Social and Economic Impacts of the CDBG and HOME Programs (HUD)

• Date: 02 July 2020
• Published date: 02 July 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31175

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Grants alert (cont.)

Alternative methods—Calculating fair market

rents in markets with rapidly rising rents (HUD)

Scope: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban

Development seeks applications for the Alternative

Methods For Calculating Fair Market Rents (FMRs)

in Rental Markets With Rapidly Rising Rents

announcement for a study of alternative methods for

FMRs in rental markets with rapidly rising rents.

Deadline: Aug. 4, 2020.

Funds: $500,000 for up to three awards.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: HUD said the successful applicant will provide

research that will dene “rental markets with rapidly

rising rents” and identify alternative calculations

to generate FMRs that more closely track market

conditions in rapidly rising rental markets than current

methods. This may include but is not limited to

alternative sources of gross rent data and/or alternative

calculation methodologies using existing data.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# FR-6400-N-60

Social and Economic Impacts of the CDBG

and HOME Programs (HUD)

Scope: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban

Development seeks applications for the Social and

Economic Impacts of the CDBG and HOME Programs

announcement to develop a better understanding of

the effects of specic eligible Community Development

Block Grant (CDBG) and/or HOME Investment

Partnerships Program (HOME) activities.

Deadline: Aug. 17, 2020.

Funds: $500,000 for up to two awards.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; for-prot

organizations, including small businesses; nonprot

organizations; and state, local, special district and Native

American tribal governments; among others.

Areas: HUD said it anticipates limited funding for travel

expenses and surveys. Activities may include but are not

limited to: developing a work plan, which should include

staffing assignments, task budgets and a timeline of key

activities; conducting a literature review; consulting with

outside experts and stakeholders; developing a research

design, which should include research questions,

hypotheses, data sources, data-collection methods,

data-collection instruments (if applicable) and analysis

methods; completing all materials required for Office

of Management and Budget Paperwork Reduction

Act approval; and obtaining Institutional Review Board

approval.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# FR-6400-N-57

RESTORE Act Direct Component—Construction

and Real Property Activities (TREASURY)

Scope: The Treasury Depar tment’s Office of Gulf Coast

Restoration seeks applications for the RESTORE Act

Direct Component—Construction and Real Property

Activities announcement.

Deadline: Dec. 31, 2020.

Funds: $85.9 million total.

Eligibility: State and county governments. See the

announcement for a complete list of the 47 eligible

organizations or governments.

Areas: TREASURY said eligible activities include

restoration and protection of the natural resources,

ecosystems, sheries, marine and wildlife habitats,

beaches and coastal wetlands of the Gulf Coast

region; mitigation of damage to sh, wildlife and natural

resources; implementation of a federally approved

marine, coastal or comprehensive conservation

management plan, including sheries monitoring;

workforce development and job creation; and

improvements to or on state parks located in coastal

areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# GR-RDC-20-002

RESTORE Act Direct Component—

Non-Construction Activities (TREASURY)

Scope: The Treasury Depar tment’s Office of Gulf Coast

Restoration seeks applications for the RESTORE

Act Direct Component—Non-Construction Activities

announcement.

Deadline: Dec. 31, 2020.

Funds: $85.9 million total.

Eligibility: State and county governments. See the

announcement for a complete list of the 47 eligible

organizations or governments.

Areas: TREASURY said eligible activities include

but are not limited to restoration and protection of the

natural resources, ecosystems, sheries, marine and

wildlife habitats, beaches and coastal wetlands of

the Gulf Coast region; mitigation of damage to sh,

wildlife and natural resources; implementation of a

federally approved marine, coastal or comprehensive

conservation management plan, including sheries

monitoring; workforce development and job creation;

or improvements to or on state parks located in coastal

areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# GR-RDC-20-001

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