Governor Hochul Announces $62 Million Available to Make Housing Safe, Affordable and Accessible in Communities Across New York

Applications Open to Local Governments and Not-For-Profits for Annual Programs That Benefit Veterans, Residents With Disabilities, Older Adults and Low- and Moderate-Income Households

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the Request for Applications is open for more than $62 million in funding through annual programs administered by New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR). The funding is available to local governments and not-for-profit organizations that provide individuals and families, including older adults and veterans, financial support to make accessibility upgrades, complete emergency repairs and replace manufactured homes. The Request for Applications also includes programs that support the rehabilitation of homes so they can be sold to low- and moderate-income buyers, rental assistance and down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers. The funding supports the Governor’s $25 billion five-year Housing Plan that is on track to create and preserve 100,000 affordable homes.

“Every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to call home and this $62 million investment will help seniors, veterans, people with disabilities and working families make critical repairs, improve accessibility and put homeownership within reach,” Governor Hochul said. “By working with our local partners, we are strengthening communities across the state and helping more New Yorkers remain safely in their homes and live in the neighborhoods of their choice.”

Applications are open for the following programs:

• NYS HOME – $20 million: Provides funding that can be used to acquire and/or rehabilitate single-family housing, provide down payment assistance and replace dilapidated mobile and manufactured homes. The program assists households with incomes at or below 80 percent of Area Median Income, as well as providing tenant-based rental assistance to households with incomes at or below 60 percent of Area Median Income.
• HOME Homebuyer Development – $10 million: Provides funding to support the substantial rehabilitation or new construction of up to four single-unit homes that are then sold to eligible buyers.
• Access to Home – $5 million: Provides financial assistance to make homes accessible for persons with disabilities so that they can live safely in their residences or return to live in their residences instead of in an institutional setting.
• Access to Home for Heroes – $3 million: Provides financial assistance to make homes accessible for veterans with disabilities.
• Access to Home for Medicaid Members – $1.5 million: Provides financial assistance to make residential units accessible for Medicaid members with disabilities.
• Mobile and Manufactured Home Replacement – $4 million: Provides funding that helps homeowners replace dilapidated mobile or manufactured homes that are on land owned by the homeowner with a new manufactured, modular or site-built home.
• RESTORE – $4 million: Provides financial resources to assist older adults make emergency repairs and address code violations that pose a threat to their health and safety or affect the livability of the home.
• Community Development Block Grant program –$15 million: Provides financial resources to create and operate a local program to renovate owner-occupied single-family homes, or to replace or install new residential housing infrastructure benefiting low- and moderate-income households. Applications are also available for: community planning, economic development and imminent threat projects through the Community Development Block Grant program are also available.

Information on each program can be found at Office of Community Renewal | Homes and Community Renewal.

The application portal, the Community Development Online Application System, for most programs can be found at Community Development Online | Homes and Community Renewal.

For guidance on all CDBG programs, go to Community Development Block Grant | Homes and Community Renewal.