Please Sign CDBG Petition – Over 4,000 signatures strong!

Source: Memo from Robert Gehret, Deputy Director, Policy Development & Research Division, City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development, July 7, 2011. Congress is now beginning its deliberation on the Federal FY12 budget.  The National Community Development Association (NCDA)  and eight other national housing and community development trade associations have formed a national coalition led by NCDA to save CDBG funding. Here is a link to the coalition’s statement on the CDBG cuts:  http://www.ncdaonline.org/cdbgdatabase/FINALJOINTSTMNTRE2011BUDGET%20DEAL.doc As part of this effort, NCDA has posted an on-line petition to save CDBG funding on their website.  Over 4,000 people have signed so far. Please sign the petition and have your sub-recipients and beneficiaries do the same. To sign the petition, go to  http://www.ncdaonline.org/cdbgpetition.asp

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