Federal grant programs / Department of Housing and Urban Development

Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants (14.889)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$1.2 billion
• Grant awards107
• Typical award$500,000
• Awarded in FY 2025-$175,965
• Size rank238 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceProject grants

Key findings

• It is the 238th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 84% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 31 states and territories.

What the program funds

The Choice Neighborhoods program transforms severely distressed public housing and the surrounding area. Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants provide funding to carry out locally driven “Transformation Plans.” The Transformation Plan is a comprehensive revitalization strategy for an identified “target housing” project(s) and “target neighborhood.” Implementation Grantees use the grant funds, plus other public and private money, to redevelop the target public housing project(s), help residents become self-sufficient, and revitalize neighborhoods. The program has three main goals: Housing: Redevelop severely distressed public housing into good quality, mixed-income housing that meets residents’ needs and helps revitalize the community People: Help residents in the public housing improve their lives through upward mobility, employment, and self-sufficiency Neighborhood: Revitalize distressed neighborhoods by attracting long-term reinvestment from private and other public sources, leading to economic development better amenities, services, and job opportunities for residents

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

For Local (includes State-designated Native American Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals, Profit organization, Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals) As of FY25, only local governments and public housing agencies that previously received a Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant are eligible to apply for an Implementation Grant. The local government of jurisdiction must be either the Lead Applicant or Co-Applicant. The Lead Applicant can be either a local government or public housing agencies. Prior NOFOs allowed tribal entities, developers, and owners of HUD-assisted housing to apply. Prospective applicants should carefully review the eligibility criteria for Choice Neighborhoods under each NOFO.

What the money can and cannot pay for

For Economic Development,?Elementary/Secondary Education,?Employment/Labor/Management,?Housing,? Planning,?Transportation The Choice Neighborhoods Program focuses on the revitalization of severely distressed public housing. Implementation Grants provide funding to support the redevelopment of the “target” public housing project(s), supportive services for residents of the target public housing project(s), and physical improvements and/or economic development activities in the surrounding neighborhood.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Section 24(c)(1)(A) of the 1937 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(c)(1)(A)) establishes a 5 percent match requirement for all HOPE VI related grants, which includes Choice Neighborhoods. Accordingly, Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants will leverage funds from state, local or private sources as well as other HUD and Federal programs. In addition, Section 24(c)(1)(B) of the 1937 Act states that if a grantee uses more than five percent of the grant amount for Supportive Services, it must provide matching funds in an amount equal to the amount used in excess of the five percent. Matching requirements are mandatory. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

HUD publishes a NOFO each year based on appropriations. NOFOs are posted to www.grants.gov, HUD's Funding Opportunities page (https://www.hud.gov/grants/), and the CN program website (www.hud.gov/cn).

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Range is $13,245,927 to $50,000,000. Average is $34,531,209 per grant. Current maximum is $50,000,000.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

By state

25 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.