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Housing-Related Hazards and Lead-Based Paint Capital Fund Program (Part A): Housing-Related Hazards Capital Fund (HRHCF) - FY 2024

Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
CFDA: 14.888
Federal FON: FR-6800-N-68
Office: Public and Indian Housing
Multipart Grant: Yes
Next Due: 07/01/2024 (Application)
Solicitation Date: 04/29/2024
   
Match Required: No
Actual Funds: $87,800,000 (Estimated)
Award Range: $10,000 (Min) / $5,000,000 (Max)
Summary:

The purpose of this program is to evaluate and reduce residential health hazards in public housing, including lead-based paint, carbon monoxide, mold, radon, and fire safety. Funding will help public housing agencies (PHAs) evaluate and reduce housing-related hazards including lead-based paint in public housing and evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards specifically by carrying out the activities of lead-based risk assessment, inspections, abatement, interim controls, and clearance examinations.

The housing-related hazards that are the key targets for intervention under this program are:

  • Carbon monoxide and other combustion products of heating and cooking appliances and motor vehicles in attached garages
  • Mold and moisture
  • Radon
  • Fire safety
  • Lead-based paint

Award recipients will be expected to develop performance goals and monitor outcomes related to the following program-specific strategic objectives:

  • Determine the quality, health, and safety of the funding agency's rental assistance portfolio by significantly increasing physical inspections
  • Implement National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE)

Eligible activities for addressing carbon monoxide hazards include installing ventilation hoods over existing gas stoves, or replacing gas stoves with electric stoves.

Projects with a Section 18 demolition or disposition approval may be eligible so long as the plan is to redevelop public housing at that site and the property remains under a Declaration of Trust (DOT) or Declaration of Restrictive Covenant (DORC).

Funding will be provided for the following program components:

  • (Part A): Housing-Related Hazards Capital Fund (HRHCF)
  • (Part B): Lead-Based Paint Capital Fund (LBPCF)

The purpose of the Housing-Related Hazards Capital Fund (HRHCF) component is to support activities associated with housing-related hazards.

Last Updated: October 28, 2024

Eligibility Notes:

Eligible applicants are public housing agencies (PHAs) with the legal authority to develop, own, modernize, and operate a public housing project. PHAs participating in the Moving to Work Demonstration Program (MTW) are eligible to apply, as are PHAs that are troubled so long as they are compliant with any current memorandum of agreement or recovery agreements.

Preference points may be awarded during the application evaluation process to applicants that partner with a historically Black college or university (HBCU) as well as to applicants working in Promise Zones (PZs).

Previous award recipients through this program may apply.

Applicants may apply to both of this program's components; however, funding must be requested from each component separately. Applicants may request funding for one or more public housing projects.

Ineligible applicants include:

  • Tribes
  • Tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs)
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Resident associations
  • Foreign entities
  • Sole proprietorship organizations

Previous award recipients include:

  • Housing Authority of the City of Warner Robins (GA)
  • Greater Dayton Premier Management (OH)
  • Housing Authority of the City of Bryan (TX)
  • City of Sacramento Housing Authority (CA)
  • Palm Beach County Housing Authority (FL)

Refer to the Award file for additional information on previous award recipients.

Eligible Applicants:
Local Government
State Government
Application Notes:

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 1, 2024.

Applications must be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.

Applications must include:

  • SF 424
  • HUD 424B
  • HUD 2880
  • Certification regarding lobbying activities
  • HUD 50153
  • HUD 50075.1
  • SF LLL (if applicable)
  • Grant designation statement (2 pages max)
  • Need assessment narrative (5 pages max)
  • Advancing racial equity narrative (1 page max)
  • Experience promoting racial equity narrative (1 page max)
  • Affirmatively furthering fair housing narrative (1 page max)
  • Section 3 narrative (if applicable; 1 page max)
  • Preference points documentation (if applicable)

Narratives must be double-spaced on standard-sized pages with one-inch margins on all sides using Times Roman font no smaller than 12-point. Password-protected or encrypted files must not be submitted.

The following are required in order to submit an application:

  • Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
  • SAM (System for Award Management) registration

Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam.

A recording of a webinar held for this program is available online at www.youtube.com.

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria: 

  • Need (60 points)
  • Soundness of approach and cost estimate (31 points)
  • Past performance (9 points)
  • Preference points (4 points)

Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.

Match Required: No
Actual Funds: $87,800,000 (Estimated)
Award Range: $10,000 (Min) / $5,000,000 (Max)
Match Notes:

Matching funds are not required for this program.

Funding Notes:

Approximately $87.8 million is available to support approximately 40 awards through this program overall, with an unspecified amount of funding available through this component to support awards ranging from $10,000 to $5 million. For applicants requesting funds through both this component and this program's Lead-Based Paint Capital Fund (LBPCF) component, known in eCivis Grants Network as US17903B, the maximum combined award amount is $12.5 million.

Of the total funds available, $65 million will be made available to evaluate and reduce housing-related hazards, including lead-based paint in public housing, and no less than $25 million of the $65 million will be awarded for evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards specifically for carrying out the activities of lead-based risk assessments, inspections, abatement, interim controls, and clearance examinations.

The project period is 48 months and is estimated to start on September 1, 2024, and end on September 1, 2028.

In general, award recipients must obligate 90 percent of the funds within 24 months of the date the funds are made available, and the entire award must be expended fully within 24 months following the obligation end date.

Funds may not be used for:

  • Projects under Commitments to Enter into Housing Assistance Payments Contracts (CHAPs) under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)
  • Projects at properties that will be converting to another federal housing assistance program
  • Projects at properties that will be sold to a third party under a Section 18 disposition application unless public housing will be developed on-site
  • Carbon monoxide detectors
  • Lead-based paint activities at Inventory Management System (IMS)/Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Information Center (PIC) developments/asset management projects (AMPs) that do not meet the definition of target housing
  • Housing units that have had lead-based paint abated, as demonstrated by documentation of a prior lead evaluation and abatement, and where the abatement is still ongoing
  • Projects that duplicate activities funded by other federal awards or funded in a prior year
  • Work already performed
  • Contingencies
  • Activities to prevent potential future mold hazards

Refer to the FAQ file for additional ineligible costs.

In September 2024, a total of $40 million was distributed via 22 awards ranging from $124,500 to $5 million through this component. In September 2023, a total of $115 million was distributed via 54 awards. Refer to the Award file for details.

Contacts:

Program Staff
PIHOCI@hud.gov

Agency Address
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
451 7th Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20410

Contact Notes:

Questions should be directed to the program staff.

Applications must be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.

The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.

Files:
NOFA File: US17903A_NOFA_FY2024.pdf (422.4 Kb)
Application File: US17903A_Application_FY2024.zip (715.0 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US17903A_WebinarPresentation_FY2024.pdf (3.1 Mb)
Other Pre-Award File: US17903A_FAQ_FY2024.pdf (276.5 Kb)
Award File: US17903A_Award_FY2024.pdf (349.8 Kb)
File Notes:

The NOFA file contains the full solicitation for this program. The Application folder contains required forms for submission. The WebinarPresentation file contains slides from a webinar held for this program. The FAQ file contains a list of answers to frequently asked questions regarding this program. The Award file contains information on previous award recipients.

October 28, 2024
Information regarding awards through this component has been released and appended to the Award file. A sample of award recipients has been added to the Eligibility section, and a brief summary of the awards has been added to the Financial section.

June 24, 2024
A recording of a webinar for this program has been released, and a link to the presentation is available in the Application section. In addition, slides from a webinar held for this program have been released and attached as the WebinarPresentation file. A list of answers to frequently asked questions regarding this program has also been released and attached as the FAQ file. The Financial and Eligibility sections have been updated accordingly.

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Grant Categories
Community Development
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