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Overview
Main Street area revitalization efforts seek to rejuvenate older,
downtown business districts while retaining the area's traditional
and Historic character. The purpose of the HOPE VI Main Street Program
is to provide assistance to smaller communities in the development
of affordable housing that is undertaken in connection with a Main
Street revitalization effort. Obsolete commercial offices or buildings
can be reconfigured into rent producing affordable housing.
In December, 2003, the American Dream Downpayment Act became law.
This Act amended the statute that controls the HOPE VI program.
Part of the Act set aside a portion of all future HOPE VI funds
for grants to small communities that have Main Street rejuvenation
projects. The Act limited the size of communities that are eligible
for these grants to a population of 50,000, and 100 or less physical
public housing units. Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers do not affect
the number of public housing units.
HOPE VI Main Street Grants Notice of Funding Availability
HUD
has published the FY2009 HOPE VI Main Street NOFA. Approximately
$4,000,000 will be awarded through the NOFA. The NOFA has been published
and the application deadline date is January 20, 2010.
As in the past, only Units of General Local Government are eligible
to submit an application. The funds in the NOFA must be used to
assist Units of Local Government that have existing Main Street
area revitalization projects and have the population and public
housing unit limits stated above. These funds are to be used to
develop initially affordable housing in the Main Street redevelopment
area.
Note that the NOFA will include, by reference, the General Section
of HUD's FY 2009 SuperNOFA. The General Section can be obtained
at HUD's Grant Funds
Available website. There are some very important requirements
in the General Section that, if not addressed in the application,
may cause the application to be rejected without being rated or
ranked. The applicants must read the General Section clauses along
with the Main Street NOFA. If this Main Street NOFA and the General
Section contain conflicting information, this Main Street NOFA
prevails.
Applications
will have to be submitted electronically to Grants.gov,
and applicants must register or renew their registration before
the application deadline. Registration may take up to three weeks.
Detailed registration instructions are included in HUD's General
Section, which is included in the documents that an applicant can
download from Grants.gov.
Also, a few weeks after publication, there are often changes and
corrections to NOFAs. You should check Grants.gov
often to see if changes have been published. Throughout the period
before the application submission deadline date, this site will
also post Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that clarify specific
parts of the NOFA. Please be sure to review the application submission
against the latest requirements on Grants.gov. The NOFA, and related
forms and guidance, will be available through links at www.grants.gov
and through links on this website.
Main Street Program Summaries
Most Recent NOFA
General Guidance
Financial Guidance
Budget Guidance
Cost
Guidelines
Financial
Instructions
Relevant Statutes, Regulations and Notices
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