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Opportunity Summary:

The HOPE VI Main Street Program is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) aimed at helping small communities revive their historic or traditional downtown "Main Street" areas. The central idea is straightforward: communities can use grant funds to convert underused or vacant commercial space within existing downtown buildings into affordable housing units, while also supporting the broader goal of downtown reinvestment. By focusing on reuse and rehabilitation in established business districts, the program is designed to bring residents back into the heart of town, strengthen local commerce, and support preservation of the character that makes these districts distinctive.

The program’s objectives are fourfold. First, it seeks to redevelop Main Street areas by encouraging productive use of buildings and spaces that are no longer serving viable commercial purposes. Second, it emphasizes preserving historic or traditional architecture and design features, meaning projects are expected to respect and maintain the look and feel of older downtowns rather than replacing them with incompatible new construction. Third, it aims to enhance local economic development by increasing downtown activity and supporting the customer base for local businesses, since adding housing downtown can create steady foot traffic and demand for services. Fourth, it explicitly prioritizes the creation of affordable housing within these central districts, using the conversion of unused commercial space as a practical way to add units without expanding sprawl.

In the posted opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number FR 5300 N 24), HUD anticipated making about four awards nationwide, with an estimated total funding amount of $4,000,000. Individual awards could be as large as $1,000,000. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is community development and housing. Cost sharing or matching is required, so applicants need to plan for non-federal resources to complement HUD funds as part of the project financing and implementation strategy.

Eligibility is targeted to small local governments. Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to, local governments as defined in the program’s Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). To qualify, a local government must have a population of 50,000 or less. In addition, the community must not be served by a local government, county/parish, regional, or state public housing agency (PHA) that administers more than 100 physical public housing units within the local government’s jurisdiction. The eligibility test focuses on physical public housing units; it specifically excludes Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher units and also excludes public housing units in mixed-finance developments where the PHA is not the general partner in the for-profit ownership entity. In practice, this structure is meant to direct the program toward smaller jurisdictions that do not already have access to large-scale public housing administrative capacity in their immediate area.

Key administrative details in the listing include the original closing date of January 20, 2010, later modified so that the application due date was extended to March 3, 2010, with HUD stating that nothing else in the posting or application changed. The opportunity was posted on November 11, 2009, created on January 19, 2010, and archived on March 10, 2010. The CFDA number associated with the program is 14.878, described as affordable housing development in Main Street rejuvenation projects.

For support or questions, the listing directs applicants to contact Lawrence Gnessin at lawrence.gnessin@hud.gov. Applicants with hearing or speech impairments are advised to use the Federal Information Relay Service (TTY) at (800) 877-8339.

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