HUD CDBG-DR Grants and FEMA Disaster Recovery Resources for District of Columbia

State-level documentation and public records related to HUD’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program and federally declared FEMA disasters in District of Columbia.

By Murray Wennerlund, published , updated .

District of Columbia Resources

Federal Register Published Notices

Allocations for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery

Search District of Columbia Disasters

District of Columbia No CDBG-DR Grants

Grants N/A: The District of Columbia has not received any direct CDBG-DR allocations. CDBG-DR funds are not automatically allocated after every disaster; Congress must approve and appropriate them.

FEMA Funding Obligations reported the following Major Disasters for District of Columbia between 2020 and 2025:

Disaster # Type Declared Incident Start Incident End
DR-4502-DC Biological 2020-03-29 2020-01-20 2023-05-11


Oversight, Obscurity, Transparency

Oversight: HUD OIG

Obscurity: 3 (Rating: 0 = Easy, 3 = Difficult, 5 = Impossible) – How difficult District of Columbia makes it for citizens to find the state's grant website.

Where does the state of District of Columbia publish the required HUD CDBG-DR notices and action plans?

The documents are published on the official Grantee website, typically run by the state's Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

However, locating these state-specific websites is often challenging. Check the District of Columbia's obscurity rating on this page to see how accessible the CDBG-DR grant website really is for citizens.