Notice of Funding Availability and Request for Applications
The CDBG-DR Notice of Funding Availability for Public Facilities, Housing, and Planning Studies has been released and can be viewed in English and Spanish below:
The Request for Applications will open on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, and close on Friday, October 10, 2025, at 5 p.m. The Public Facilities and Housing Projects RFA is open for 501(c)(3) organizations and public housing authorities. The Planning Studies RFA is open to Orange County Departments and Divisions, local municipalities, and quasi-governmental agencies (such as water management districts and a regional planning council).
The mandatory pre-award technical assistance workshops will be conducted in person on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at the Orange County Internal Operations Center 1 located at 450 East South Street, Orlando, Florida 32801. The workshops will be conducted as follows:
- Applications for CDBG-DR Public Facilities and Housing Projects – 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
- Applications for CDBG-DR Planning Studies– 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Homeowner Housing Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program
Overview
CDBG-DR Action Plan
Approved CDBG-DR Action Plan.
Please click HERE to view.
CDBG-DR Action Plan - Summary of Comments Please click HERE to view.
Citizen Participation Survey
Newsletter
Stay informed about disaster recovery efforts in Orange County! Sign up HERE for our CDBG-DR newsletter to receive the latest updates on programs, resources, and community initiatives.
Hurricane Ian devastated southwest Florida, making landfall on September 28, 2022 as a Category 4
hurricane with strong winds, heavy rainfall and severe flooding. It was followed by Hurricane Nicole nearly a month-and-a-half later. In March of 2023, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced an allocation of $2.7 billion to
help underserved communities in hard hit areas throughout Florida recover from disasters. Orange County received a total of
$219,712,000 in Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery funds (CDBG-DR), to include $191,054,000 for unmet needs and $28,658,000 for mitigation, to address community impacts and damages associated with Hurricane Ian.
CDBG-DR is HUD funding provided as a special appropriation by Congress to assist with long-term
recovery following a Presidentially-declared disaster. It is a flexible set of funds that can be used to carry out a wide range of activities related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation. Based on the assessment of needs remaining after the hurricane events, Orange County budgeted its allocation of CDBG-DR funds for the following programs.