HUD Community Planning and Development

The Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) seeks to develop viable communities by promoting integrated approaches that provide decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expand economic opportunities for low and moderate-income persons. The primary means towards this end is the development of partnerships among all levels of government and the private sector, including for-profit and non-profit organizations.

Tools

CPD Maps

CPD Maps enables users to map and generate reports with a data from a variety of HUD data sources, integrated with demographic and economic indicators.

CPD Maps User Guide

Homeowners Insurance Coverage

Learn how CDBG can help families maintain their property insurance and protect their homes.

HUD Exchange

Find CPD Program guidance and training on HUD Exchange.

Streamlined Disaster Waiver Process

​Disaster Waiver Process

On September 1, 2026, HUD launched a streamlined process for requesting additional flexibility on existing grants after a disaster is declared. Recipients of annual HUD funding may request waivers to unlock and accelerate the use of their funding for disaster response and recovery. With the updated waiver process, HUD is proactively issuing maximum flexibility to communities impacted by disasters. These flexibilities will expedite the recovery process, reduce administrative burden, and allow impacted jurisdictions to quickly tailor programs and activities to address the post disaster needs of impacted communities. The memo, linked below and dated September 1, 2026, replaces prior guidance, and grantees are encouraged to review this memo closely.

​Eligible Programs for the Waiver

The expedited process will enable HUD to quickly provide regulatory and administrative relief to recipients of the following HUD programs: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), Housing Trust Fund (HTF), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), Continuum of Care (CoC), and Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP).

​Examples of HUD’s Flexibilities

To expedite the use of these funds, HUD's state and local partners impacted by declared disasters can now access waivers through an expedited approval process. Examples of HUD's flexibilities include:

• HUD may suspend a cap limiting CDBG expenditures for public services to 15 percent- so that CDBG grantees can pay for additional support services for individuals and families affected by declared disasters. Services could include the provision of food, emergency shelter, case management, and related services to help residents in declared-disaster areas until long-term recovery resources become available.
• When extensive damage and destruction to the housing stock occurs in impacted areas HUD may enable CDBG grantees to replace affordable housing units that were lost as a result of severe weather, waiving restrictions on new construction.
• The HOME Program’s 15 percent set-aside for Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) may be suspended to relieve the participating jurisdiction of requirements that may impede the obligation and use of funds to expeditiously provide housing to displaced persons and repair properties damaged by the disaster.
• ESG waivers that will enable ESG recipients to expeditiously meet the critical housing and emergency shelter needs of many eligible individuals and families in the declared disaster area.

How to Request a Waiver or Flexibilities​

If a Presidentially Declared Disaster has been issued in your area, you are welcome to reach out to your CPD Field Office to request suspension and waiver flexibilities to use your annual funding to support disaster recovery.

Additional Resources​

• Guidance on the Waiver Process: click here