The Housing Rehabilitation & Demolition or Neighborhood Development program provides funding to improve housing to benefit low- to- moderate income households in areas of slum and blight.
Donor Name: Kansas Department of Commerce
State: Kansas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/02/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funds are targeted for housing rehabilitation/demolition or neighborhood development.
Funding Information
$1.5 million has been set aside for the Housing Grant program in 2024. Communities can receive up to $300,000 for housing rehabilitation and /or demolition, and up to an additional $200,000 for neighborhood development for a total of $500,000 allowed for housing and infrastructure.
Qualifying Projects
This program funds housing improvement projects to benefit low- to-moderate income households in a target area. If the community selects to include demolition the national objective is slum and blight.
- Single-family/owner-occupied or rental housing rehabilitation, upper-story housing, or renovation of a building to create housing.
- Demolition of housing units and outbuildings on the same property.
- Neighborhood development for housing rehabilitation or demolition, plus public facility improvements including street, drainage, curbs and public sidewalks.
- Up to 20% of rehabilitation funds may be used in emergencies.
- Other eligible activities include removal of architectural barriers in residential properties, energy use strategy activities relating to housing and relocation of households from dilapidated residences.
- Administration costs for grant funds.
Eligibility Criteria
All incorporated cities in Kansas that do not receive an annual CDBG entitlement allocation from HUD are eligible to apply to the Kansas CDBG program. (The following communities are considered entitlement communities and are ineligible to participate in the state program: Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Manhattan, Overland Park, Topeka, Wichita, and all of Johnson County.)
For more information, visit Kansas Department of Commerce.
