[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR570.486]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 570_COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart I_State Community Development Block Grant Program
 
Sec. 570.486  Local government requirements.

    (a) Citizen participation requirements of a unit of general local 
government. Each unit of general local government shall meet the 
following requirements as required by the state at Sec. 91.115(e) of 
this title.
    (1) Provide for and encourage citizen participation, particularly by 
low and moderate income persons who reside in slum or blighted areas and 
areas in which CDBG funds are proposed to be used;
    (2) Ensure that citizens will be given reasonable and timely access 
to local meetings, information, and records relating to the unit of 
local government's proposed and actual use of CDBG funds;
    (3) Furnish citizens information, including but not limited to:
    (i) The amount of CDBG funds expected to be made available for the 
current fiscal year (including the grant and anticipated program 
income);
    (ii) The range of activities that may be undertaken with the CDBG 
funds;
    (iii) The estimated amount of the CDBG funds proposed to be used for 
activities that will meet the national objective of benefit to low and 
moderate income persons; and
    (iv) The proposed CDBG activities likely to result in displacement 
and the unit of general local government's antidisplacement and 
relocation plans required under Sec. 570.488.
    (4) Provide technical assistance to groups representative of persons 
of low and moderate income that request assistance in developing 
proposals in accordance with the procedures developed by the state. Such 
assistance need

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not include providing funds to such groups;
    (5) Provide for a minimum of two public hearings, each at a 
different stage of the program, for the purpose of obtaining citizens' 
views and responding to proposals and questions. Together the hearings 
must cover community development and housing needs, development of 
proposed activities and a review of program performance. The public 
hearings to cover community development and housing needs must be held 
before submission of an application to the state. There must be 
reasonable notice of the hearings and they must be held at times and 
locations convenient to potential or actual beneficiaries, with 
accommodations for the handicapped. Public hearings shall be conducted 
in a manner to meet the needs of non-English speaking residents where a 
significant number of non-English speaking residents can reasonably be 
expected to participate;
    (6) Provide citizens with reasonable advance notice of, and 
opportunity to comment on, proposed activities in an application to the 
state and, for grants already made, activities which are proposed to be 
added, deleted or substantially changed from the unit of general local 
government's application to the state. Substantially changed means 
changes made in terms of purpose, scope, location or beneficiaries as 
defined by criteria established by the state.
    (7) Provide citizens the address, phone number, and times for 
submitting complaints and grievances, and provide timely written answers 
to written complaints and grievances, within 15 working days where 
practicable.
    (b) Activities serving beneficiaries outside the jurisdiction of the 
unit of general local government. CDBG-funded activities may serve 
beneficiaries outside the jurisdiction of the unit of general local 
government that receives the grant, provided the unit of general local 
government determines that the activity is meeting its needs in 
accordance with section 106(d)(2)(D) of the Act.

[57 FR 53397, Nov. 9, 1992, as amended at 61 FR 54922, Oct. 22, 1996]