Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants

 

Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants provide funds to implement comprehensive plans for community revitalization centered on redeveloping severely distressed public housing and/or HUD-assisted housing. The program aims to transform neighborhoods of poverty into viable mixed-income neighborhoods by revitalizing a target housing projects and catalyzing critical improvements in the neighborhood, including commercial and retails development, recreational amenities, social services and improved educational opportunities.

Active 14.889 Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2016 HUD expects to make 4 grant awards with a maximum grant size of $30,000,000 that will help support affordable housing and community development. HUD expects to make 5 grant awards with a maximum grant size of $30,000,000 that will help support affordable housing and community development.
Fiscal Year 2017 HUD expects to make 5 grant awards with a maximum grant size of $30,000,000 that will help support affordable housing and community development.
Fiscal Year 2018 HUD expects to make 5 grant awards with a maximum grant size of $30,000,000 that will help support affordable housing and community development.
Fiscal Year 2019 HUD made 4 grant awards with a maximum grant size of $35,000,000 to redevelop severely distressed public housing sites, provide supportive services to residents, and catalyze neighborhood investments.
Fiscal Year 2020 HUD expects to make 4-5 grant awards with a maximum grant size of $35,000,000 to redevelop severely distressed public housing sites, provide supportive services to residents, and catalyze neighborhood investments.
Fiscal Year 2021 As of FY21, nearly 10,000 units have been developed in mixed-income projects.
Fiscal Year 2023 As of FY23, more than 12,000 units have been developed in mixed-income projects. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law 117-328
The program authority for the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative is section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), as applied by the FY 2023 Appropriations, Section 24 For Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants, the local government of jurisdiction must be either the Lead Applicant or Co-Applicant. The Lead Applicant can be either a Public Housing Agency (PHA), local government, or tribal entity. A Co-Applicant can be a local government, PHA, tribal entity, or the owner of the target HUD-assisted housing (e.g., nonprofit or for-profit developer). For Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants, the ultimate beneficiaries are residents of the severely distressed public and/or assisted housing projects and residents of the surrounding community. Eligibility requirements to apply for Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants are included in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact statement is required for this listing. An environmental impact assessment is required for this listing. Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact statement is required for this listing. An environmental impact assessment is required for this listing. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Pre-application coordination is required. An environmental impact assessment is required for this listing. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information of the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. Pre-application coordination is required. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. As established in the NOFO, the application is a series of narrative exhibits and attachments. Applications must be submitted through the grants.gov portal. HUD will issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), as provided by annual appropriations, via the Grants.gov website. HUD headquarters will coordinate reviews of each eligible application for threshold compliance, assigns rating points to applications that pass all thresholds, and the highest rated applications are notified that they have been selected to participate in the Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant program. NOFOs are posted to www.grants.gov, HUD's Funding Opportunities page (https://www.hud.gov/grants/), and the CN program website (www.hud.gov/cn). From 120 to 180 days. Approximately 180 days following the grant application deadline established by each NOFA. Please refer to each NOFO for application deadlines. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Choice Neighborhoods funds competitive grants to transform neighborhoods of poverty into sustainable mixed-income neighborhoods with well-functioning services, schools, public assets, transportation and access to jobs. Not applicable. This program is covered under 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements. Grants are audited in conjunction with regular HUD or independent public accountant audits and after grant close-out. Grantees are required to maintain copies of budgets and other cost records through the grant period to indicate compliance with the Grant Agreement. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching is voluntary. 5%. Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants will leverage funds from state, local or private sources as well as other HUD and Federal programs. HUD is required by section 24(c)(1)(A) of the 1937 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(c)(1)(A)) to include the requirement for matching funds for all HOPE VI-related grants, which includes Choice Neighborhoods. Grantees are also required to have matching funds (cash or in-kind) when more than five percent of the grant amount is used for Supportive Services.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Each NOFO and grant agreement established timetables and milestones. Implementation Grant term is usually 5-6 years. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None Luci Blackburn, Choice Neighborhoods of Director
451 7th Street S.W. Room 4130
Washington , DC 20410 US
choiceneighborhoods@hud.gov
Phone: (202) 402-4190 http://www.hud.gov/cn/ 86-0218-0-1-604 (Project Grants) FY 22$178,591,000.00; FY 23 est $240,000,000.00; FY 24 est $178,000,000.00; FY 21$162,097,558.00; FY 20$150,000,000.00; FY 19$120,662,000.00; FY 18$152,594,000.00; FY 17$132,280,927.00; FY 16$500,000.00; - Average is $50,000,000 per grant. Not applicable. Fiscal Year 2020 Descriptions of funded projects available on the Choice Neighborhoods program website, www.hud.gov/cn.