Community Development Block Grant funds -- which, under the leaked proposal, would be eliminated -- have helped residents facing foreclosure keep their homes and repaired dilapidated houses for poor homeowners. They've also provided assistance to small businesses in commercial corridors in far-flung neighborhoods of the city that haven't experienced the retail boom Center City has. The Post story suggested that the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, which the city has used to develop affordable housing, would also be cut under the proposal.