Avalon Nonprofit Housing Corporation

Avalon Nonprofit Housing Corporation, a tax-exempt nonprofit recipient based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, receives federal grants to deliver permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, case management, and homeless management information systems (HMIS) operations to homeless individuals and families in Washtenaw County, Michigan, operating under a "housing first" model focused on quickly rehousing vulnerable populations while minimizing trauma and promoting self-sufficiency.

Avalon is a 100 percent federal grant recipient with no contract footprint. The organization has received cumulative federal funding exceeding $15 million since 2004 and operates as a prime recipient on all 75 of its active federal grants; three additional sub-awards comprise the remaining 4 percent of the portfolio. All recent grant activity channels through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, which accounts for 73 of 78 total awards (96 percent coverage). Two Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awards round out the agency roster. Avalon's grant work is exclusively under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), a federal program designed to promote community-wide strategies to end homelessness by funding nonprofit providers to quickly house homeless individuals and families while optimizing access to mainstream resources and self-sufficiency.

Recent CoC grant awards to Avalon include a $939,037 project grant obligated October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026; a $943,878 project grant obligated September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026; a $455,556 project grant obligated May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2027; and a $119,078 project grant obligated June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027. Avalon implements eligible CoC activities including property acquisition and rehabilitation, new construction, rental assistance, case management, and Homeless Management Information Systems operations. The organization collaborates with Washtenaw County as either a prime recipient or sub-recipient on CoC planning and coordination costs, real property transactions, and operating expenses for housing facilities serving persons experiencing chronic homelessness, youth under age 25, and individuals fleeing domestic violence.

Activity has remained steady across the past five years (six awards annually in 2022 and 2023, six in 2024, eight in 2025, and three in the first half of 2026), with combined dollars obligated across all 78 awards totaling $24.1 million. Six awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating a recompete window for those grants. In its sub-award role, Avalon has received limited grant sub-awards, including an $50,000 sub-award from a HUD county HOME CHDO program to support leadership and organizational development and a sub-award to rehabilitate a two-unit duplex property in Ann Arbor using county HOME and CDBG program income.