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Small Cities Program Eligibility: Eligible applicants are units of general local government (including counties), except metropolitan cities, urban counties or units participating in an urban county's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, and Indian tribes eligible for assistance under Section 106(a) of the Act, as amended. Under the CDBG Small Cities Program, each state may administer all aspects of the program for the nonentitlement communities within its jurisdiction. Benefits: To develop viable urban communities, by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low- and moderate-income. The principal beneficiaries of CDBG funds are low- and moderate-income persons, (generally defined as a member of a family having an income equal to or less than the Section 8 very-low-income limit established by HUD). Nature of Program: States develop their own programs and funding priorities. Community based development organizations may carry out neighborhood revitalization or community economic development projects in furtherance of Block Grant objectives. Communities are restricted from constructing or rehabilitating public facilities for the general conduct of government and from making housing allowances or other income maintenance-type payments. The projected use of funds must be developed to give maximum feasible priority to activities which benefit low- and moderate-income persons or aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight. The projected use of funds may also include activities which the applicant certifies are designed to meet other community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community where other financial resources are not available to meet such needs. The overall program must utilize at least 70percent of the funds over a three (3) year period to benefit low- and moderate-income persons. Program requirements include citizen participation, as well as environmental and labor compliances. Contact: Oklahoma Department of Commerce (EDI) Eligibility: Private sector parties, states, and local governments are eligible for EDI grant funds. Benefits: The EDI program is intended to compliment and enhance the Section 108 Loan Guarantee program by minimizing the potential loss of future CDBG allocations. The risk is reduced by directly enhancing the security and viability of the borrower, which may include: funding reserves, collateral enhancements, and interest rate buy-downs. Nature of Program: The eligible activities are: property acquisition, rehabilitation of publicly owned property, housing rehabilitation, economic development, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, installation of public facilities, public works and other site improvements. Each funded activity must meet a national objective of the CDBG program. Section 108 loans and EDI grants are customarily used for the encouragement of economic development, either through the physical development of projects, or direct loans to private firms and individuals Contact: Oklahoma Department of Commerce and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (ESG) Eligibility: States, formula cities and counties, and territories. Units of local government and nonprofits may also apply for Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds directly from states. There is a separate set aside of one (1) percent of the total ESG appropriation for tribes and Alaskan native villages. Apart from the five (5) percent to meet the costs of administering the grant, state grantees must distribute ESG funds to units of general local government or nonprofit organizations for ESG activities. Apart from the five (5) percent that can be used to meet the costs of administering the grant, units of general local government receiving formula allocations may distribute all or part of their grant amounts to nonprofit recipients to be used for ESG activities. Benefits: The program is designed to help improve the quality of existing emergency shelters for the homeless, to make available additional shelters, to meet the costs of operating shelters and of providing essential social services to homeless individuals, and to help prevent homelessness. Nature of Program: Grant amounts may be used for one or more of the following activities relating to emergency shelters for the homeless:
Five (5) percent of the grantees' allocation could be used to meet costs of administering the grant. In the case of state grantees, that amount for administration must be shared with local governments funded by the state. Contact: Oklahoma Department of Commerce and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development and Headquarters Office: Eligibility: The Enterprise Foundation provides short-term financial assistance for predevelopment, acquisition and construction costs. Enterprise uses funds provided by national philanthropies and other institutions, known as "program related investments" or PRIs. These loans and grants are underwritten by Enterprise to help local nonprofit organizations. Benefits: To provide grants, loans and technical assistance to local neighborhood groups that focus on helping the poor help themselves into decent, livable housing using the housing process as an organizing tool for bringing services that improve the quality of life to the poor. Nature of Program: The Enterprise Foundation helps cities and neighborhood groups enlarge their capacity to provide decent housing, reduce housing costs by financing at low rates, find local business support, and link human support services to those being housed. Contact: John Ducey (212) 262-9575 Eligibility: Loans are available to farmers, family farm partnership, family farm corporation, or an association of farmers. Loans and grants are available to states, political subdivisions of states, broad-based public or private nonprofit organizations, federally recognized Indian tribes and nonprofit corporations of farm workers. Grants are available to eligible applicants only when there is a pressing need and when it is doubtful that such facilities could be provided unless grant assistance is available. Benefits: To provide decent, safe, and sanitary low rent housing and related facilities for domestic farm laborers. Nature of Program: The loans and grants may be used for construction, repair, or purchase of year round or seasonal housing; and developing related support facilities including central cooking and dining facilities; small infirmaries, laundry facilities, day care centers, other essential equipment and facilities or recreation areas. Funds may also be used to pay certain fees and interest incidental to the project. Contact: Local Office: Headquarters Office: (HOME Program) Eligibility: States, cities, urban counties and consortia (contiguous units of general local governments with a binding agreement) are eligible to receive formula allocations; Indian tribes are eligible to receive competitive grants. Benefits: To expand the supply of decent and affordable housing, particularly rental housing, for low- and very-low-income, to strengthen the abilities of state and local governments to design and implement strategies for achieving adequate supplies of decent, affordable housing; to extend and strengthen partnerships among all levels of government and the private sector, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations, in the production and operation of affordable housing. Nature of Program: For use by participating jurisdictions or Indian tribes for housing rehabilitation, tenant-based assistance, assistance to first-time homebuyers, acquisition of housing and new construction of housing. Funding may also be used for other necessary and reasonable activities related to the development of non-luxury housing, such as site acquisition, site improvements, demolition and relocation. Ten (10) percent of a participating jurisdiction's allocation may be used for administrative costs. Funds may not be used for public housing modernization, matching funds for other federal programs, operating subsidies for rental housing, Annual Contributions Contracts, or activities under the Low-Income Housing Preservation Act. Participating Jurisdictions (PJs): John Marshall Roy Marshall, City of Tulsa Tom Aplin, City of Lawton Linda Price, City of Norman and Headquarters Office: Office of Affordable Housing Programs (HOPWA) Eligibility: Cities with a population of more than 500,000 with at least 1,500 cumulative AIDS cases may apply for the formula grants. States with more than 1,500 cumulative AIDS cases (in areas outside cities eligible to receive HOPWA) may also apply. Benefits: People with AIDS (PWAs) and other HIV related illnesses often face desperate situations when their ability to work declines and their health care expenses increase. Homelessness and the lack of adequate medical care threaten both family stability and the health of the affected person. HOPWA primarily benefits low-income PWAs and their families, especially those who are homeless or at great risk of becoming homeless. Nature of Program: The program requires states and localities to establish long-term strategies to meet the housing needs of low-income PWAs and their families. The grant funds may be used for a broad range of housing including emergency shelter, shared housing, apartments, single room occupancy units (SROs), group homes, and housing combined with supportive services. Additional eligible activities may include rehabilitation, conversion, lease and repair of housing, new construction for SROs and community residences, paying rent, mortgages, and utility payments, operating costs, technical assistance, administrative expenses, and supportive services Contact: Phil Elzo
OG&E Eligibility: To qualify for free weatherization through the Hand-N-Hand program, you must be: (1) an OG&E customer; (2) 65 years of age or older; (3) an owner-occupant of the home; and (4) unable (either physically or financially) to weatherize the home. To become a Hand-N-Hand contractor, you must be: (1) an OG&E customer; (2) fully retired; (3) be 62 years of age or older; (4) provide your own hand tools and transportation; (5) perform the work as an independent contractor; and (6) attend a training session and sign a Hand-N-Hand weatherization contract with OG&E Benefits: Through OG&E's Hand-N-Hand program, elderly homeowners in need can have their homes weatherized for free helping reduce energy use for lower utility bills and increased comfort. The Hand-N-Hand program also provides contractors with work in our communities. Nature of Program: At no charge to qualifying homeowners, OG&E will spend up to $500 per home to pay for materials and labor. The materials are installed by specially trained Hand-N-Hand contractors. When needed, OG&E also hires professional contractors to install attic installation. The free services provided by the program include: installing caulk and weather-stripping; installing new thresholds; replacing broken window glass; reglazing windows; installing water heater insulation jackets; making minor structural repairs; and installing attic insulation (raised to R-13 if current level is R-8 or below). Contact:
Public and Indian Housing Eligibility: Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and Indian Housing Authorities (IHAs) established in accordance with state or Tribal law are eligible. The proposed program must be approved by the local governing body. Benefits: To provide and operate cost-effective, decent, safe and affordable dwellings for lower-income families through an authorized local PHA or IHA. Nature of Program: To assist PHAs/IHAs developing lower-income housing by: Obtaining construction or rehabilitation contracts by competitive bidding where the PHA/IHA acts as the developer (conventional); Executing new construction or rehabilitation Contracts of Sale with private developers (turnkey). Annual contributions are made to PHAs/IHAs for debt service payments for commitments approved on or prior to 9/30/86, or direct funding of capital costs (grants) is provided to PHAs/IHAs for commitments approved after September 30, 1986. In addition, operating subsidy funds are available to achieve and maintain adequate operating and maintenance service and reserve funds. Emphasis on housing type {i.e., acquisition with or without rehabilitation versus new construction and household type (i.e., large family)}. Funds may also be used for the major reconstruction of obsolete existing public housing projects. The statute requires that priority in development be given to housing larger families requiring three (3) or more bedrooms. Contact: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development For Indian Housing: Southern Plains Office of Native American Programs, (405) 553-7520 and Headquarters Office: Assistance Program/Comprehensive Grant Program Public and Indian Housing Modernization Eligibility: Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and Indian Housing Authorities (IHAs) operating PHA/IHA-owned low-income housing projects under an existing Annual Contributions Contract (ACC). Benefits: To provide capital funds to improve the physical condition and upgrade the management and operation of existing Public and Indian Housing projects to assure that they continue to be available to serve low-income families. Nature of Program: Funding may be used to fund capital improvements, as well as major repairs, management improvements, and planning costs. Funding for homeownership projects is limited to certain health and safety, energy conservation, physical accessibility, lead-based paint testing and abatement, and development related to design and construction deficiencies. Contact: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development and Headquarters Office: Eligibility: Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) of Indian Housing Authorities (IHAs) that administer public or Indian housing under Annual Contributions Contracts with HUD are eligible. Benefits: This program provides federal aid to local housing agencies (PHAs and IHAs) for project operation. HUD provides annual contributions (operating subsidies) required to help PHAs or IHAs to maintain and operate their projects, establish operating reserves and offset operating deficits. Nature of Program: The operating subsidies are calculated in accordance with a regulatory formula within the Performance Funding System (PFS). The PFS formula uses an equation based originally on the costs of the agencies deemed to be well-managed. The formula and inflation factor are updated annually and are used by individual PHAs, using their operating characteristics to determine annual eligibility. The public housing program is housing owned and operated by PHAs and made available to low-income families; the Indian housing program is housing owned and operated by IHAs. Eligible families must have annual income within the
agency’s income limits and must meet the agency’s requirements for acceptable
tenants. Families will pay 30percent of adjusted gross income or 10 percent of unadjusted gross income,
whichever is greater. All sources of income will be verified annually and rent adjusted if
necessary. U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development For Public Housing: (405) 553-7555 For Indian Housing: Southern Plains Office of Native American Programs, (405) 553-7520 and Headquarters Office: Eligibility: Applicants must be a state or political subdivision, public nonprofit corporation, Indian tribal corporation, authorized to receive and administer housing preservation grants, private nonprofit corporation, or a consortium of such eligible entities. Applicants must provide assistance under this program to persons residing in open country and communities with a population of 10,000 that are rural in character and places with a population of up to 25,000 under certain conditions. Applicants in towns with population of 10,000 to 25,000 should check with local Rural Development (RD) office to determine if the agency can serve them. Benefits: To assist very-low- and low-income rural residents, individual homeowners, rental property owners (single/multi-unit) or by providing the consumer cooperative housing projects (coops) the necessary assistance to repair or rehabilitate their dwellings. These objectives will be accomplished through the establishment of repair/rehabilitation, projects run by eligible applicants. This program is intended to make use of and leverage any other available housing programs which provide resources to very-low- and low-income rural residents to bring their dwellings up to development standards. Nature of Program: Organizations may use less than 20 percent of the Housing Preservation Grant funds for program administration purposes, such as to hire the personnel to carry out a project of housing rehabilitation to meet the needs of very-low and low-income persons in rural areas; to pay necessary and reasonable office and administrative expenses; and to pay reasonable fees for training of organization personnel. Eighty (80) percent or more of funds must be used for loans, grants or other assistance on individual homes, homeowners, rental properties or co-ops to pay any part of the cost for repair or rehabilitation of structures; funds may not be used to hire personnel to perform construction or to pay any debts, expenses or costs other than previously outlined and approved in the project application. Contact: Local Office: Headquarters Office: Eligibility: An eligible applicant is a state, unit of general local government, Indian tribe or public housing agency (PHA). Benefits: Homeless persons with disabilities and their families. Except in single room occupancy dwellings which are only for homeless persons with disabilities. Nature of Program: The Shelter Plus Care program provides rental assistance, in connection with supportive services funded from sources other than this program, to homeless persons with disabilities (primarily persons who are seriously mentally ill; have chronic problems with alcohol, drugs, or both, or have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and related diseases) and their families. The program provides assistance through four (4) components:
Contact: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development and Headquarters Office: (Section 811) Eligibility: Nonprofit corporations. Benefits: To provide for supportive housing and related facilities for persons with disabilities. Beneficiaries of housing developed under this program must be very-low-income physically disabled, developmentally disabled or chronically mentally ill persons (18 years of age or older). Nature of Program: Capital advances may be used to finance the construction or rehabilitation of supportive housing for persons with disabilities, including the purchase of buildings with or without rehabilitation for use as group homes. Project rental assistance is used to cover any part of the HUD approved operating costs of the facility that are not met from project income. Contact: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development and Headquarters Office: (Section 202) Eligibility: Private nonprofit corporations and consumer cooperatives. Public bodies and their instrumentalities are not eligible Section 202 applicants. Benefits: To expand the supply of housing with supportive services for the elderly. Nature of Program: Capital advances shall be used to finance the construction or rehabilitation of a structure or portion thereof, or the acquisition of a structure from the Resolution Trust Corporation to provide supportive housing for the elderly, which may include the cost of real property acquisition, site improvement, conversion, demolition, relocation and other expenses of supportive housing for the elderly. Project rental assistance is used to cover the difference between the HUD approved operating costs per unit and the amount the tenant pays. Contact: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development and Headquarters Office: Eligibility: States, local governments, other governmental entities, Indian tribes, private nonprofit organizations, and community mental health associations that are public nonprofit organizations. Benefits: The Supportive Housing Program is designed to promote the development of supportive housing and supportive services, including innovative approaches to assist homeless persons in the transition from homelessness and to enable them to live as independently as possible. Program funds may be used to provide: (i) transitional housing within a 24 month period, which may include up to six (6) months of follow-up services designed to maximize the ability of persons with disabilities to live as independently as possible within permanent housing; (ii) permanent housing provided in conjunction with appropriate supportive services designed to maximize the ability of persons with disabilities to live as independently as possible within permanent housing; (iii) supportive housing that is, or is a part of, a particularly innovative project for, or alternative methods of, meeting the immediate and long-term needs of homeless individuals and families; (iv) supportive services for homeless individuals not provided in conjunction with supportive housing, or (v) facilities in which supportive services are provided. Nature of Program: Six types of assistance may be provided for Supportive Housing: acquisition of structures for use as supportive housing or in providing support services; rehabilitation of structures for use as supportive housing or in providing supportive services; new construction of buildings for use as supportive housing under limited circumstances; leasing of structures for use as supportive housing or in providing supportive services; operating costs of supportive housing; and supportive services costs of supportive housing or the cost of supportive services provided to homeless persons who do not reside in supportive housing. Contact: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development and Headquarters Office: Eligibility: States, including the District of Columbia, and in certain instances, Native American tribal organizations. In the event a state does not apply, a unit of general purpose local government, or community action agencies and/or other nonprofit agencies within that state become eligible to apply. Benefits: To insulate the dwellings of low-income persons, particularly the elderly and handicapped low-income, in order to conserve needed energy and to aid those persons least able to afford higher utility costs. Nature of Program: Improvement of the thermal efficiency of dwellings by the installation of weatherization materials such as attic insulation, caulking, weatherstripping and storm windows, furnace efficiency modifications certain mechanical measures to heating and cooling systems, and replacement furnaces and boilers. States may average expenditures per dwelling unit for materials, program support and labor costs not to exceed $2,002 adjusted annually. Up to 10 percent of each grant may be spent by a state and its subgrantees for administrative expenses (a state may not use more than five (5) percent of the total state grant for such purposes). Contact: Local Office: and Headquarters Office: Housing Resource Guide | Housing Development | HOME Program | Home |