Orlando Standard

The City of Orlando has received two federal grants from FloridaCommerce as part of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Mitigation program. This funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development through a $633 million Community Development Block Grant for disaster mitigation projects in areas affected by presidentially declared disasters in 2016 and 2017.

Information regarding procurement opportunities related to these grants can be accessed via the City of Orlando’s OpenGov Procurement Portal.

Residents with inquiries about these grant programs are encouraged to contact the City of Orlando’s Grants Manager at grants@orlando.gov. Those who find responses unsatisfactory may submit a written complaint or appeal to the FloridaCommerce Office of Long-Term Resiliency at CDBG-DR@Commerce.FL.gov or send mail to:

HUD Complaints

Attention: Office of Long-Term Resiliency

Florida Department of Commerce

107 East Madison Street

The Caldwell Building, MSC 420

Tallahassee, Florida 32399

If unresolved, complaints can be escalated to the regional Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at:

Fair Housing Complaints

Department of Housing & Urban Development

Charles E. Bennet Federal Building

400 West Bay Street, Suite 1015

Jacksonville, FL 32202

Mitigation grant performance reporting details are available at City Hall located at 400 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida.