Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Description: Funds are awarded to eligible national and regional non-profit 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 programs for low-income persons and families. Land acquisition, infrastructure improvements, and reasonable and necessary planning and administration costs (not to exceed 20 percent) are the only eligible uses for SHOP grant funds. The SHOP units must be sold to homebuyers at prices below the prevailing market price. Homebuyers must be low-income and must contribute a significant amount of sweat equity towards the development of the SHOP units.

A full overview of the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program is available here.

Funding Range: $1.14 million – 10 million

Application Cycle: June 18 – August 18, 2020

To Apply: Visit grants.gov