First Year of HUD Funding for Manufactured Housing Deemed ‘Historic’
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced 17 project recipients for the inaugural round of $225 million in funding through the Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement.
It marks the first year the mechanism in federal funding for manufactured housing has been applied.
“This is an historic investment – as the first federal grant program specifically for residents of manufactured homes,” HUD agency head Adrianne Todman said. “Manufactured housing provides an affordable path to homeownership for many families. This funding builds upon HUD’s commitment to advancing housing innovation and reduce housing costs.”
The 17 awards required the applicant to propose a plan for how the funding would be used, and were proposals were scored in terms of how they would assist local and regional entities in maintaining, protecting, and stabilizing manufactured housing and manufactured housing communities.
Of the $225 million, $210 million was awarded through the main PRICE competition to support low- and moderate-income homeowners with manufactured housing units and manufactured housing communities with critical investments such as repairs, infrastructure improvements, upgrades to increase resilience, services like eviction prevention and housing counseling, and planning activities. Nearly $46 million of the funding has been awarded to tribal applicants, and $15 million to applicants through the PRICE Replacement Pilot to assist in the redevelopment of manufactured housing communities as replacement housing.
PRICE Award Recipients and Amounts Received
Boise City — $6.7 million for work in Idaho
Burns Paiute Tribe — $5.9 million for work in Oregon
City of Tucson — $11.5 million for work in Arizona
Commonwealth of Kentucky — $28.2 million for work in Kentucky
Cooperative Development Institute — $17.8 million for work in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Dance with Todd Inc. — $8.3 million for work in Texas
Elevation Community Land Trust — $5 million for work in Colorado
Greater Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity Inc. — $29.1 million for work in Virginia
Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria — $5 million for work in California
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community — $7.1 million for work in Michigan
Minnesota Housing Partnership — $20.2 million for work in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
Oregon Department of Housing & Community Services — $13.7 million for work in Oregon
Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation Housing Authority — $5 million for work in Maine
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa — $5 million for work in Wisconsin
ROC USA LLC — $38.1 million for work in a dozen states
Tule River Economic Development Corporation — $14.9 million for work in California
Yurok Indian Housing Authority — $2.8 million for work in California
(All dollar amounts rounded for brevity)
HUD stated it received considerable interest in the PRICE funding. Applications were submitted from more than 175 local/regional areas, representing wide demographics, geographies, and population sizes from across 44 States.
“Successful applicants demonstrated a commitment to supporting the long-term affordability and stability of manufactured housing,” HUD stated in its award announcement.
“Across the country, 22 million people call manufactured housing their homes,” HUD Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development Marion McFadden said. “I am delighted to make funding available for their unique needs. PRICE funding will enable manufactured homes and communities to remain affordable, safe, and sustainable for years to come.”
A description of proposals and insight on how the federal funding will be used can be found at HUD’s website, along with more information on how the PRICE program is administered.
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