In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by...
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in competitions for funding under the Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) and Notices for the following programs: Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 NOFO Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration (HHWCD) Grant Program, FY23 Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) Grant Program, and FY23 NOFO Housing Counseling Training Grant Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christine Brown, Acting Director, Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Systems), Grants Management and Oversight at
AskGMO@hud.gov;
telephone (202) 402-2440 or the contact person listed in each appendix. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech and communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an
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accessible telephone call, please visit
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
HUD posted the FY23 NOFO Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration (HHWCD) Grant Program on
grants.gov
September 15, 2023 (FR-6700-N-62). The competition closed on November 6, 2023. HUD rated and selected applications for funding based on selection criteria contained in the NOFO. This competition awarded $1,000,000 to 1 recipient to fund a Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration grant that provides housing interventions in lower-income households that are served by both HUD's Healthy Homes Production (HHP) program and the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) to determine whether coordination between the programs concerning the implementation of healthy homes remediation activities and energy conservation measures achieves cost-effectiveness and better outcomes in improving the safety and quality of homes.
HUD posted the FY23 Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) Grant Program on
grants.gov
September 15, 2023 (FR-6700-N-15). The competition closed on November 6, 2023. HUD rated and selected applications for funding based on selection criteria contained in the NOFO. This competition awarded $13,393,381 to 15 recipients to fund studies to improve knowledge of housing-related health and safety hazards and to improve or develop new hazard assessment and control methods, with a focus on lead and other key residential health and safety hazards. In addition, the funded studies will advance the knowledge of priority healthy homes issues by addressing important gaps in science related to the accurate and efficient identification of hazards and the implementation of cost-effective hazard mitigation.
HUD posted the FY23 NOFO Housing Counseling Training Grant Program on
grants.gov
October 31, 2023 (FR-6700-N-30). The competition closed on November 30, 2023. HUD rated and selected applications for funding based on selection criteria contained in the NOFO. This competition awarded $2,750,000 to 7 recipients to provide professional development and educational offerings to equip new and existing HUD-certified housing counselors with the necessary tools to meet the evolving needs of homeowners, homebuyers, and renters. Training funds can also be used to prepare students for housing counseling careers and to attract a new pipeline of professionals to the housing counseling industry.
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 U.S.C. 3545(a)(4)(C)), the Department is publishing the awardees and the amounts of the awards in Appendices A-C of this document.
Christine Brown,
Acting Director, Grants Management and Oversight, Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
Appendix A
Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration (HHWCD) Grant Program (FR-6700-N-62)
Contact:
Emma Kaiser, 678-732-2214.
Legal name
Address
City
State
ZIP+4
Amount
East Central Intergovernmental Association
7600 Commerce Park
Dubuque
IA
52002-9673
$1,000,000.00
Appendix B
Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) Grant Program (FR-6700-N-15)
Contact:
Larry Byrd, (202) 402-8078.
Lead Technical Studies (LTS) Program
Organization
Address
City
State
ZIP+4
Amount
Emory University
1599 Clifton Road NE, 4th Floor
Atlanta
GA
30322-4250
$800,000.00
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
615 West 131st Street
New York
NY
10027-7922
799,837.00
LTS Total
1,599,837.00
Healthy Homes Technical Studies (HHTS) Program
Organization
Address
City
State
ZIP+4
Amount
Louisiana State University
202 Himes Hall
Baton Rouge
LA
70803-0001
$984,594.00
Berkeley Air Monitoring Group, Inc
1935 Addison Street, Suite A
Berkeley
CA
94704-1354
987,868.00
Illinois Institute of Technology
10 West 35th Street
Chicago
IL
60616-3717
370,261.00
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
809 S Marshfield Avenue
Chicago
IL
60612-7227
998,734.00
Johns Hopkins University
733 North Broadway, Suite 117
Baltimore
MD
21205-1832
999,990.00
The Ohio State University
1960 Kenny Road
Columbus
OH
43210-1016
999,999.00
North Carolina State University
2601 Wolf Village Way—Admin Services III, Suite 240
Raleigh
NC
27695-7514
999,917.00
Trustees Of Indiana University
509 E 3rd St
Bloomington
IN
47401-3654
994,743.00
The Curators of the University of Missouri
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City
MO
64110-2499
999,823.00
University of Pittsburgh
300 Murdoch I Building
Pittsburgh
PA
15260-3203
999,878.00
BanfieldBio Inc
17309 174th Ave. NE, P.O. Box 2622
Woodinville
WA
98072-9697
997,467.00
University of North Dakota
4201 James Ray Drive, Suite 2050
Grand Forks
ND
58202-8367
486,377.00
Rutgers University of New Jersey
33 Knightsbridge Road 2nd Floor, East Wing
Piscataway
NJ
08854-3925
973,893.00
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HHTS Total
11,793,544.00
LHHTS Total
13,393,381.00
Appendix C
FY23 NOFO Housing Counseling Training Grant Program (FR-6700-N-30)
Contact:
Joel Ibanez, 714-955-0812.
Grantee name
Address
City
State
Zip
Total award
National Association of Real Estate Brokers-Investment Division, Inc
7677 OakPort Street, Suite 1030
Oakland
CA
94621
$82,500.00
Rural Community Assistance Corporation
3120 Freeboard Drive, Suite 201
West Sacramento
CA
95691
396,246.39
National Community Reinvestment Coalition
740 15th St. NW, Suite 400
Washington
DC
20005
578,416.92
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp., DBA Neighbor Works America