Federal Housing Grants

This funding opportunity provides rental assistance and supportive services to Native American Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, particularly those living on or near tribal reservations.

This program provides emergency funding to federally recognized Tribes and Tribal organizations facing urgent threats to public health or safety, enabling them to address critical infrastructure needs and community emergencies.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations that assist low-income Veteran families in securing and maintaining stable housing, with a focus on preventing homelessness and facilitating quick rehousing.

This grant provides funding to state housing agencies to create affordable rental housing options for extremely low-income individuals with disabilities, promoting integration and accessibility in communities.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for research projects that address critical housing and community development issues, specifically targeting Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions.

This grant provides funding for research aimed at identifying and overcoming financial and non-zoning obstacles to increasing the supply of diverse housing options, known as Missing Middle Housing, in communities across the United States.

This program provides rental assistance and support services to Native American Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, helping them secure stable housing and access necessary resources.

Executive Summary: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem (GPD) National Program Office anticipates awarding renewal grants to community-based organizations to provide case management services to improve Veteran housing retention. Awards are expected to be for 3 years starting on or around October 1, 2025. The target audience for this funding is current GPD case management grantees. VA targets these organizations to provide case management services to improve housing retention by Veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless or who were previously homeless and are transitioning to permanent housing from programs such as the GPD program or the VA Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Contracted Residential Services (CRS) program. Renewal grants will defray the operational costs of facilitating housing stability for vulnerable Veterans. Only the 90 current GPD case management grantees are eligible to apply. No other applicants are eligible to apply. For program information and requirements, see 38 C.F.R. part 61.Funding Details: Approximately $15 million per year for 3 years is available for renewal grants under the NOFO. Renewal grants are expected to be approximately $75,000 to $300,000 per year depending on factors such as the number of case managers. VA anticipates awarding approximately 90 case management renewal grants for approximately 120 full-time equivalent (FTE) case manager positions. Awards may not exceed $150,000 in total costs per FTE case manager position per year. Applicants for renewal funding may request the number of case managers needed for the proposed project. Applicants must request at least 0.5 FTE positions (at least 20 hours on average per week) per application. Applicants must not request more than the approved number of FTE in the current grant (start date October 1, 2023). Applicants must fully demonstrate the need for the request in the application.Key Dates: Applications for grants must be received by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, February 26, 2025. In the interest of fairness to all applicants, the date and time of this deadline is firm. VA will treat as ineligible any application received after the deadline. Applicants should submit materials early to avoid the risk of ineligibility, unanticipated delays, computer service outages, or other submission-related problems. On time submission requires an Entity Identification Number (EIN) from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) from the System for Award Management (SAM), and an active registration in SAM.Submission Instructions: Applicants must submit applications electronically following instructions on the GPD website. Applicants must not submit by email, mail, facsimile (fax), or any other way. Applications must arrive as a complete package. Materials arriving separately will not be included in the application package for consideration and may result in a rejected application.

The Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) provides grants to nonprofit organizations for acquiring land and developing infrastructure to support self-help homeownership programs for low-income families, who contribute labor to reduce housing costs.

This program provides funding to organizations that help Veterans experiencing homelessness by offering transitional housing and supportive services to assist them in achieving stable living conditions.

This program provides funding to community organizations that assist Veterans experiencing homelessness in transitioning to stable, permanent housing through various supportive services.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to existing and new non-profit organizations focused on enforcing fair housing laws and educating communities about housing discrimination, particularly in underserved areas.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to non-profits and fair housing organizations to conduct education and outreach activities that promote fair housing rights and combat discrimination in housing.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for organizations to train fair housing test coordinators, enabling them to effectively investigate and combat discriminatory housing practices.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to non-profit organizations dedicated to enforcing fair housing laws and combating discriminatory housing practices.

The "Directed Announcement for UTE (ROSS) - 2020" grant is a funding opportunity aimed at helping public housing residents achieve economic independence through supportive services, education, and employment opportunities, with a total funding of $222,750,000 available for eligible nonprofit organizations, resident associations, and tribally designated housing entities.

$12,500,000 shall be to support the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships and for competitive grants to PHAs in receivership, designated troubled or substandard, or otherwise at risk, as determined by the Secretary, for costs associated with public housing asset improvement, in addition to other amounts for that purpose provided under any heading under this title.

This program provides housing assistance to families at risk of losing their children due to inadequate housing and to young adults who have aged out of foster care and are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to non-profits, local governments, and tribal entities to develop and implement programs that prevent and end homelessness, particularly for youth and vulnerable populations, while promoting access to essential resources and services.

The purpose of the Lead Hazard Reduction Capacity Building Grant Program is to assist states; Federally recognized Native American Tribes that have an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-authorized lead abatement certification program; cities, and counties/parishes, or other units of local government which have either not received a direct HUD lead hazard control grant or were a previous grantee that has a demonstrated need to rebuild capacity within their jurisdiction. Rebuilding capacity may be necessary for jurisdictions that have diminished infrastructure and capacity due to extenuating circumstances such as COVID, loss of experienced staff, or other factors that have negatively impacted the capacity necessary to undertake comprehensive programs to identify and control lead-based paint hazards. Current grantees that have an active period of performance are not eligible to apply.The program will help applicants with developing and expanding the infrastructure necessary to undertake comprehensive programs to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately owned rental or owner-occupied housing. The capacity objectives to ensure the successful implementation of a lead hazard control grant program relies on the following implementation of several key program components listed below.Build local capacity to determine the prevalence of childhood lead poisoning among children under six years in the targeted community(ies);Build local capacity to safely and effectively address lead hazards during lead hazard control and renovation, remodeling, and maintenance activities by integrating lead-safe work practices;Developing and implementing procedures/guidelines for program activities that include program intake of potential program participants and establishing a system, or process that will facilitate lead-safe units to be affirmatively marketed to families with young children, such as advertising available units to such families where lead-based paint hazards have been controlled;Hire qualified staff with experienced organizational management and financial capacity to immediately execute the program upon receipt of a grant award;Promote collaboration, data sharing, and targeting between health and housing departments;Developing key partnerships/subgrantees such as: faith-based, health departments, coalitions, or other community-based organizations;Integrating strategies to incorporate lead hazard control into existing housing repair programs; (e.g., housing rehabilitation, local housing ordinance, property maintenance, weatherization, housing-related health hazard interventions, and energy conservation activities);Obtaining high quality data to target resources where need is greatest; andDeveloping systems for sustaining a lead hazard control program after successful completion of a capacity building grant program.