The Rural Housing Service (RHS) (Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, announces the availability of funding for Multifamily Housing Nonprofit Transfer Technical Assistance (MFH NP TA) Grants and Off-Farm Labor Housing Technical Assistance (Off-FLH TA) Grants.
Donor Name: Rural Housing Service (RHS)
State: All States
County: All
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/03/2023
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
This funding is available for eligible technical assistance (TA) providers seeking grants to provide technical assistance services to qualified applicants.
The section 515 MFH NP TA Grants are intended to provide technical assistance to multifamily housing borrowers and applicants to facilitate the acquisition of section 515 properties by nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities. The Off-FLH TA Grants are intended to provide technical assistance to qualified section 514 loan and section 516 grant applicants to encourage the development of domestic and migrant Off-FLH projects. RHS has a strong interest in broad geographic availability of technical assistance services and expanding the pool of technical assistance providers. Respondents will compete in a national funding pool and multiple awards may be made in a single region. However, if there are qualified and eligible respondents, RHS will prioritize awarding at least one MFH NP TA Grant and one Off-FLH TA Grant in each of the following four geographic regions:
- Midwestern Region: IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI
- Northeastern Region: CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV
- Southern Region: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, VI
- Western Region: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $7,900,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Award Floor: $50,000
Performance Period
24 months from executed grant agreement.
Eligible Grant Activities
Grantees awarded under this notice are expected to provide technical assistance services to NPs and/or PHAs who are acquiring section 515 projects in order to increase TA recipients’ capacity (knowledge, skills, and abilities) in the following areas: Locating potential section 515 properties for transfer; completing the transfer analysis, negotiation, application, underwriting, and closing processes; and identifying and securing funding from the Agency and/or other sources for the purpose of acquisition, repair and/or rehabilitation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility for MFH Nonprofit Transfer Technical Assistance Grants is limited to private and public nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities meeting the qualification requirements of this Notice. Potentially qualifying NPs and PHAs include tribally designated housing entities (TDHE) and Tribal housing NPs.
- Eligible entities responding to this notice must have the knowledge, ability, technical expertise, practical experience, and capacity necessary to develop and package section 515 property transfer transactions. They must also demonstrate the ability to provide technical assistance to NPs and/ or PHAs to facilitate their acquisition of section 515 properties. In addition, all eligible entities must demonstrate the ability to exercise leadership, organize work, and prioritize assignments to meet work demands in a cost-efficient and timely manner within the 24-month grant term.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
