Rural Housing Preservation Grant | USDA RD HCFP HPG 2025

Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA RD HCFP HPG 2025

The Rural Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the USDA Rural Housing Service (RHS) to help preserve and improve housing in rural communities. The program is designed to channel federal funds through eligible organizations so they can support very low-income and low-income homeowners who need repairs or rehabilitation to keep their homes safe, decent, and livable. Beyond owner-occupied homes, the program can also be used to repair and rehabilitate rural rental properties and cooperative housing developments, as long as the owners agree that the improved units will be made available to low- and very low-income residents. In practical terms, this means the grant is not primarily for individual homeowners to apply directly; instead, it is structured so public agencies and nonprofit or community-based organizations can deliver repair assistance locally.

The specific notice for FY2025 is issued to meet the USDA regulatory requirement in 7 CFR part 1944, subpart N, which requires RHS to publicly announce when it will accept preapplications and when the window closes. The closing date listed for this opportunity is September 4, 2025. The funding focus highlighted in the notice is disaster assistance: about $2.1 million of FY2025 funding is set aside for disaster-related HPG awards, with a maximum award amount of $50,000 per grant for this disaster assistance portion. A major restriction applies here: preapplications for disaster assistance under this notice may be used only for calendar year 2022 presidentially declared disaster areas. Applicants are expected to verify that the target area qualifies by checking FEMA disaster declarations for 2022 at https://www.fema.gov/disaster/declarations.

Eligible applicants include a wide range of governmental and nonprofit entities that are positioned to run housing repair programs in rural areas. This includes state, county, and city or township governments; federally recognized tribal governments; tribal organizations (even if not federally recognized as governments); and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education). The notice also explicitly indicates that faith-based and community organizations can be among the eligible nonprofit applicants, reflecting the program’s intent to reach rural residents through organizations that already have local trust and service networks. The opportunity is categorized under community development and housing, and it is associated with CFDA number 10.433.

From a planning standpoint, organizations considering an application should be prepared to describe how they will identify eligible rural households or properties, manage repair and rehabilitation activities, and ensure the benefits reach very low- and low-income residents. For rental and cooperative projects, applicants should also be ready to address the affordability and occupancy commitment that comes with using grant funds, since the program’s purpose is tied directly to maintaining housing access for low-income people. The listing anticipates roughly 100 awards overall, though the actual number can vary depending on award sizes and program decisions.

• The Rural Housing Service in the community development, housing sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rural Housing Preservation Grant" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.433.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-08-05.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-09-04. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 100 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.

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