Description
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the Fiscal Year 2023 Comprehensive Housing Counseling Grant Program. The purpose of this program is to provide funds to HUD-approved housing counseling agencies that provide counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, with respect to property maintenance, financial management and literacy, and other matters as may be appropriate to assist program clients in improving their housing conditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership. The objectives and priorities of this NOFO include distributing Federal financial support to eligible housing counseling agencies to enable them to provide quality services to consumers to address their housing and financial needs, partnering with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Tribal Colleges and Universities, and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) to provide quality services to consumers, and supporting the housing counseling industry in supporting ongoing counselor certification. Some key features of this program include:
* Providing housing counseling services to traditionally underserved populations, such as people of color, seniors, veterans, persons with disabilities, and persons with limited English proficiency (LEP)
* Ensuring distribution of funding amounts for rural areas with low levels of access to housing counseling services
* Leveraging external resources and funding to increase the sustainability of quality housing counseling programs
* Reducing the costs to program participants when applying for and reporting on HUD funding while maintaining accountability for Federal funds
* Supporting the housing counseling industry in supporting ongoing counselor certification to increase the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of housing counseling.
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Contact
Rebecca Mullaley