements: Unmet Recovery Most Impacted Distressed AND AND Need Applicants with a previous CDBG-DR Applications without a previous CDBG-DR allocation allocation Infrastructure: Demonstrating unmet recovery need What damage to permanent public infrastructure has not been repaired due What damage to permanent infrastructure has to inadequate resources in or serving the not yet been repaired due to inadequate most impacted and distressed area (and resources in or serving the most impacted and for which no CDBG-DR has been identified distressed area? in an action plan)? Describe: • Project(s) and its location relative to most impacted and distressed area • Amount of funding required to complete • Reason funding is inadequate $400,000 minimum unfunded permanent infrastructure repair need • Can include local match requirement for FEMA or DOT permanent infrastructure projects • No more than $250,000 of CDBG-DR or CDBG-NDR per project may be used toward US Army Corps of Engineers cost share requirement 14