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Community Development Block Grant
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<p>The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), one of the longest-running programs of the <a href="/facts/U.S._Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development/wSllVu8s">U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</a>, funds local <a href="/facts/Community_development/jJenVGv0">community development</a> activities with the stated goal of providing <a href="/facts/Affordable_housing/4q4bTrSu">affordable housing</a>, <a href="/facts/Poverty_reduction/qTXfx5c1">anti-poverty programs</a>, and infrastructure development. CDBG, like other <a href="/facts/Block_grant/7McB4Jqp">block grant</a> programs, differs from <a href="/facts/Categorical_grant/C098JKml">categorical grants</a>, made for specific purposes, in that they are subject to less federal oversight and are largely used at the discretion of the state and local governments and their subgrantees. </p>