Community Development
The Community Development Department is committed to making the City of Columbia and its neighborhoods a better place to live and work. It is through the efforts of this Department that the City strives to provide safe, decent, affordable housing, a suitable living environment and economic opportunities specifically for people of low or moderate income.
Funding for most of the Department's programs is from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME), the recently ended HOPE 3, Section 108 Guarantee Loan and Economic Development Initiative (EDI), and the Economic Development Administration (EDA).
The City also works with several lending institutions to leverage the funding provided by the federal government and make available low-interest housing loans through the Housing Division of the Community Development Department. The Department has two divisions: the Housing Division and the Community Development Division. For additional information, please contact the Department at 545-3373 or email comdev@columbiasc.net
HOPWA FUNDING IS NOW AVAILABLE
Please click here to download the application.
Click here to download the CDBG-R Public Notice for the Community Development Block Grant Recovery Program
CDBG-R Activity Data
CDBG-R Submission Checklist
 July 17, 2009 - Operation:Taking Back Our City
Operation: Taking Back Our City will encompass several of the City’s departments and each of them will work in unison together to improve the quality of life in the City of Columbia .
| 
