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Opportunity Summary:

The Healthy Homes Demonstration Program (Funding Opportunity Number FR 5300 N 17) was a discretionary grant competition run by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through a cooperative agreement model, meaning HUD expected to stay actively involved with awardees as projects were carried out. The program was designed to push communities beyond one-off interventions by pulling together public and private resources to test and put into practice the most promising, cost-effective ways to identify and control housing-related environmental health and safety hazards. A central emphasis was not only fixing problems in homes, but also building durable local systems so the work could continue after federal funds ended, particularly in low- and very low-income residences. The notice also explicitly tied the work to broader civil rights and equity aims by requiring efforts that affirmatively further fair housing and advance environmental justice.

Funding for the competition was estimated at $6,000,000 total, with HUD expecting to make about 7 awards. Individual awards were anticipated to fall between $625,000 (award floor) and $875,000 (award ceiling). There was no cost sharing or matching requirement, which lowered the barrier for resource-constrained applicants and made it more feasible for organizations serving high-need neighborhoods to compete. Because the instrument was a cooperative agreement, successful applicants typically needed to be prepared for ongoing coordination with HUD, adherence to federal program requirements, and performance reporting aligned with HUD oversight and technical input.

Eligible applicants were broadly defined but limited to organizations and governmental entities rather than individuals. Applicants could include U.S.-based nonprofit institutions, for-profit firms, state and local governments, housing authorities, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and colleges and universities located in the United States. A key restriction applied to for-profit firms: they were permitted to apply, but they were not allowed to make a profit from the project, reinforcing the program's public-benefit purpose. Individuals were not eligible to apply.

Operationally, this opportunity was focused on demonstrating practical models that can be replicated and sustained. The goal language points to projects that do several things at once: find the most important environmental health and safety hazards in housing, implement controls or corrective actions that are cost-effective, and create local capacity to keep preventing and controlling those hazards when HUD funding is exhausted. The repeated focus on low- and very low-income residences signals that HUD wanted interventions targeted where residents are most likely to face cumulative risks and have the fewest resources to address them. The fair housing and environmental justice component signals that applicants were expected to think about who benefits, how programs are delivered, and whether the work helps reduce inequitable exposure to hazardous housing conditions across protected classes and historically overburdened communities.

The opportunity was posted on September 21, 2009, with an original and final application deadline of November 24, 2009, and it was archived on November 25, 2009. The activity category was listed as Housing. For applicants needing assistance accessing the full announcement, HUD provided a program contact: Peter J. Ashley in the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control at HUD headquarters (451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 8236, Washington, DC 20410-3000), with phone contact information and a Federal Relay Service option for individuals who are hearing or speech challenged.

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