42 Open Affordable Housing Grants (2026): $172.9M Available

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Project Rental Assistance Program of Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities FY 2026

Office on Violence Against Women

The Transitional Housing program funds transitional housing and support services for victims who are homeless or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance because of domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (VAWA crimes). Eligible applicants are Tribal, state, and local governments and organizations with a documented history of effective work concerning VAWA crimes.

Office on Violence Against Women

OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program

Department of Housing and Urban Development

This NOFO solicits applications for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP). This grant awards funds to eligible national and regional nonprofit organizations and consortia to purchase home sites and develop or improve the infrastructure needed to set the stage for sweat equity and volunteer-based homeownership programs. The SHOP program is a tool to promote the production of affordable housing for low-income persons and families, including first-responders, veterans, and persons with disabilities, while fostering safe, stable neighborhoods in communities nationwide.The SHOP grant program provides competitive awards to national and regional nonprofit organizations and consortia to purchase home sites and develop or improve the infrastructure needed to set the stage for sweat equity and volunteer-based homeownership programs and to promote the production of affordable housing for low-income persons and families, including veterans, homeless persons , first responders, and persons with disabilities . The SHOP units must:Be sold to homebuyers at below market prices;Homebuyers must be low-income and contribute a significant amount of sweat equity towards the development of their SHOP home; andSHOP homes must be non-luxury units that comply with state and local codes, ordinances, and zoning requirements, and with all other SHOP requirements.Applicants must also:Propose to use a significant amount of SHOP grant funds in at least two states.Use the SHOP grant funds for only land acquisition, infrastructure improvements, and reasonable and necessary planning and administration costs (not to exceed 10 percent).The average SHOP expense for the combined cost of land acquisition and infrastructure improvements cannot exceed $25,000 per SHOP unit.Applicants must leverage other public and private funds to pay for the construction or rehabilitation costs of every SHOP unit.Leveraged funds may also be used for other program costs not covered by SHOP grant funds.All communications between HUD, SHOP applicants, SHOP awardees, and SHOP beneficiaries must be in English. The application must be received through Grants.gov in English.This NOFO makes available $24,000,000 ($12,000,000 in FY2025 and $12,000,000 in FY2024) to carry out eligible activities of the SHOP program.

Department of Housing and Urban Development

The Housing Policy Research Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity provides competitive awards to eligible applicants, including institutions of higher education, nonprofit, and for-profit institutions. Awards made through this NOFO will fund quality research projects that: (1) contribute to knowledge about housing policy in the United States; and (2) generate actionable insights and evidence that can applied by policymakers and communities in the short-term.

Operation Homefront

Grants for transitional and permanent housing assistance for military families and wounded warriors.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Provides grants for housing rehabilitation, land acquisition, community facilities, infrastructure, and economic development activities in Indian and Alaska Native communities.

Department of Housing and Urban Development

FY26 Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing)

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing Initiatives Program - Administrative Enforcement Initiative

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing Initiatives Program - Fair Housing Organizations Initiative FY2025 and FY2026

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Youth Homelessness NOFO for FY2024 and FY2025

Strategic Growth Council

Eligible activities include but are not limited to Planning Activities, such as Community Needs Assessment . Feasibility Studies, Market Analyses . Environmental Assessments , and similar activities to determine housing needs and develop a project plan that is responsive to the needs of the community. The grant also funds Infrastructure Investments, such as Sewage and Drainage Infrastructure, Waste Management, and Electric Utility, Broadband, and Renewable Energy Infrastructure. The grant funds Sustainable Transportation Investments  such as Road and Safety infrastructure that do not increase vehicle capacity. The grant funds Site Acquisition and Preparation Site Appraisal and Acquisition, such as Site Preparation, including Surveying, Grading, and Mitigation, Architectural and Engineering costs, Ecological and Wildlife Restoration, and Disaster Preparedness. The grant also funds Other Associated Costs Legal Fees, such as Consultant Fees, Staff Development and Training, and Staff Salaries.

Strategic Growth Council

Eligible activities include but are not limited to Planning Activities, such as Community Needs Assessment . Feasibility Studies, Market Analyses . Environmental Assessments , and similar activities to determine housing needs and develop a project plan that is responsive to the needs of the community. The grant also funds Infrastructure Investments, such as Sewage and Drainage Infrastructure, Waste Management, and Electric Utility, Broadband, and Renewable Energy Infrastructure. The grant funds Sustainable Transportation Investments  such as Road and Safety infrastructure that do not increase vehicle capacity. The grant funds Site Acquisition and Preparation Site Appraisal and Acquisition, such as Site Preparation, including Surveying, Grading, and Mitigation, Architectural and Engineering costs, Ecological and Wildlife Restoration, and Disaster Preparedness. The grant also funds Other Associated Costs Legal Fees, such as Consultant Fees, Staff Development and Training, and Staff Salaries.

Department of Housing and Urban Development

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to:promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness;provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, Indian Tribes or Tribally Designated Housing Entities [as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103) (TDHEs)], and local governments to quickly rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness, persons experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to, or fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and youth experiencing homelessness while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness;promote access to, and effective utilization of, mainstream programs and programs funded with State or local resources; andoptimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.The goal of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) is to support the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness and sharing that experience with and mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end. The population to be served by the demonstration program is youth ages 24 and younger who are experiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth.

Department of Housing and Urban Development

FY 2026 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants NOFO

Rural LISC

Affordable housing development and preservation in rural communities

Department of Housing and Community Development

Rather than utilizing a set-aside within the standard MFSN Program, this NOFA operates independently and is tailored to meet the specific affordable housing needs of California Tribes. Funds offered under this NOFA and the criteria specified herein are available solely and exclusively to eligible Tribal Entities. This NOFA provides forgivable loans to assist with the new construction, rehabilitation, and conversion of permanent and transitional rental housing for lower income households. This NOFA also provides grants for the construction, rehabilitation, demolition, relocation, preservation, or other physical improvement of parks, water, sewer, or other utility service, streets/ roads, adaptive reuse, transit station structured parking and facilities, facilities that support pedestrian or bicycle transit, sidewalk improvements.Keywords: Tribal, Tribal Entities, Native American, NAHASDA

LeadingAge

Grants for developing and preserving affordable housing for older adults with integrated services and supports.

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing Initiatives Program - Education and Outreach Initiative

Department of Housing and Urban Development

FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE

National Church Residences

Grants and partnerships for developing affordable senior housing communities with supportive services.

Homes for Our Troops

Funding for building specially adapted, mortgage-free homes for severely injured post-9/11 veterans.

Housing & Comm Development

Municipal Planning Grant Funds - South Royalton Housing Development Feasibility Study

Housing & Comm Development

Municipal Planning Grant Funds - Greensboro Housing Charrette

Housing & Comm Development

MUNICIPAL PLANNING GRANT - AFFORDABLE HOUSING READINESS

Housing & Comm Development

Municipal Planning Grant - Starksboro Gets Proactive on Housing

Housing & Comm Development

Municipal Planning Grant - Starksboro Gets Proactive on Housing

Department of Public Health

HOPWA - HOUSING & HEALTH STUDY

Department of Public Health

HOPWA 2025-2027

Department of Public Health

HOPWA 2025-2027

Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs (TDHCA)

Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs (TDHCA) provides grants and financing for affordable housing development, community development, homelessness prevention, and housing rehabilitation in TX.

Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA)

Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) provides grants and financing for affordable housing development, community development, homelessness prevention, and housing rehabilitation in IL.

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA)

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) provides grants and financing for affordable housing development, community development, homelessness prevention, and housing rehabilitation in PA.

Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA)

Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) provides grants and financing for affordable housing development, community development, homelessness prevention, and housing rehabilitation in OH.

Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA)

Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) provides grants and financing for affordable housing development, community development, homelessness prevention, and housing rehabilitation in MI.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)

Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) provides grants and financing for affordable housing development, community development, homelessness prevention, and housing rehabilitation in GA.

North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA)

North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA) provides grants and financing for affordable housing development, community development, homelessness prevention, and housing rehabilitation in NC.

New York State Homes & Community Renewal (HCR)

New York State Homes & Community Renewal (HCR) provides grants and financing for affordable housing development, community development, homelessness prevention, and housing rehabilitation in NY.

Washington State Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC)

Washington State Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC) provides grants and financing for affordable housing development, community development, homelessness prevention, and housing rehabilitation in WA.

Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC)

Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC) provides grants and financing for affordable housing development, community development, homelessness prevention, and housing rehabilitation in FL.

MassHousing

MassHousing provides grants and financing for affordable housing development, community development, homelessness prevention, and housing rehabilitation in MA.

New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA)

New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) provides grants and financing for affordable housing development, community development, homelessness prevention, and housing rehabilitation in NJ.