Application Notes:

Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on November 24, 2025.

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

Applications must include:

• SF 424
• HUD 424B
• HUD 2880
• HUD 4125
• Certification regarding lobbying form
• SF LLL (if applicable)
• SF 424D (if applicable)
• HUD 50153 (if applicable)
• HUD 2996 (if applicable)
• HUD 426 (if applicable)
• Budget detail
• HUD 4123
• Citizen participation
• Firm commitment documentation (if applicable)
• Project plan
• Resolution for tribal organization (if applicable)
• Housing rehabilitation project requirements (if applicable)
• New housing construction project requirements (if applicable)
• Health care facilities (if applicable)
• Correctional facilities/juvenile detention centers (if applicable)
• Evidence of partner commitment (if applicable)
• Economic development project requirements (if applicable)
• Code of conduct (if applicable)

Password-protected or encrypted files may 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.

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Capacity of the applicant (15 points min; 32 points max)
• Need/extent of the problem (23 points)
• Soundness of approach (38 points)
• Leveraging resources (3 points)
• Comprehensiveness and coordination (4 points)
• Preference points (4 points)

Applications must receive at least 70 points during the evaluation to be considered. 

Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.

Match Notes:

Matching funds are not required for this program; however, points will be provided during the evaluation based on cash and/or in-kind leverage. For maximum points, leveraged resources must be at least 10 percent of the award amount with firm commitment documentation for each source of leveraging. Refer to pages 70-71 of the NOFA file for a table detailing eligible sources of leveraged resources.

Leveraged resources may not include:

• Funds that have been expended on the project prior to the project start date, except for the value of land acquisition and proposal costs
• Indirect administrative costs
• The value of an existing facility if the application is to expand or rehabilitate an existing facility

Funding Notes:

A total of $75 million is available through this program overall, with approximately $70 million available to support approximately 50 awards ranging from $500,000 to $2 million through this component.

Funds for this component will be allocated by region, as follows:

• Alaska: $9,342,346
• Eastern Woodlands: $4,998,577
• Northern Plains: $10,479,845
• Northwest: $3,327,873
• Southern Plains: $18,003,709
• Southwest: $23,847,650

Award ceilings will be based on population, as follows:

• Population of more than 50,000: awards of up to $2 million
• Population ranging from 10,501 to 50,000: awards of up to $1.5 million
• Population of up to 10,500: awards of up to $1 million

Refer to the CeilingAmounts file for the maximum award amounts per locale.

The anticipated award date is March 24, 2026.

The project period may last up to five years, and is estimated to begin on March 25, 2026, and end on March 24, 2031. Extension requests must be submitted at least 45 days prior to the project period end date.

At least 70 percent of award funds must be used for activities that benefit low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons.

Housing rehabilitation costs are limited to the following per-unit amounts, which vary according to region:

• Alaska: $437,394
• Eastern Woodlands: $278,748
• Northern Plains: $261,483
• Northwest: $307,786
• Southern Plains: $236,594
• Southwest: $308,214

Program administration costs are limited to 20 percent of the sum of the total award amount plus any program income received.

Technical assistance costs associated with developing the capacity to undertake a specific funded activity are limited to 10 percent of the total award amount.

Costs for public services are limited to 15 percent of the total award amount.

Funds may not be used for pre-award costs, with the exception of proposal costs incurred to prepare an application for submission and the value of land acquisition used toward an applicant's leveraging contribution.

For FY 2022, a total of $95,565,820 was distributed via 55 awards ranging from $678,064 to $4 million through this program overall. Refer to the Award file for details.