Rural Housing Preservation Grant
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-RD-HCFP-HPG-2026
- 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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- City/Township Governments
- Other
- County Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- State Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service seeks applications for Housing Preservation Grants to fund repair and rehabilitation of owner-occupied homes, rental properties, and cooperative housing units for very low- and low-income rural residents, with preapplications due September 8, 2026. The program reserves $250,000 from the American Relief Act of 2025 for Puerto Rico and dedicates $2.09 million (with a maximum award of $50,000 per grant) to disaster assistance in 2022 presidentially declared disaster areas.
Eligible applicants include state and local governments, federally recognized tribal governments, Indian tribal corporations, public and private nonprofit corporations (including faith-based and community organizations), and consortia of such entities. Applicants must limit administrative costs to less than 20 percent of grant funds and demonstrate prior experience in housing rehabilitation, weatherization, or assistance to very low- and low-income households.
The program prioritizes applications serving non-metropolitan areas with populations below 10,000 or remote rural areas (below 5,000 population) within metropolitan statistical areas. Selection criteria emphasize the percentage of very low-income persons assisted, the percentage of HPG funds relative to total housing preservation costs, applicant administrative capacity, and programs that alleviate overcrowding in rural residences. Preapplication review completes within 60 days. Applicants may request reconsideration of decisions within 30 days of notification and may apply for additional grants once prior grant goals have been achieved or nearly achieved.
The program operates under CFDA 10.433. Historically, Rural Development issued approximately 90–105 awards annually, with recent grants ranging from $28,000 to $287,000. Applicants must develop programs in consultation with State Historic Preservation Officers and comply with environmental review requirements under 7 CFR 1970.
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.
$250,000 remains available from the American Relief Act, 2025 (Public Law 118-158) for Puerto Rico.
$2.09 million ($50,000 maximum award) is available for Calendar Year 2022 disaster assistance. The disaster funding is made available from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Division N, Title I (Public Law 117-328). 2022 presidentially declared disaster areas can be viewed at https://www.fema.gov/disaster/declarations.
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