The Montana Department of Commerce is currently accepting applications for its Housing Grants to help local governments fund new construction or rehabilitation of single-family or multi-family housing projects that benefit low- to moderate-income (LMI) Montanans, i.e. households earning less than 80% of the area median income.
Donor Name: Montana Department of Commerce
State: Montana
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $600,000
Details:
CDBG offers two distinct types of housing grants, the annual CDBG Competitive Housing grant and the open, CDBG Noncompetitive Housing grant.
- CDBG Affordable Housing Development and Rehabilitation Grants- This grant is intended for the construction or rehabilitation of affordable housing projects. Typically these housing projects are multi-family rental or single-family development projects in which CDBG fills a funding gap and the maximum grant amount is $450,000. Annual applications for the CDBG Housing grants are due at the same time as the Community and Public Facility grant applications.
- CDBG Housing Stabilization Program (HSP) Grants – Successful applicants will qualify to access the CDBG HSP pool of funds for a period of five years. During that time, local governments are eligible to receive funds for construction or rehabilitation of owner-occupied or rental units that benefit low- to moderate-income households. There is no maximum grant amount and funds will be allocated based on the individual level of need and scope of the project.
Funding Information
The maximum grant award will not exceed $600,000.
Eligible Projects
The following summarizes the major categories of assistance for the CDBG Affordable Housing and Rehabilitation Grants:
- New construction of multi-family housing or multiple single-family housing developments;
- Rehabilitation of multi-family rental housing;
- Temporary housing facilities such as homeless shelters or domestic violence shelters; and
- Neighborhood revitalization and renewal activities such as improvements to sidewalks, street lighting, or neighborhood playgrounds.
These projects may include the following activities:
- Rehabilitate substandard housing;
- Support construction of new, permanent housing;
- Finance or subsidize the construction of new permanent, residential units;
- Site improvements or provision of public facilities to be used or sold for new housing;
- Demolition of vacant deteriorated housing units with the intent of making the site available for new construction;
- Acquiring sites for use or resale for new housing, and converting existing nonresidential structures for residential use; and
- Neighborhood renewal activities such as cleaning up junk and debris or improving or constructing sidewalks, streets, or neighborhood parks.
Eligibility Criteria
Under federal law, eligible applicants are limited to general-purpose local government, i.e. counties, incorporated cities and towns, and consolidated city-county governments. Among municipalities, only Billings, Great Falls, and Missoula are ineligible to apply to the State CDBG Program because they receive CDBG funds from a separate HUD allocation for communities with populations over 50,000. Montana’s Indian tribes also receive CDBG funds from a separate HUD CDBG Program and are not eligible to apply to the State program.
A general-purpose local government must apply on behalf of special-purpose agencies or organizations such as:
- Local economic development corporations;
- Housing Authorities;
- Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs);
- Water or sewer districts; and
- Private and nonprofit organizations.
For more information, visit Housing Grants.
