The Louisiana Office of Community Development FY2027 Clearance Program provides Community Development Block Grant funding to eligible non entitlement Louisiana municipalities and parishes for the clearance, demolition, and removal of blighted residential or commercial structures that threaten public safety, health, or welfare.
Current application deadline: January 20, 2027 at 4:30 PM. The controlling LOCD page does not publish a time zone, so applicants should verify the authoritative cutoff zone before relying on the deadline.
Funding: The minimum grant amount is $150,000. The state ceiling is $500,000 for towns and villages and $750,000 for cities and parishes.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are non entitlement Louisiana municipalities and parishes. LOCD excludes listed entitlement areas and limits each eligible applicant to one application.
Eligible work: Projects must address the national objective of eliminating or preventing slums and blight and may include clearance, demolition, and removal of qualifying residential or commercial structures on private property. Administrative and pre agreement costs are not allowed.
Atlas analysis: Atlas Opportunity Score: 45/100. N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. This is a public infrastructure and blight removal program with no verified role for the Nonagon N9+ platform or QC Healthcare.
Controlling source: Louisiana Office of Community Development Clearance Program.