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The Community Connections (ComCon) Technical Assistance and Information Center is the information resource for the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes; utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination; and transform the way HUD does business.

Supporting HUD's mission, Community Connections updates and maintains a database of consultants with expertise in CPD program areas and information systems. Those who are interested in becoming part of the consultants database are encouraged to sign up using the Consultants Registration link on the left-hand navigation bar of this page.

The Center also serves as a resource and information center for HUD’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) programs. In addition to basic program information, specialists can assist CPD and Public and Indian Housing (PIH) grantees with questions about ARRA reporting. Recipients of Recovery Act funding are required to report quarterly beginning October 1, 2009.

Click here for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Contact Center schedule and other information.

You may also e-mail your Recovery Act questions to (recovery@comcon.org) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Updated DRGR System Help
Under Release 7.0, direct benefit activities like housing rehabilitation, new housing construction, and homeownership now provide breakout categories by single family/multifamily, rent/own, race, Hispanic status, and female head of households. Detailed information on entering in-quarter totals by income level and all cumulative data to date for these breakout categories is available below:

DRGR Direct Benefit Data Entering Prior Period Corrections for Breakout Categories (PDF)

DRGR Beneficiaries Census Area vs Direct (Excel)

Download Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files located on this site.

Homelessness Resource Exchange

Neighborhood Stabilization Program

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB Closeout Instructions for Community Development Block Grant Programs (CDBG)

Announcement of Funding Awards for the Section 4 Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Program Fiscal Year 2011

HUD Awards $8.8 Million to Improve Housing and Services for Families and Individuals Living with AIDS

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Buy American Exceptions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the First Quarter of Calendar Year 2011

HUD Issues 2010 Annual Homeless Assessment Report To Congress

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
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