Mass Market Solutions for Leveraging Robotics and AI Technologies for Home Construction Demonstration

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) is releasing a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Mass Market Solutions for Leveraging Robotics and AI Technologies for Home Construction Demonstration. This opportunity aims to fund demonstration projects that test and scale the use of automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence in factory-built housing to increase housing supply. The program supports Administration priorities to lower housing costs and expand housing supply. • Eligible approaches may include panelized systems, modular construction, or fully volumetric homes. • Projects must show that the proposed technology can produce housing components at a scale sufficient to deliver a defined number of homes and clearly explain how the technology improves construction speed, labor efficiency, quality, or cost. • Awards are expected to be made as cooperative agreements, which means HUD will be actively involved throughout the project period. • The overall goal of this NOFO is to support technologies that can move beyond a single pilot and be scaled for wider use, contributing to long-term increases in housing supply.