The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is accepting applications for its Housing Policy Research Grant Program.
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/01/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Housing Policy Research Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) provides competitive awards to approximately 10 eligible applicants, including government institutions, institutions of higher education, nonprofit, and for-profit institutions. Awards made through this NOFO will fund quality research projects that: (1) contribute to knowledge about housing policy in the United States, specifically causes and solutions for the severe housing affordability challenges, homelessness, and Opportunity Zones; and (2) generate actionable insights and evidence based policy solutions that can be applied by policymakers and communities in the short-term. PD&R is especially interested in research proposals through which causality can be determined.
Goals
This funding opportunity will support research that will help advance the President’s Memoranda and Executive Orders on housing and homelessness, including:
- Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction
- Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit
- Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets
- Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of Living Crisis, January 20, 2025. Research supported under this funding opportunity must also be aligned with the elements of Gold Standard Science that are outlined in the Executive Order published May 23, 2025 titled Restoring Gold Standard Science and at least one of the following policy priorities:
- Unleashing the private sector and reducing the government footprint: Free enterprise, reduced regulatory barriers to residential development, improved access to mortgage credit, and other approaches which unleash the ingenuity of the private sector without new government spending or programs.
- Evidence-based: Scientific approaches which can determine causality.
- Understanding Housing Demand: While increasing supply is a key priority, understanding drivers of housing demand is critically necessary in order to address the housing affordability crisis.
- Self-sufficiency: Approaches that lead program participants towards self-sufficiency and recovery.
- Immigration and housing: Understanding the impact of mass immigration on housing demand and housing prices.
Funding Information
- Funding of approximately $8,000,000 is available through this NOFO.
- The minimum award amount is $100,000.00 and the maximum award amount is $1,500,000.00.
Grant Period
12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Entity Types:
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (ANNH)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- You cannot apply as an individual.
- Faith-based organizations may apply just like any other organization. HUD does not have any policies or practices that unfairly target these institutions.
- To confirm your eligibility as an applicant with nonprofit status, HUD will use data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
