Community Development Block Grant

CPD Program Public Notices

Public Meeting Notice – CDBG 2026 Round and CDBG-RHP Substantial Amendment

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development will be hosting the Public Meeting for the upcoming 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program year on Monday, October 6, at 10:30 am CT.

The purpose public meeting is to inform eligible local governments and the general public of the proposed Tennessee State CDBG Program for 2026. Key information to be discussed include:

- General requirements of the CDBG program
- Eligible activities and funding categories
- Eligible grantees
- Funding limits
- Proposed program updates
- The 2026 application cycle

Additionally, we will be discussing the Substantial Amendment to the CDBG-RHP Action Plan. Notably, the program is being proposed to move away from an annual competition to a first-come, first-serve, as funding is available and increasing the maximum grant amount to $1,000,000. Another public meeting may be held, in addition to this, but is not guaranteed.

We encourage people to attend the meeting in person at the Tennessee Tower, 312 Rosa L Parks Ave., Nashville, TN 37207 in the Multi-media Room on the 3rd floor. The building is ADA accessible with ground-level entry on the 2nd floor.

 Additionally, participants are invited to join virtually using the below:

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 236 985 618 066 0

Passcode: QW6qu2vL

Dial in by phone

+1 629-209-4396,,823106580# United
States, Triune

Phone conference ID: 823 106 580#

Consolidated Planning

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that all programs funded under the CPD formula block grant, including CDBG, comply with the Consolidated Planning process. This process includes a Consolidated Plan (ConPlan) every five years where the jurisdiction (State of Tennessee) assesses its affordable housing and community development needs and market conditions and describes how these programs intend to use funds to meet these needs. Each year the state must also develop an Annual Action Plan (AAP) that falls under the ConPlan, specifying the intended use of funds for the upcoming program year. Also, the state must develop a Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) each year to report of the progress and the accomplishments of each of the CPD programs. Copies any of these documents for a given program year cab be found on the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) at https://thda.org/research-reports/consolidated-planning.