HOPE for Public and Indian Housing Homeownership

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office funds planning and implementation grants for homeownership programs serving elderly residents and public housing residents under CFDA 14.858, with the most recent grant award issued on March 11, 2012.

This program is dormant. No grant awards have been made in the past 14 years. The program issued 43 total Project Grants between 2000 and 2012, with peak activity in 2002 when 10 awards were made. Activity declined sharply thereafter, with only one award per year issued between 2008 and 2012. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office was the sole funder across all 43 awards.

Recent awards funded two primary activity streams: "Hope for Elderly Independence" initiatives supporting services and housing for elderly residents in public housing, and "Hope 1 PIH Implementation" projects supporting public housing development and planning. Award sizes were modest, typically ranging from a few thousand dollars to under $300 thousand. Representative recent awards include a $611 thousand grant issued October 1, 2008 for Hope 1 PIH implementation in Maine; a $243 thousand grant issued August 17, 2011 for elderly independence services in Kentucky; and a $16 thousand grant issued March 11, 2012 for elderly independence services in Wisconsin.

Combined federal dollars obligated across all 43 awards totaled $780 thousand, reflecting the small per-award magnitude. All awards were structured as Project Grants with defined completion periods typically spanning one quarter.

No recent grant opportunities are present in the source. Do not pursue this program without verification that new solicitations have reopened; the 14-year absence of awards suggests the program may be inactive or suspended.