HUD announced that FloridaCommerce would receive CDBG-DR funding to support long-term recovery efforts following Hurricane Irma. Working with impacted communities around the state, FloridaCommerce developed an action plan to guide how this funding will address unmet recovery needs through the following assistance programs.

For information on FloridaCommerce’s Hurricane Irma initiatives, including the Hurricane Irma Action Plan, click here.

Florida Housing uses a Request for Applications (RFA) process to allocate its competitive resources, including CDBG-DR, for multi-family housing development. For CDBG-DR, the following RFA’s have been issued and developments have been selected for funding.

Click below for information on CDBG-DR funding awarded:

• RFA 2019-101 in Monroe County
• RFA 2019-102 in Hurricane Irma impacted counties
• RFA 2019-103 in Hurricane Irma impacted counties

Resident eligibility for Florida Housing programs is typically governed by area median income (AMI) levels. AMI data is published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for every county and metropolitan area. For CDBG-DR, household income is limited to 80 percent of the AMI.

For information on current CDBG-DR AMI income limits for household size of 80 percent, click here. (NOTE: income limits are updated annually)