Federal grants to Housing Assistance Council
Housing Assistance Council in Washington, District of Columbia received $38.9 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 24 awards. Its largest program was Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program, with $11.0 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $3.5 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$38.9 million
- Awards24
- Awarded in FY 2025$3.5 million
- Largest award$5.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 7 | $8.0 million |
| FY 2022 | 4 | $7.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 7 | $7.1 million |
| FY 2024 | 5 | $13.3 million |
| FY 2025 | 1 | $3.5 million |
Programs that fund Housing Assistance Council
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program | 4 | $11.0 million |
| Capital Magnet Fund | 3 | $9.3 million |
| Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants | 3 | $8.5 million |
| Community Development Financial Institutions Program | 3 | $2.7 million |
| Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Equitable Recovery Program (CDFI ERP) | 1 | $2.5 million |
| Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP) | 1 | $1.8 million |
| Community Facilities Loans and Grants | 5 | $1.6 million |
| Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | 2 | $1.1 million |
| Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building | 2 | $395,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 9 | $19.9 million |
| Department of the Treasury | 8 | $16.3 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 5 | $1.6 million |
| National Endowment for the Arts | 2 | $1.1 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose: to attract financing for and increase investment in affordable housing for primarily low income, very low income, and extremely low income people and for certain related economic and community development activities. Planned activities: through competitive grants, the capital magnet fund (c | Capital Magnet Fund | October 4, 2023 | $5.0 million |
| Purpose: the self-help homeownership opportunity program (SHOP) awards grant funds to eligible national and regional nonprofit organizations and consortia to purchase home sites and develop or improve the infrastructure needed to set the stage for sweat equity and volunteer-based homeownership progr | Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program | October 24, 2023 | $4.0 million |
| Purpose: the rural capacity building program enhances the capacity and ability of rural housing development organizations, community development corporations (CDCS), community housing development organizations (CHDOS), local governments, and indian tribes (eligible beneficiaries) to carry out afford | Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants | April 29, 2025 | $3.5 million |
| Self-help homeownership opportunity program (SHOP) | Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program | March 28, 2022 | $3.2 million |
| Purpose: to attract financing for and increase investment in affordable housing for primarily low income, very low income, and extremely low income people and for certain related economic and community development activities. Planned activities: through competitive grants, the capital magnet fund (c | Capital Magnet Fund | June 22, 2022 | $2.8 million |
| Rural capacity building for community development and affordable housing grants | Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants | April 26, 2021 | $2.7 million |
| Purpose: the self-help homeownership opportunity program (SHOP) awards grant funds to eligible national and regional nonprofit organizations and consortia to purchase home sites and develop or improve the infrastructure needed to set the stage for sweat equity and volunteer-based homeownership progr | Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program | August 5, 2024 | $2.5 million |
| Purpose: to provide grants to community development financial institutions (CDFIS) for the following purposes 1) to expand lending, grant making and investment activities in low or moderate income communities and to borrowers that have historically experienced significant unmet capital and financial | Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Equitable Recovery Program (CDFI ERP) | April 10, 2023 | $2.5 million |
| Rural capacity building for community development and affordable housing grants | Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants | August 28, 2023 | $2.3 million |
| Cdfi rapid response program award | Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP) | June 15, 2021 | $1.8 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Housing Assistance Council get?
$38.9 million in 24 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Housing Assistance Council the most?
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, with $19.9 million in 9 awards. The Department of the Treasury and the Department of Agriculture follow.
What is Housing Assistance Council's largest federal grant?
$5.0 million under Capital Magnet Fund, with its first action in the period on October 4, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Housing Assistance Council?
Its largest are Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program, Capital Magnet Fund and Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants.
Other grant recipients in Washington
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation
- District of Columbia, Government of
- Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees
- Coalition for Green Capital
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- United Nations World Food Programme
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- District of Columbia, Government of
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