HUD CDBG-DR Grants Puerto Rico

The HUD CDBG-DR program in Puerto Rico is managed by the state grantee listed below to support disaster recovery.

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Federal Register Published Notices: Allocations for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and Implementation of the CDBG-DR Consolidated Waivers and Alternative Requirements Notice (UN AAN)

State of Puerto Rico

FEMA Funding Obligations reported the following Major Disasters for Puerto Rico between 2020 and 2025:

Disaster # Type Declared Incident Start Incident End
DR-4850-PR Tropical Storm 2024-11-27 2024-08-13 2024-08-16
DR-4805-PR Flood 2024-07-23 2024-04-29 2024-05-10
DR-4671-PR Hurricane 2022-09-21 2022-09-17 2022-09-21
DR-4649-PR Flood 2022-03-29 2022-02-04 2022-02-06
DR-4571-PR Flood 2020-11-05 2020-09-13 2020-09-13
DR-4560-PR Hurricane 2020-09-09 2020-07-29 2020-07-31
DR-4493-PR Biological 2020-03-27 2020-01-20 2023-05-11
DR-4473-PR Earthquake 2020-01-16 2019-12-28 2020-07-03

Resource: FEMA Disaster Declarations between 2020 to 2025 for Puerto Rico

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Oversight, Obscurity, Transparency

Oversight: HUD OIG

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

Key Takeaways.

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

Using industry-standard search practices, finding the Puerto Rico CDBG-DR Grantee website should be easy. However, these websites are often hidden in plain sight for state managers and are not actually published in a way that citizens can easily locate or understand. Check your state's obscurity rating to see how accessible the grant website really is.

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