Community Development Corporations

Community Development Corporations are a tremendous resource and link for citizens to become involved in their communities. The City works with a number of CDCs throughout the City by either the provision of operating support funds and/or financial assistance to undertake neighborhood development projects through the Department’s various programs like the Neighborhood Business District Improvement Program. The CDCs may themselves work in more than one neighborhood and more than one CDC may work in a single neighborhood. You can find a list of recognized CDCs for the purpose of CMC 765-5 here. 

For more information about Community Development Corporations in Cincinnati, visit Homebase here. Homebase is an organization comprised of various CDCs throughout the Cincinnati region.

Community Based Development Organizations (CBDO)

A Community Based Development Organization (CBDO) is an association or corporation organized under State or local law to engage in community development activities (which may include housing and economic development activities) primarily within an identified geographic area of operation within the jurisdiction of the recipient, or in the case of an urban county, the jurisdiction of the
county.

Community-Based Development Organizations

Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO)

At least 15 percent of HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds must be set aside for specific activities to be undertaken by a special type of nonprofit called a Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO). A CHDO is a private nonprofit, community-based organization that has staff with the capacity to develop affordable housing for the community it serves. In order to qualify for designation as a CHDO, the organization must meet certain requirements pertaining to their legal status, organizational structure, and capacity and experience.

With Participating Jurisdiction (PJ) approval, CHDOs may use HOME funds for all eligible HOME activities. However, in order to count towards the 15 percent set-aside, a CHDO must act as the owner, developer, or sponsor of a project that is an eligible set-aside activity. These eligible set-aside activities include: the acquisition and/or rehabilitation of rental housing; new construction of rental housing; acquisition and/or rehabilitation of homebuyer properties; new construction of homebuyer properties; and direct financial assistance to purchasers of HOME-assisted housing that has been developed with HOME funds by the CHDO.