Multi Family Housing Program

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Multi Family Housing Program is a civilian sub-agency that administers federal grant funding to support affordable multifamily rental housing development and rehabilitation in rural communities. The program operates as a grant-making entity, obligating federal dollars through Project Grants awarded to state and local housing authorities, community action agencies, and nonprofit housing developers.

The program has obligated $366.1 million across 59,100 total Project Grant awards since 2012, with recent activity tracking at 7,720 awards in 2023, 7,295 in 2024, 8,073 in 2025, 7,799 in 2026, and 3,946 year-to-date in 2027. The most recently recorded grant award date is in 2027, approximately nine months in the future from today. All awards within the portfolio are structured as Project Grants with no other assistance types present.

Grant recipient concentration is highly fragmented. Over the last five years, the top five recipients account for only 9 percent of federal dollars obligated. Oikos Development Corp leads by federal dollars with three awards totaling $8.8 million, followed by Housing Authority of City of Belle G with one award of $8 million, and Genesis Housing Services with three awards totaling $6.6 million. Housing Authority of City of Wenatchee holds the most awards by count with four, totaling $4.3 million. The program distributes funding across 42 distinct grant recipients cumulatively, indicating a dispersed recipient base characteristic of rural housing grant-making that channels federal support to multiple local and regional housing organizations rather than concentrating awards among a small number of large recipients.

No recent grant opportunities are recorded against the program. Prospective applicants should monitor the program's official channels and the Grants.gov platform for notices of funding opportunity, which typically reflect the program's annual or periodic funding cycles for multifamily rural housing projects.