Housing Mobility-Related Services | FR 6700 N 87

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The Housing Mobility-Related Services grant (Funding Opportunity Number FR 6700 N 87) is a discretionary HUD grant designed to help Public Housing Authorities (PHAs), including Indian housing authorities, expand housing choices for Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) families with children. Funded through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, this opportunity sets aside a total of $25 million to support mobility-related services that help families move to, and remain stably housed in, higher-opportunity neighborhoods. In practical terms, HUD is trying to reduce the common obstacles that keep voucher families concentrated in higher-poverty areas, even though the HCV program is intended to let families choose where they live.

At the center of the program is the idea that families often face real, predictable barriers when they try to use vouchers in neighborhoods with strong schools, access to jobs, lower crime rates, and amenities like parks and community resources. Some barriers are financial, such as coming up with a security deposit, covering moving costs, or dealing with damaged credit. Others are logistical and market-based, including short search times, a limited supply of available units at voucher payment standards, landlords who refuse to rent to voucher holders, and families not having enough information to compare neighborhoods or identify areas with better opportunities. This grant is intended to give PHAs resources to actively help families overcome these barriers rather than leaving families to navigate them on their own.

HUD requires that the services supported under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) be modeled after the Community Choice Demonstration (CCD), previously known as the HCV mobility demonstration, which Congress funded earlier at $50 million and is currently operating at eight PHA sites. The CCD is built on a strong body of research suggesting that children who grow up in lower-poverty neighborhoods tend to see better academic outcomes and improved long-term economic prospects, with effects that can reduce intergenerational poverty. The research HUD cites also links moves to lower-poverty neighborhoods with health improvements: children can experience fewer hospitalizations and lower hospital spending over time, and adults can see reductions in obesity and diabetes, along with some longer-term mental health benefits. HUD is using the CCD model because it combines hands-on services with evidence-building to determine what actually works.

In terms of what grantees would do, the core expectation is that PHAs will plan for and implement comprehensive mobility-related services similar to those used in the CCD. These services typically include both pre-move and post-move supports, meaning assistance before a family relocates (like counseling, neighborhood selection help, and unit search support) and after the move (like stabilization support to help the family stay housed and connected). The model also emphasizes direct housing search assistance, landlord outreach to expand the pool of willing property owners, and family financial assistance where needed, such as help with security deposits. The overall objective is not simply to help a family move once, but to increase successful moves into opportunity areas and improve the likelihood that families can remain there.

This grant opportunity anticipates making around 11 awards, with an award ceiling of $5,000,000 per grant. The funding instrument is a grant, the activity category is housing, and the CFDA/Assistance Listing number is 14.871. HUD also indicates it intends, as much as possible, to share lessons learned and evidence from the CCD with new grantees, and to make materials developed through the demonstration available for broader use by PHAs nationwide. That means the grant is not only about funding local programs, but also about spreading practices that are supported by emerging evidence.

Key administrative details from the notice include an opportunity creation date of June 1, 2023, and an original closing date of August 30, 2023, with applications due by 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time on the deadline date. Eligible applicants are limited to public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, reflecting HUDs intent to place these mobility services within the agencies that administer Housing Choice Vouchers and can integrate services into voucher operations.

Overall, this NOFO is about helping PHAs build or expand structured mobility programs that actively help voucher families with children access neighborhoods with stronger schools, better safety, and greater economic opportunity. Rather than treating neighborhood choice as purely an individual responsibility, the grant funds practical supports and partnerships that make moves to opportunity areas more achievable, while also building on the tested service approach used in HUDs ongoing Community Choice Demonstration.

• The US Department of Housing and Urban Development in the housing sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Housing Mobility-Related Services" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 14.871.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 01, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 30, 2023 The application deadline is 115959 PM Eastern time on. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 11 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities.

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