The Funding Sources Inventory tool allows you to search a database of funding sources created for this guide to determine which may be relevant to consider for your development. Use the filters at the top of the page to narrow down the list of possible sources based on the characteristics of your development. The funding sources shown in the list at the bottom will be those that match at least one of the criteria from each of the filter categories you have selected (in other words, the filters use OR logic within each filter category and AND logic across filter categories). Review the remaining list to learn more about each program. You can click the “Details” button to display detailed information about each funding source.
Eligible UsesInclude funding that can be used for:
Includes activities related to commercial, community, or mixed-use projects, public facilities, public services, economic development, local capacity-building, development and delivery of public education programs, food assistance, crime prevention and safety, physical neighborhood improvements, and neighborhood reinvestment.
The federal New Markets Tax Credit is designed to increase investment in low-income communities for a range of economic and community development activities. These activities are financed through a network of certified financial intermediaries to make direct investments in low-income communities. This program can be used to fund residential rental property in limited instances - only if it's part of a mixed-use development where less than 80 percent of project revenues are from residential units.
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
CDBG provides federal funding for activities that benefit low- and moderate-income households and prevent slums and blight. The Colorado Division of Housing (DOH) administers the CDBG program for municipalities that do not receive CDBG funds directly. Units of local government (including counties) that do not receive funds directly can apply to DOH through on a monthly basis; local governments may apply on behalf of nonprofits. DOH provides grants for the acquisition, rehabilitation, or installation of public facilities (e.g., sewer and water systems, commercial streetscape improvements, community centers, food banks, shelters, health clinics). Entitlement communities receive CDBG funding directly.
USDA food distribution resources
USDA offers several food distribution resources to combat food insecurity, including the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (which ships USDA Foods to eligible households), the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (which provides USDA Foods to low-income persons aged 60 years or older to supplement their diet), and the Emergency Food Assistance Program (which provides no-cost emergency food assistance to low-income households). The Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations and Commodity Supplemental Food programs are administered by either an Indian Tribal Organization or state government agency, and they provide USDA Foods and funding for administration. The Emergency Food Assistance Program is administrated by states, providing food directly to households and local nonprofit organizations.
Disaster Loan Assistance (US SBA)
The Small Business Administration offers low-interest loans to businesses, nonprofits, homeowners, and renters located in regions affected by declared disasters via their Disaster Loan Assistance program. Loans can cover costs associated with homeowners' primary residence; renter's real property; and repair and replacement of real property for eligible rental property owners.
Tribal Housing Activities Loan Guarantee Program (Title VI)
The purpose of the Title VI loan guarantee is to assist Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) recipients (borrowers) who want to finance additional grant-eligible construction or development at today’s costs. Tribes can use a variety of funding sources in combination with Title VI financing, such as low-income housing tax credits.
Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG)
The Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program is a formula grant administered by HUD. Under the program, eligible Indian tribes and tribally-designated housing entities (TDHEs) receive grants to carry out a range of affordable housing activities.
Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG)
The Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) program provides direct grants for activities related to housing, community facilities, and economic opportunities, primarily for low- and moderate-income persons.
Choice Neighborhoods
The Choice Neighborhoods program leverages significant public and private dollars to support locally driven strategies that address struggling neighborhoods with distressed public or HUD-assisted housing through a comprehensive approach to neighborhood transformation. Local leaders, residents, and stakeholders, such as public housing authorities, cities, schools, police, business owners, nonprofits, and private developers, come together to create and implement a plan that revitalizes distressed HUD housing and addresses the challenges in the surrounding neighborhood. The program helps communities transform neighborhoods by revitalizing severely distressed public and/or assisted housing and catalyzing critical improvements in the neighborhood, including vacant property, housing, businesses, services and schools.
Public Housing Capital Fund
The Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Office of Capital Improvements administers the Capital Fund. The Capital Fund provides funds, annually, to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) for the development, financing, and modernization of public housing developments and for management improvements.
Housing Partnership Fund
The Housing Partnership Network created the Housing Partnership Fund (HPF) in 2001 as its lending arm to meet its members’ growing needs for flexible, early stage financing for affordable housing development. Nationally, HPF serves nonprofit developers focused solely on uplifting low-income populations, using housing as a platform to leverage better health, school, and personal wealth building outcomes. The Fund raises capital from major private, public and philanthropic institutions to drive impact through its investments in members and HPN social enterprises. HPF is a US Treasury certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and has a Four Star Policy Plus AA- rating from Aeris.
NeighborWorks Capital
NeighborWorks Capital delivers the flexible capital needed by NeighborWorks America affiliates to provide affordable homes and strengthen communities. NeighborWorks Capital is a national non-profit, certified Community Development Financial Institution and rated by Aeris-Insight.
More Housing Now and Land Use Initiative
The More Housing Now and Land Use Initiative is a program of DOLA to support local governments to adopt land use and other strategies to increase the opportunity for affordable and attainable housing development. This initiative helps address the significant demand for local government infrastructure to support these projects.
Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME)
HOME provides federal funding to buy, build, or rehabilitate affordable rental and homeownership opportunities and to provide direct rental opportunities to low-income households. Funding can be provided as grants, direct loans, loan guarantees or other forms of credit enhancements, or rental assistance or security deposits. HOME funding for jurisdictions that do not receive this funding directly (non-participating jurisdictions) can apply to DOH through on a monthly basis. Participating jurisdictions (PJs) receive HOME funds directly.
Housing Development Grant Funds (HDG)
HDG, supported by appropriated funds and awarded through a competitive process, provides funds for acquisition, rehabilitation, and new construction to improve, preserve or expand the supply of affordable housing, to finance foreclosure prevention activities in Colorado, and to fund the acquisition of housing and economic data necessary to advise the State Housing Board on local housing conditions.
National Housing Trust Fund (HTF)
The National Housing Trust Fund provides Colorado with grant funding to increase and preserve affordable housing for extremely low-income households, those earning at or below 30% AMI. HTF dollars are awarded annually based on a formula to the Department of Local Affairs, who in turn sets priorities for their use across the state in its HTF Allocation Plan and solicits for applications to award this funding.
Tribal HUD-VASH
Tribal HUD-VASH combines rental assistance from HUD with case management, clinical and supportive services provides by VA specifically for Native American Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Grant funding is available to federally-recognized Tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) to administer this rental assistance, in partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) who provides case management and supportive services to recipients of the assistance.
Continuum of Care (CoC) program
The CoC Program is designed to assist individuals (including unaccompanied youth) and families experiencing homelessness and to provide the services needed to help such individuals move into transitional and permanent housing, with the goal of long-term stability. More broadly, the CoC Program is designed to promote community-wide planning and strategic use of resources to address homelessness; improve coordination and integration with mainstream resources and other programs targeted to people experiencing homelessness; improve data collection and performance measurement; and allow each community to tailor its programs to the particular strengths and challenges in assisting homeless individuals and families within that community.
The federal New Markets Tax Credit is designed to increase investment in low-income communities for a range of economic and community development activities. These activities are financed through a network of certified financial intermediaries to make direct investments in low-income communities. This program can be used to fund residential rental property in limited instances - only if it's part of a mixed-use development where less than 80 percent of project revenues are from residential units.
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