WASHINGTON DC (January 14, 2025) — The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awards $100 million in grants to eighteen winners benefitting communities across the fifteen States to cut red tape, build more homes, and lower the costs of renting and buying a home. These competitive funds — delivered in record time — are provided through HUD’s Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) program, to remove barriers to local housing production. Today’s announcement is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government work to build more homes and lower housing costs, as outlined in the Housing Supply Action Plan. These grants build upon the $85 million to more than twenty communities that Vice President Kamala Harris and HUD Agency Head Adrianne Todman awarded in July 2024.
“We need to build more homes to meet the needs of our growing communities — and we need to deploy every strategy available. The Biden-Harris Administration has been laser-focused on providing resources to local leaders to boost the supply of affordable housing,” said The Honorable Adrianne Todman, HUD Agency Head. “Today, we are delivering a historic $100 million to lower housing costs by removing barriers to building more homes to rent and buy.”
A first of its kind program, PRO Housing helps communities continue to address restrictive land use or regulatory policies; improve and implement housing strategies; invest in local neighborhoods and increase community resilience; and facilitate the construction of new housing and repairs to existing homes. Grants to local governments, states, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), and multi-jurisdictional entities range from $1 million to $7 million.
The awards announced today are the second round of the PRO Housing competition — HUD awarded these funds in record time, after making them available in August 2024. Previously, HUD awarded $85 million to communities across nineteen States and the District of Columbia.
Common barriers to housing identified in the round two PRO Housing applications include the high cost of land and development, lack of available units, underutilized vacant land and property, aging housing stock, inadequate infrastructure, displacement pressures, risks of extreme weather or environment hazards, and outdated local land-use and permitting policies and processes.
“The communities that were awarded PRO Housing funding demonstrated a commitment to overcoming local barriers.
These funds will accelerate critical investments in housing, housing enabling infrastructure, and regional strategies to meet community needs,” said Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. “Given the number of applicants who expressed interest in addressing barriers to development and boosting housing supply, HUD will continue to share resources for communities to advance their proposed housing strategies.”
Winners of the PRO Housing competition will update state and local housing plans, revise land use policies, streamline the permitting process for housing construction, and take other actions to create more housing-forward communities. Grants will also be used to preserve existing affordable housing units, provide development subsidies to create new affordable units, and increase access to homeownership.
Winning Applicant | State | Grant Award |
City and County of San Francisco | CA | $7,000,000.00 |
City of Austin | TX | $6,728,249.00 |
City of Cincinnati | OH | $2,000,000.00 |
City of Detroit | MI | $4,275,268.08 |
City of Evanston | IL | $7,000,000.00 |
City of Norman | OK | $1,000,000.00 |
City of Oakland | CA | $7,000,000.00 |
City of Portland, Oregon | OR | $7,000,000.00 |
City of St. Louis | MO | $6,999,118.00 |
City of Toledo | OH | $4,000,000.00 |
City of Tucson | AZ | $7,000,000.00 |
County of Dane | WI | $7,000,000.00 |
County of Sacramento | CA | $2,718,235.00 |
Lake Worth Beach Community Redevelopment Agency | FL | $4,400,002.00 |
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government | KY | $7,000,000.00 |
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development | MD | $6,943,228.00 |
Metropolitan Council (Twin Cities, MN) | MN | $5,000,000.00 |
State of Montana Department of Commerce | MT | $7,000,000.00 |
TOTAL AWARDED |
| $100,064,100.08 |
See here for more information on the eighteen award-winners who received funding through this second round of the PRO Housing competition.
Learn more information about PRO Housing.
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