Rural Housing Preservation Grant | USDA RD HCFP HPG 2017

Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA RD HCFP HPG 2017

The Rural Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Rural Housing Service (RHS). Its purpose is to support housing repair and rehabilitation work in rural communities by providing grant funds to eligible organizations that, in turn, help people with very low and low incomes. The core focus is preserving existing housing stock by fixing substandard conditions, improving safety, and extending the usable life of homes and affordable rental units in rural areas.

Under this program, grant funding is directed to qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations (including faith-based and community organizations), and other eligible entities so they can carry out repair and rehab assistance for rural homeowners who have very low or low incomes. The program also covers rural rental housing needs: it can support repairs and rehabilitation for rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes, as long as those owners agree to make the improved units available to low- and very low-income residents. In practice, this ties public investment in property improvements to an affordability commitment so the benefits flow to households most likely to struggle with unsafe or deteriorating housing.

Eligibility for applicants is broad and includes state, county, and city or township governments; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized as tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education). The opportunity listing also notes an “Others” category, indicating there may be additional eligible entities as clarified in the full program guidance. The funding activity category is community development, and the program is associated with CFDA number 10.433.

For this specific notice (Funding Opportunity Number USDA RD HCFP HPG 2017), the USDA announced it was opening a defined window for receiving preapplications, consistent with federal regulations in 7 CFR part 1944, subpart N. The notice was created on June 1, 2017, and the original closing date for submissions was July 17, 2017. The stated intent of the announcement is largely procedural: to publicly notify eligible organizations of the opening and closing dates for preapplications, as required by the agency’s regulations.

In terms of scale, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $50,000 and anticipates making about 100 awards. Taken together, that suggests the program is designed to fund many small-to-moderate local initiatives rather than a handful of large projects, enabling local governments and nonprofits to address critical repair needs such as health and safety fixes, structural rehabilitation, accessibility improvements, or other repairs necessary to keep rural homes and affordable rural rental units habitable for low-income residents.

• The Department of Agriculture, Utilities Programs in the community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rural Housing Preservation Grant" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.433.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 01, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 17, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 100 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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