The Rural Housing Service (RHS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the USDA, announces the availability of funding for Multifamily Housing Nonprofit Transfer Technical Assistance (MFH NP TA) Grants and Farm Labor Housing Technical Assistance (FLH TA) Grants.
Donor Name: Rural Housing Service (RHS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/18/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
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 FLH TA Grants are intended to provide technical assistance to qualified Section 514 loan and Section 516 grant applicants to encourage the development, repair, and preservation of domestic and migrant 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 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 Funding amounts:
- 10.494 – Nonprofit Transfer TA Grants – $4,900,000
- 10.495 – Off-FLH TA Grants – $2,000,000
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $6,900,000
- Award ceiling:
- 10.494 – Nonprofit Transfer TA Grants – $750,000
- 10.495 – Off-FLH TA Grants – $250,000
- Award floor:
- 10.494 – Nonprofit Transfer TA Grants – $100,000
- 10.495 – Off-FLH TA Grants – $50,000
Grant Period
The grant period of performance is 24 months with an extension allowed for up to an additional 12 months at the Agency’s discretion.
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.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
