HUD Revises CDBG-DR Universal Notice

By: Steven Molinari, Policy Analyst

On March 19, HUD released a notice revising The Universal Notice (UN) (90 FR 1754) and clarifying language in the Allocation Announcement Notice (AAN) (90 FR 4759) that were each published in January 2025. The revisions and clarifications are meant to align requirements with executive orders made by the current presidential administration. They take effect on March 24, 2025.

The executive orders that apply to these revisions include:

• Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis (90 FR 8245)
• Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (90 FR 8339)
• Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (90 FR 8633)
• Designating English as the Official Language of the United States (90 FR 11363)

The revisions to the UN include removing environmental requirements, Limited English Proficiency (LEP) requirements, requirements of the Davis Bacon Act, Civil Rights requirements, the Lead Safe Housing Rule, and the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Requirements related to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) has also been removed. Additionally, HUD will require grantees to provide a description of how they will prioritize small businesses that have been impacted by a disaster, as described in section III.D.7.a. This differs from original language stating “how the grantees will prioritize underserved communities…”

For more information on further revisions please see our April 2025 edition of The NAHRO Monitor.

The full notice can be found here.