The Housing Policy Unit (HPSI) is soliciting applications for housing projects that serve the homeless population seeking capital funding utilizing state Rapid Capital Housing Acquisition (RCHA) program funds.
Donor Name: Washington State Department of Commerce
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/11/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This Notice of Funding Availability and Solicitation of Applications (NOFA) is intended for applicants seeking funding to acquire real property for a rapid conversion into enhanced emergency shelters, permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, permanent housing, youth housing, or shelter for extremely low-income people, as well as individuals, families, unaccompanied youth, and young people experiencing sheltered and unsheltered homelessness.
For the purposes of this NOFA, housing refers to a project intended to provide habitable space to more than one household (including single-person households). This can take any of the following forms:
- A single building consisting of two or more distinct units, each of which is inhabited by an unrelated household. This encompasses a continuum from duplexes to high rise apartment buildings;
- A set of at least two structures, initially constructed as housing for unrelated households, which is managed as a single functional unit. This includes single-residency houses that are owned and managed by a single entity;
- A building, or set of buildings, which by initial design or through adaptive renovations, is used to provide sleeping space to more than one single individual, with shared living, food preparation, and sanitary facilities. This includes shelters, dormitory-style housing (e.g. for seasonal farmworkers), and group home facilities.
The following residency types are eligible for RCHA funding through this NOFA, either singly or in combination:
- Enhanced emergency shelters
- Permanent supportive housing
- Transitional housing
- Permanent (not supportive) housing
- Youth Housing
- Basic Shelters
Funding Information
Of the total appropriation, the competitive funds available through this NOFA are $19,400,000.
Eligible Activities
Projects submitted for funding by the Rapid Capital Housing Acquisition program must be for:
- Acquisition (including pending and previously closed purchases),
- Acquisition with renovation/updates (including minor reconfiguration), or
- Acquisition with rehabilitation.
Eligibility Criteria
- The organization submitting an application for funding must qualify as an eligible organization under RCW 43.185A.040.
- Local government
- Local housing authority
- Nonprofit community or neighborhood-based organization
- Federally recognized Indian tribes in the state of Washington
- Regional or statewide nonprofit housing assistance organization
- Eligible organizations are also required to be in compliance with the revenue and taxation laws, as applicable to the recipient, at the time the award is made.
For more information, visit WSDC.
