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1. Technically, I am referring here to the CDBG formula grant program (for consistency with the other contributors to this issue), not the variety of competitive and set-aside grant programs funded under the CDBG title.
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Xavier de Souza Briggs
Xavier de Souza Briggs is Vice President for Economic Opportunity and Assets at The Ford Foundation and a faculty member, on leave, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Urban Studies and Planning. He served as associate director of The White House Office of Management and Budget under President Obama and headed the policy development and research office at the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Clinton.