HUD released a notice of funding availability (NOFA) for its Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants. Approximately $164 million is available for implementation grants that support the implementation of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans that are expected to achieve the following three core goals: 1. Housing: Replace distressed public and assisted housing with high-quality mixed-income housing that is well-managed and responsive to the needs of the surrounding neighborhood; 2. People: Improve outcomes of households living in the target housing related to employment and income, health, and children’s education; and 3. Neighborhood: Create the conditions necessary for public and private reinvestment in distressed neighborhoods to offer the kinds of amenities and assets, including safety, good schools, and commercial activity, that are important to families’ choices about their community.
New this year is that the maximum grant award is $35 million for sites that have 300 or more units (maximum for smaller sites remains $30 million). In addition, HUD will award up to $20 million as Supplemental Grants to previously funded CN Implementation Grantees that met certain requirements in order to facilitate construction of replacement housing in mixed-income developments.
Applications are due on November 4, 2019. The NOFA and application package must be downloaded from the www.grants.gov site. Potential applicants may submit questions to ChoiceNeighborhoods@hud.gov. For more information about Choice Neighborhoods, please visit the program’s website at: www.hud.gov/cn.
