Renew NC Programs
Renew NC Program Overview
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S. HUD) announced that the State of North Carolina will receive $1.4 billion in funding to support long-term recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene. Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding is designed to address needs that remain after all other assistance has been exhausted, and this CDBG-DR grant will fund the Renew NC programs that address three broad areas of recovery: housing, infrastructure, and economic revitalization.
Eligible Counties
Eligible properties or sites applying for Renew NC programs must be located in a Most-Impacted and Distressed (MID) area as defined by HUD or the State of North Carolina. As outlined in HUD’s 2025 Revised Universal Notice, at least 80% of CDBG-DR funding awarded to the State must be spent to benefit the HUD-identified MID areas, with up to 20% permitted to benefit the State-identified MID areas.
HUD-Identified MID counties include:
- Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg (ZIP code 28214), Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania, Watauga, and Yancey.
State-Identified MID counties include:
- Alexander, Alleghany, Catawba, Clay, Gaston, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Surry, Swain, Wilkes, and Yadkin.
The map below shows eligible HUD- and State-identified MID counties.