HUD CDBG-DR Grants and FEMA Disaster Recovery Resources for Tennessee

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 Tennessee.

By Murray Wennerlund, published , updated .

Tennessee Resources

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 Tennessee

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

Disaster # Type Declared Incident Start Incident End
DR-4878-TN Severe Storm 2025-06-19 2025-04-02 2025-04-24
DR-4832-TN Tropical Storm 2024-10-02 2024-09-26 2024-09-30
DR-4792-TN Severe Storm 2024-06-17 2024-05-08 2024-05-09
DR-4751-TN Severe Storm 2023-12-13 2023-12-09 2023-12-09
DR-4742-TN Severe Storm 2023-09-27 2023-08-07 2023-08-07
DR-4735-TN Severe Storm 2023-09-04 2023-07-18 2023-07-21
DR-4729-TN Severe Storm 2023-08-17 2023-06-25 2023-06-26
DR-4712-TN Severe Storm 2023-05-17 2023-03-01 2023-03-03
DR-4701-TN Severe Storm 2023-04-07 2023-03-31 2023-04-01
DR-4691-TN Winter Storm 2023-03-08 2022-12-22 2022-12-27

Resource: FEMA Disaster Declarations between 2020 to 2025 for Tennessee

Additional Resources

Oversight, Obscurity, Transparency

Oversight: HUD OIG

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

Where does the state of Tennessee 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 Tennessee's obscurity rating on this page to see how accessible the CDBG-DR grant website really is for citizens.