Rural Housing Preservation Grant

The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is announcing a notice of funding availability under its Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program. The HPG program is a grant program that provides qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and other eligible entities with grant funds to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas. The program also assists rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes in repairing and rehabilitating their units if they agree to make such units available to low- and very low-income persons. • Eligible applicants include public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and other eligible entities. • The program provides grant funds to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes. • The program also assists rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes in repairing and rehabilitating their units. • The intended effect of this notice is to provide eligible organizations with notice of the opening and closing dates for receipt of preapplications for HPG funds.