Rural Housing Preservation Grant
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-RD-HCFP-HPG-2025
- Agency
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Rural Housing Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Categories
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- Community Development
- Housing
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- City/Township Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Other
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- County Governments
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Rural Housing Service (RHS), a division of the Department of Agriculture, is seeking grant applications for the Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program, which aims to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in rural areas with housing repair and rehabilitation. Eligible applicants include state governments, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, city/township governments, tribal governments, and other specified entities. The program prioritizes projects that maximize the percentage of very low-income persons assisted, demonstrate efficient use of HPG funds, and show strong administrative capacity in housing rehabilitation. Evaluation criteria will consider factors such as the applicant's experience with housing assistance, the program's geographic focus on non-metropolitan areas with populations under 10,000, and the minimization of administrative expenses (less than 20% of grant funds). The application deadline is September 4, 2025, with preapplications expected to be processed within 60 days of submission.
Approximately $2.1 million of FY2025 funding is available, with a maximum award of $50,000 specifically designated for disaster assistance grants related to 2022 presidentially declared disaster areas. The grants will support housing rehabilitation projects in rural regions across the United States, including Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and other U.S. territories. Projects must focus on repairing and rehabilitating dwellings for individual homeowners, rental property owners, and cooperative housing complexes, with a particular emphasis on making housing units accessible to low-income populations. The grant program typically supports project periods of 9-14 months, and recipients can apply for additional grants upon achieving the goals of previous awards.
Synopsis
The Rural Housing Service (RHS) announces a notice in funding availability under its Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program. The HPG program is a grant program which provides qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, which may include but not be limited to, Faith-Based and Community Organizations, and other eligible entities grant funds to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas. In addition, the HPG program assists rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes in repairing and rehabilitating their units if they agree to make such units available to low- and very low-income persons. This action is taken to comply with Agency regulations found in 7 CFR part 1944, subpart N, which require the Agency to announce the opening and closing dates for receipt of preapplications for HPG funds from eligible applicants. The intended effect of this Notice is to provide eligible organizations notice of these dates.
Approximately $2.1 million of FY2025 funding is available for disaster assistance ($50,000 maximum award). Preapplications for disaster assistance grants may be utilized for calendar year 2022 presidentially declared disaster area(s) only (2022 presidentially declared disaster areas can be viewed at https://www.fema.gov/disaster/declarations).
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