How CDBG Came to Pass

Charles J. Orlebeke and John C. Weicher

Housing Policy Debate, 2014, vol. 24, issue 1, 14-45

Abstract: After 40 years, it is hard to remember the context in which the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) was created and became an established program. Proposed by a Republican president, it was enacted by a Democratic Congress that was in the process of impeaching him. It replaced a program that had been in existence for 25 years and had strong political supporters, as well as half a dozen other categorical programs, each with its own constituency. This paper will describe the policy process by which the CDBG program came into existence in the early 1970s, identifying the major concerns and their resolution.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2013.852989

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