Rural housing preservation grants

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded $105,701 to Crawford County Michigan on October 30, 2026, under the Rural Housing Preservation Grants program (CFDA 10.433) to repair or rehabilitate dwellings for very low- and low-income rural homeowners in Crawford County.

The award obligates $105,701 with a period of performance ending July 30, 2027. Crawford County, a local government entity based in Grayling, Michigan, will deliver housing preservation activities in Michigan. The Rural Housing Preservation Grants program assists very low- and low-income rural residents—individual homeowners, rental property owners with single- or multi-unit properties, or consumer cooperative housing projects—by providing funding necessary to repair or rehabilitate their dwellings. Eligible applicants must be a state or political subdivision, public nonprofit corporation, Indian tribal corporation, private nonprofit corporation, or consortium of such entities. Projects must demonstrate administrative capacity in housing rehabilitation or weatherization, serve areas with concentrations of substandard housing and very low- and low-income persons, and limit administrative expenses to less than 20 percent of grant funds.