About Our Grants
Our Department receives funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and local funding and administers those grants to non-profits who work directly with residents of Howard County. The County receives Community Development Block Grants (CDBG); Home Investment Partnership (HOME) funds; MIHU Fee-in-Lieu and Housing Opportunities Trust Fund.
Notices, Reports and Plans
DRAFT 2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
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Archived Reports and Planning Documents
To complete the CDBG and HOME program year, the County reports annually on the progress it has made toward its Consolidate Plan goal in the Consolidate Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). The CAPER describes Howard County’s affordable housing and community development activities carried out over the past program year running from July 1st through June 30th each year. The CAPER also provides the community a concise breakdown of the federal funds used for activities that were undertaken during the program year and an evaluation of the County’s progress in carrying out the goals and objectives as stated in the Five Year Consolidated Plan.
- FFY2021 CAPER - Final
- FFY2022 CAPER - Final
- FFY2023 CAPER - Draft
Howard County, MD is a federal entitlement community under the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME). In compliance with HUD regulations, the County must prepare a Consolidated Plan, every five years to assess its affordable housing and community development, economic development, and strategic planning needs. The needs and priorities identified in the Consolidated Plan are addresses annually through the Annual Action Plans which present what specific activities the County will accomplish with CDBG, HOME and other funding sources.
In accordance with 24 CFR Part 91 of the federal regulations governing the Consolidated and Annual Action Plans and Howard County’s Citizen Participation Plan, notice is hereby given that the Howard County Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is proposing to amend its FFY22 Annual Action Plans.
Howard County’s Department of Housing and Community Development staff have created a HOME Investment Partnership Program Policy and Procedure Guide as mandated by the 2013 HOME Program Rule. For any questions related to this guide, please email the HOME Specialist, Xavier Bishop at xbishop@howardcountymd.gov
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