Competition Finalists Identified
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has identified eight applicants as finalists to compete for FY22 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants to transform public and/or other HUD-assisted housing, as well as the surrounding neighborhood. The entities below, selected from a pool of 22 applicants, will compete for individual grants of up to $40 or $50 million. HUD anticipates announcing six awards later this summer.
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Finalists-Lead Applicant / Co-Applicant |
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1. City of Tucson, AZ |
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2. Housing Authority of the Birmingham District / City of Birmingham, AL |
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3. Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta / City of Atlanta, GA |
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4. Housing Authority of the City of Lake Charles / City of Lake Charles, LA |
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5. Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh / City of Pittsburgh, PA |
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6. Miami-Dade County, FL |
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7. Philadelphia Housing Authority / City of Philadelphia, PA |
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8. Wilmington Housing Authority / City of Wilmington, DE |
Next Steps for Finalists:
In the coming weeks, a HUD team will hold site visits to meet with the applicants and partners to get a clear understanding of their individual Transformation Plans. Being selected as a finalist is not an indication of a grant award.
Site visits are part of HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant application review process to determine which of the finalists are most competitive. Opening the site visits to the public or revealing the location of the targeted housing or neighborhood at this stage is not permitted under the statute governing HUD’s process to award competitive grants. Following the visits, HUD may request that applicants respond to technical clarification questions.
How Finalists Were Selected:
These finalists were ranked on how well their vision, capacity, and need addressed Choice Neighborhoods’ three core goals:
- Housing: Replace distressed public and assisted housing with high-quality mixed-income housing that is well-managed and responsive to the needs of the surrounding neighborhood;
- People: Improve outcomes of households living in the target housing related to employment and income, health, and children’s education; and
- Neighborhood: Create the conditions necessary for public and private investment in distressed neighborhoods to offer the kinds of amenities and assets, including safety, good schools, and commercial activity, that are important to families’ choices about their community.
Finalists were determined based upon information submitted to HUD by the application deadline of January 11, 2023. HUD has conducted a two-tier process for reviewing FY22 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation applications: (1) application screening and (2) preliminary rating and ranking. In the application screening stages, HUD screened each application to determine that it met the NOFO’s key eligibility criteria, did not contain technical deficiencies, and met all threshold criteria (listed in Section III.D). Applications that passed the application screening stage moved to the rating and ranking stage. HUD evaluated the applications based on the Capacity, Need, Strategy (Neighborhood, Housing, and People) and Soundness of Approach rating factors.