Renew NC Programs

Renew NC Program Overview

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S. HUD) announced that the State of North Carolina will receive $1.4 billion in funding to support long-term recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene. Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding is designed to address needs that remain after all other assistance has been exhausted, and this CDBG-DR grant will fund the Renew NC programs that address three broad areas of recovery: housing, infrastructure, and economic revitalization.

Renew NC Housing

Renew NC Housing consists of three separate housing programs: Single-Family Housing, Multi-Family Housing, and Workforce Housing for Ownership

Renew NC Community Infrastructure

Competitive grant funding for infrastructure projects to increase resiliency to natural hazards

Renew NC Commercial District Revitalization

Competitive grant funding to support revitalization activities in impacted commercial areas

Eligible Counties

Eligible properties or sites applying for Renew NC programs must be located in a Most-Impacted and Distressed (MID) area as defined by HUD or the State of North Carolina. As outlined in HUD’s 2025 Revised Universal Notice, at least 80% of CDBG-DR funding awarded to the State must be spent to benefit the HUD-identified MID areas, with up to 20% permitted to benefit the State-identified MID areas.

The map below shows eligible HUD- and State-identified MID counties.

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