The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issues this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to invite applications from eligible applicants for the program and purpose described within this Eviction Protection Grant Program.
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/20/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The goal of EPGP is to increase housing stability for low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction by funding eviction prevention and protection work. Legal assistance provided through grantee projects may help achieve the following outcomes for low-income tenants:
- Prevention: help tenants avert eviction and prevent eviction filings.
- Justice: help tenants exercise and enforce their housing and civil rights and ensure the legal process during eviction is fair.
- Diversion: increase tenant access to, and participation in, non-adversarial resolutions outside of the court system.
- Relief: help tenants avoid the harmful consequences of eviction and gain access to stabilizing resources.
EPGP’s objectives are to:
- Increase housing stability for low-income tenants. Provide funding to government and nonprofit entities to provide no-cost legal assistance to low-income tenants facing eviction or at risk of eviction in areas with high rates of evictions or risk of evictions.
- Support eviction protection strategies that advance equity and affirmatively further fair housing. Advance equitable and community-driven approaches to serving individuals and families disproportionately at risk of eviction and lacking access to legal assistance, including Black and Brown people, persons with limited English proficiency, persons with disabilities, households with children, and persons living in rural communities.
- Support the development and implementation of evidence-based strategies to close the justice gap. Support grantees to assess needs of their target community, form partnerships that break down silos between legal and other housing stability services, address systemic barriers to eviction legal assistance, and test promising community-centered strategies and models.
- Evaluate legal assistance strategies and outcomes. Build the evidence base for the demographics and circumstances of people facing eviction risk; and effective strategies for preventing evictions and increasing housing stability for renters.
HUD will prioritize applications that
- Demonstrate understanding of pressing local needs, especially of individuals and families disproportionately at risk of eviction and lacking access to legal assistance. Target strategies and service delivery methods to address the needs of residents in areas with high rates of eviction in a way that advances equity and affirmatively furthers fair housing, as defined in Section I.A.4.a.
- Build or formalize mutually beneficial cross-sector collaborations and partnerships to facilitate coordination of legal and non-legal housing stability resources and develop comprehensive eviction prevention strategies.
- Demonstrate capacity, experience, and commitment to sustain the staffing required to successfully complete your project and assist low-income tenants, including those with limited English proficiency or disabilities, and achieve project outcomes.
- Demonstrate commitment to ongoing evaluation to build knowledge and evidence about ways to increase housing stability and access to justice for low-income tenants.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $40,000,000
- Minimum Award Amount: $500,000
- Maximum Award Amount: $2,500,000
Project Period
24 months
Eligiblity Criteria
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments
- 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
- Hispanic-serving Institution (HSIs) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (ANNH) U.S. territory or possession
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
