Official records
Built from your jurisdiction’s official assessor and parcel records — every published parcel traceable to its public source.
Public Law 119-101 · 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
The public-land database your CDBG grant now requires.
Federal law now requires every CDBG grantee to publish a searchable database of its undeveloped land by October 1, 2026 (42 U.S.C. 5304(b)(7)). We take on the administrative work of building and hosting it — so your team can stay focused on community development.
Every parcel traces back to a public assessor or government record.
Mandate42 U.S.C. 5304(b)(7) · Public Law 119-101
Eligible activityfundable via
42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(27)
42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(27)
DeadlineOctober 1, 2026
ReportingHUD-ready compliance record
A new federal requirement
A mandate to list your community’s vacant parcels.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act was signed into law on July 11, 2026, as Public Law 119-101. It added a new condition to the Housing and Community Development Act — 42 U.S.C. 5304(b)(7) — requiring every CDBG grantee to maintain, on a publicly accessible website, a searchable database identifying all parcels of undeveloped land it owns. Because the requirement sits in 42 U.S.C. 5304(b), it is a condition of receiving CDBG funds.
We specialize in quickly transforming public records into a searchable, hosted database — ready well before the October 1, 2026 effective date. For hundreds of cities and counties, we already have parcel data assembled and can have your map live in days.
The solution
A turnkey compliance database.
Public Land Index is a hosted service that delivers a finished, searchable database — ready to embed in your official website and populated with the parcel information you need to become, and stay, compliant.
Search, map & export
Search, filters, an interactive map, parcel detail pages, and one-click data export — all built to meet federal accessibility requirements.
Maintained & reportable
Routine data refreshes managed for you, plus a HUD-ready compliance report you can hand to HUD.
How it works
From public records to a compliant site in days.
Scope
We confirm your jurisdiction, your official record sources, and which parcels are eligible to list.
Assemble
In most jurisdictions we’ve already assembled your parcel data from public records — you review and confirm it. Otherwise, hand off your data and we do the rest, transforming it into a searchable, public-ready inventory of your land.
Publish
We host a public, accessible, mapped database you can embed in — or link from — your official website to meet 42 U.S.C. 5304(b)(7).
Maintain
We check in quarterly — or whenever you have updates — and refresh the data through a streamlined process. A HUD-ready compliance report is available on request.
A working platform
See a real, searchable database — before you commit.
Our platform runs on a real dataset from a sample jurisdiction, fully searchable and mapped, so you can see exactly how a compliant public land database looks and works. Here’s what the demo covers:
- A searchable, sortable table of every government-owned parcel.
- An interactive map with parcel boundaries.
- Filters for location, acreage, zoning, and parcel ID.
- A detail page for each parcel, and one-click export.
Source-traceableEvery parcel ties back to a public government record.
Deadline-readyLive and compliant well ahead of October 1, 2026.
CDBG-eligibleFundable from your existing CDBG allocation.
Accessible by designBuilt to Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
Funding
Paid for from CDBG dollars.
The same law that creates the mandate makes the database an eligible CDBG activity (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(27)). You can pay for compliance out of your existing CDBG allocation.
Every standard engagement is priced under the federal micro-purchase threshold (2 CFR 200.1), which means most jurisdictions can purchase with a single signature — no competitive procurement required.
We scope each engagement to your jurisdiction and structure it to be straightforward for your purchasing office — with clear deliverables, documentation, and pricing your finance team can act on.
For procurement & compliance staff
Questions government buyers ask.
From your jurisdiction’s own official records — the parcel data you provide from county assessor rolls, GIS layers, or your property inventory. Every parcel we publish traces back to a public source, so the database stands up to public and HUD scrutiny.
Yes. Public Law 119-101 makes creating and maintaining the database an eligible CDBG activity under 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(27). Most grantees fund it from their existing allocation. We provide documentation your finance and grants staff can attach to the activity.
Once we have sign-off on your parcel data, setup takes days. We map, load, and publish your database — with time to spare before the October 1, 2026 deadline.
Yes. Search, filters, the interactive map, parcel detail pages, and export are all built to meet federal accessibility requirements (Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA), including keyboard navigation and screen-reader support.
Yes — that’s how it’s delivered. We host the searchable database and give you a simple embed (an iframe) that drops into a page on your official website — or a direct link from your site if you prefer — so residents find it where they already look. It satisfies your jurisdiction’s publicly accessible database requirement under 42 U.S.C. 5304(b)(7).
We check in quarterly, or update whenever you send changes, and the database is date-stamped to show when it was last updated, so anyone can see the inventory is current. A HUD-ready compliance report demonstrating the database meets 42 U.S.C. 5304(b)(7) is available on request.
Standard engagements are priced under the federal micro-purchase threshold (2 CFR 200.1), so most jurisdictions can buy with a single signature. We scope each engagement to your jurisdiction and structure deliverables, pricing, and documentation to fit your purchasing process. Tell us your procurement pathway and we’ll provide what your office needs.
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See what compliance looks like for your city.
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