Is It Time to Adopt a Less-Is-More Approach to Community Development Block Grants?

Over the years, however, CDBG funding has sharply declined and the number of places taking from the shrinking pot has risen. The result, critics say, is a weakened program that makes little impact and sometimes aids wealthier communities that don’t need the help. President Obama tried to shrink and redesign the program. Now President Trump wants to eliminate it altogether.

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