The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Housing Counseling announced the availability of over $56 million of funding through a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Through the combined Comprehensive Housing Counseling and the Housing Counseling Training NOFO, HUD plans to award grants to around 175 housing counseling agencies, organizations and training partners.
The criteria for receiving a grant under the NOFO aim to support pathways toward transitioning into stable and secure, unassisted housing. This grant funding opportunity also supports post-purchase counseling for individuals with federally backed mortgages.
The NOFO also includes a Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Initiative which is available to eligible applicants of both programs. The MSI Initiative enables eligible housing counseling agencies to partner with historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities and other MSIs so that these institutions can help their communities address their housing and financial needs and increase the supply of local certified housing counselors.
Submission requirements can be found at Grants.gov. Applications must be submitted by May 26.
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