View source for Office of Community Planning and Development

{{use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}{{Primary sources|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Office of Community Planning and Development
| type            = Office
| seal            = Seal of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.svg
| seal_width      = 120
| seal_caption    = Seal of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
| picture         = 
| picture_width   = 
| picture_caption = 
| formed          = 
| preceding1      = 
| preceding2      = <!-- (etc.) -->
| dissolved       = 
| superseding     = 
| jurisdiction    = [[United States]]
| headquarters    = [[Robert C. Weaver Federal Building]]<br/>[[Washington, D.C.]]
| coordinates     = 
| employees       = 
| budget          = <!-- (etc.) -->
| chief1_name     = Vacant
| chief1_position = Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development
| chief2_name     = Arthur Jemison
| chief2_position = Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development
<!-- (etc.) -->| agency_type     = 
| parent_department = [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|Department of Housing and Urban Development]]
| parent_agency   = 
| child1_agency   = 
| child2_agency   = <!-- (etc.) -->
| keydocument1    = [[Code of Federal Regulations]] [https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/24/chapter-V 24 CFR Chapter V]
<!-- (etc.) -->| website         = {{URL|https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/}}
| footnotes       = 
| map             = 
| map_width       = 
| map_caption     = 
}}
The '''Office of Community Planning and Development''' is an agency within the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]] (HUD). The office administers the grant programs that help communities plan and finance their growth and development, increase their capacity to govern, and provide shelter and services for [[homeless people]]. HUD is a national program, and HUD provides funding directly to larger cities and counties, and for smaller cities and counties, generally to state government. HUD's programs include the Community Development Block Grant Program and the HOME program.

One of the office's main functions is dispersing the [[Community Development Block Grant]] (CDBG) as it does not directly provide full-fledged services, but instead aims to build partnerships with the public sector with the private sector, regardless if they are non-profit or not.<ref>{{cite web|title=Community Planning and Development/U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)|url=https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning|website=portal.hud.gov}}</ref>

Other grant focuses are on Indian Tribes, self-help for those who wish to own their homes, people who live in rural areas, and youth.<ref>{{cite web|title=CPD Appropriations Budget - CPD - HUD|url=https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/about/budget|website=portal.hud.gov}}</ref>
 
==Structure==
The agency is headed by an Assistant Secretary, who oversees the following:<ref>{{cite web |title=CPD Staff HQ & Field Offices {{!}} HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) |url=https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/staff#leadership |website=www.hud.gov |access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Structure of CPD|url=https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=OFFICEofCPD.pdf}}</ref> 

* Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Development
** Principal Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Development
*** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations
*** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development
*** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs
*** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs
*** Director, Office of Field Management
*** Director, Office of Policy Development and Coordination
*** Director, Office of Technical Assistance and Management
*** Director, Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development
*** Director, Office of HIV/AIDS Housing
*** Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs 
*** Director, Office of Affordable Housing Programs
*** Director, Office of Block Grant Assistance
*** Director, Office of Environment and Energy

The Office of Grant Programs oversees affordable housing and community development programs, including the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), the HOME Investment Partnerships program, the Housing Trust Fund, and CDBG Disaster Recovery funds, in addition to Department-wide energy and environmental policy.

The Office of Economic Development creates Promise Zones<ref>{{cite web|title=Economic Development - CPD - HUD|url=https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/economicdevelopment|website=portal.hud.gov}}</ref> that are meant to revamp impoverished areas by attracting private investment and increasing affordable housing.

The Office for Special Needs, works to administer the homeless assistance programs HUD runs<ref>{{cite web|title=Homeless Assistance/U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).|url=https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/homeless|website=portal.hud.gov}}</ref>

The Office of Field Operations is meant to support Multifamily Headquarters,<ref>{{cite web|title=Office of Field Support and Operations|url=https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/housing/mfh/hsgmfbus/aboutfso|website=portal.hud.gov}}</ref> Regional Offices and their stakeholders.

{{as of|2021|01|20|df=US}} the Acting Assistant Secretary is Arthur Jemison.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CPD Staff HQ & Field Offices |url=https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/staff |access-date=2020-07-21 |website=www.hud.gov}}</ref>

==Criticism==
The office has been critiqued for providing more of their grant funding to the districts of the elected officials who oversee HUD's programs<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Duffin|first1=D. L.|title=The Influence of Legislative Oversight on Discretionary Authority: Allocating Urban Development Action Grants in HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development|journal=The American Review of Public Administration|volume=29|issue=4|pages=391–410|language=en|doi=10.1177/02750749922064490|year=1999|s2cid=154426235 }}</ref> And in 1994 the office purchased software meant to view communities and their unemployment rates and income, which has been seen as an indirect way to also map crime, which would influence on what areas would receive funds.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Use of Computerized Mapping in Crime Control and Prevention Programs|url=https://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles/riamap.txt}}</ref>

==Appropriations==
For Fiscal Year 2015 the office's appropriations Budget was $6.4 billion dollars,<ref>{{cite web|title=null|url=https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/about/budget|website=portal.hud.gov}}</ref> with nearly half of that intended to be used for the [[Community Development Block Grant]], which has consistently been the focus of critics against wasteful spending.

Homeless Assistance Grants is their second largest program with $2.1 billion dollars planned for providing Homeless Assistance,<ref>{{cite web|title=CPD Appropriations Budget - CPD - HUD|url=https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/about/budget|website=portal.hud.gov}}</ref> often for those who have suddenly lost their home after an emergency. The Continuum of Care Grant<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Backer|first1=Thomas E.|last2=Howard|first2=Elizabeth A.|last3=Moran|first3=Garrett E.|title=The role of effective discharge planning in preventing homelessness|pmid=17557206|journal=The Journal of Primary Prevention|volume=28|issue=3–4|pages=229–243|doi=10.1007/s10935-007-0095-7|date=1 July 2007|doi-access=free}}</ref> they disperse has been noted as being very selective and successful with granting funds to those that “effectively discharge homeless people” to permanent housing and services needed to live independently.

In early 2017, President [[Donald Trump]] proposed eliminating the CBDG as it is "not well-targeted to the poorest populations" along with the HOME grants as "State and local governments are better positioned to serve their communities based on local needs and priorities."<ref>{{cite web|title=America First A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[Office of Management and Budget]]|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/budget/fy2018/2018_blueprint.pdf}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning}}

{{HUD agencies}}
{{authority control}}

[[Category:United States Department of Housing and Urban Development agencies]]