HUD Offers $189 Million in Grants for Housing, Community Revitalization

By Caitlin Jones
October 13, 2010 1 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, October 2010: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is soliciting electronic applications under two separate programs for up to $189 million in competitive grants. Details of each Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) are posted at http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/program_offices/administration/grants/fundsavail.

HOPE VI NOFA

Public housing authorities may submit applications through November 22 for roughly $124 million available under a funding round for the HOPE VI program. HUD expects to award five to six grants; the maximum grant size is $22 million.

Choice Neighborhoods

HUD is making roughly $65 million available under the new Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, which is designed to succeed and build on HOPE VI. Read More…

Breaking Ground

Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Minnesota Housing Commissioner and Incoming Chair of National Council of State Housing Agencies

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 10 min read

Earlier this fall, Jennifer Leimaile Ho was elected chair of the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ (NCSHA) 2025 Board of Directors. Ho is the Commissioner of Minnesota Housing, having been appointed by Governor Tim Walz in January 2019 and reappointed in 2023.

“Business as Usual”

Leaders in Equity Express Optimism Despite an Uncertain Future

Abram Mamet • December 1, 2024 9 min read

Any outside observer may assume some unease amongst the low-income housing industry. Buffeted on the one hand by residual stressors from the COVID-19 pandemic and on the other by the uncertain prospects of an incoming federal administration keen on cutting spending and shrinking government programs, the affordable housing landscape is experiencing an inflection point.

NCSHA Recognizes Stand-Out Affordable Housing Programs and Initiatives

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 7 min read

This fall, the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) recognized 17 programs offered by state housing finance agencies across the nation that creatively developed tools to tackle their communities’ affordable housing challenges.