Rural Development Reports

The 2022 Annual Report from the Department's Rural Economic Development Division describes fiscal year 2022 performance and outcomes for several North Carolina economic development programs that channel resources into the more rural areas of the state, including the:

• Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
• Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)
• Industrial Development Fund - Utility Account
• State Rural Grants
• North Carolina Main Street
• Rural Planning

We publish this report annually.

The 2022 Annual Report from the Department's Rural Economic Development Division describes fiscal year 2022 performance and outcomes for several North Carolina economic development programs that channel resources into the more rural areas of the state, including the:

• Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
• Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)
• Industrial Development Fund - Utility Account
• State Rural Grants
• North Carolina Main Street
• Rural Planning

We publish this report annually.

The 2021-2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) report known as the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI) report.

The 2021-2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) report known as the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI) report.

The North Carolina Consolidated Plan 2021-2025 was developed in accordance with the Consolidated Plan regulations set forth in 24 CFR Part 91 and with the requirements set forth by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The Consolidated Plan serves two purposes:

• First, it is the planning document that guides the North Carolina Consolidated Plan Partners in addressing housing and community development needs across the state for the next five years, using the allocated funds received from the HUD.
• Secondly, this plan serves as a tool to inform a variety of stakeholders — including HUD, state and local officials, non-profit and advocacy organizations, and the residents of North Carolina — of the need for improving the living conditions for our state’s very low, low, and moderate income populations.

The 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan also includes the 2021 Annual Action Plan and updates the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing document (available elsewhere on our website.

The North Carolina Consolidated Plan 2021-2025 was developed in accordance with the Consolidated Plan regulations set forth in 24 CFR Part 91 and with the requirements set forth by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The Consolidated Plan serves two purposes:

• First, it is the planning document that guides the North Carolina Consolidated Plan Partners in addressing housing and community development needs across the state for the next five years, using the allocated funds received from the HUD.
• Secondly, this plan serves as a tool to inform a variety of stakeholders — including HUD, state and local officials, non-profit and advocacy organizations, and the residents of North Carolina — of the need for improving the living conditions for our state’s very low, low, and moderate income populations.

The 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan also includes the 2021 Annual Action Plan and updates the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing document (available elsewhere on our website.

This document details North Carolina's formal application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for funds from the new Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) Program, part of the Community Development Block Grant Program aimed to support people in manufactured housing units or communities.  The program aims to preserve long-term housing affordability for residents of manufactured housing or a manufactured housing community (MHC), to redevelop MHCs, and to primarily benefit low- and moderate-income (LMI) residents.

If North Carolina is awarded funds from the program, local communities can apply to us for support under the program.

This document for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program marks a substantial amendment revising core programs and it adds the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) Program for Hurricane Helene Recovery.

This document provides guidelines for the North Carolina Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program (smBIZ), administered by the North Carolina Department of Commerce's Rural Economic Development Division.

For further information about this grant program, contact:

Hazel Edmond
Rural Engagement & Investment Program Director
hazel.edmond@commerce.nc.gov

This document can be adapted and used to officially approve, at the local level, an application to be submitted to the Department of Commerce for a grant from the Small Business Infrastructure Grant program and is required to participate in the program.

This document is used by local government applicants to the North Carolina Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program (smBIZ) to certify that the information attached and included in the application are true, correct, and complete.

This document, submitted as part of the application process for a Small Business Infrastructure Grant, provides Commerce staff with the necessary information for each small business involved with the applicant's project.

This document is a draft Substantial Amendment to the 2024 Annual Action Plan of the 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan, related to the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) Program.  This document and the amendment process is part of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program managed by the North Carolina Department of Commerce.

This document is a draft Substantial Amendment to the 2024 Annual Action Plan of the 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan, related to the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) Program.  This document and the amendment process is part of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program managed by the North Carolina Department of Commerce.

This document offers details of the current 30-day public review and comment period for the state's draft 2025 Annual Action Plan (AAP), including details of an official hybrid public hearing to be held on Wednesday May 28, 2025, from 10:00am-11:00am.

This document offers details of the current 30-day public review and comment period for the state's draft 2025 Annual Action Plan (AAP), including details of an official hybrid public hearing to be held on Wednesday May 28, 2025, from 10:00am-11:00am.

This document is a draft of the state's 2025 Annual Action Plan for its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).  This plan is a component of the 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan. 

This document is a draft of the state's 2025 Annual Action Plan for its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).  This plan is a component of the 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan. 

Review descriptions of the first round of projects that were awarded a grant from our Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program (smBIZ), a $55 million fund designed to support local governments as they work to rebuild local infrastructure that small businesses rely on to operate and thrive in areas impacted by Hurricane Helene.

This document outlines the scheduled 15-day public comment period for the State's draft 2025 Substantial Amendment, which will take place from Wednesday, July 23, 2025, to Wednesday, August 6, 2025. Additionally, it provides information regarding an official hybrid public hearing scheduled for Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at 10:00 AM.