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Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)

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CPD-2600-DC-0019Grant

Response Deadline07/15/2026, 04:00:00 AM UTC

Contract Overview

Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.

AI Contract Overview

The Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development provides competitive grant funding totaling $24 million across fiscal years 2024 and 2025 to national and regional nonprofit organizations and consortia. The funds are designated for purchasing home sites and developing or improving infrastructure to support sweat equity and volunteer-based homeownership programs aimed at low-income families and individuals, including veterans, first responders, homeless persons, and people with disabilities. The program emphasizes the production of affordable, non-luxury housing units that comply with all applicable state and local codes and zoning requirements. Homebuyers must be low-income and contribute significant sweat equity towards the completion of their homes, which must be sold at below-market prices. Applicants are required to utilize at least some portion of the grant funds in no fewer than two states and may allocate funding strictly towards land acquisition, infrastructure improvements, and administrative or planning costs, which cannot exceed 10 percent of the grant. The combined average cost for land acquisition and infrastructure per unit cannot surpass $25,000. Construction or rehabilitation expenses must be covered by leveraged public and private funds, which can also be applied to program costs outside SHOP grant coverage. All application materials and communications related to the program must be submitted in English, and applications are to be submitted via Grants.gov by the deadline of July 15, 2026. The program seeks to enhance affordable housing opportunities while fostering safe and stable communities nationwide.

General Info

$24M grants fund land, infrastructure for low-income sweat equity homeownership; multistate use required.

Agency

Department Of Housing And Urban Development

NAICS

236117 - New Housing For-Sale Builders View NAICS

Place of Performance

Not specified

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

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NOFO CPD-2600-DC-0019 Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program

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Timeline

PhaseSolicitation

PostedJun 15

Solicitation

Response DeadlineJul 15

Submission deadline

Response Deadline

07/15/2026, 04:00:00 AM UTCin 28 days

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Housing And Urban Development

Contacts1 person available

OfficeUS

Organization / Agency

Department Of Housing And Urban Development

Office AddressUS

Contacts

Department of Housing and Urban Development

contact@example.gov

+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

This NOFO solicits applications for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP). This grant awards funds to eligible national and regional nonprofit organizations and consortia to purchase home sites and develop or improve the infrastructure needed to set the stage for sweat equity and volunteer-based homeownership programs. The SHOP program is a tool to promote the production of affordable housing for low-income persons and families, including first-responders, veterans, and persons with disabilities, while fostering safe, stable neighborhoods in communities nationwide.The SHOP grant program provides competitive awards to national and regional nonprofit organizations and consortia to purchase home sites and develop or improve the infrastructure needed to set the stage for sweat equity and volunteer-based homeownership programs and to promote the production of affordable housing for low-income persons and families, including veterans, homeless persons , first responders, and persons with disabilities . The SHOP units must:Be sold to homebuyers at below market prices;Homebuyers must be low-income and contribute a significant amount of sweat equity towards the development of their SHOP home; andSHOP homes must be non-luxury units that comply with state and local codes, ordinances, and zoning requirements, and with all other SHOP requirements.Applicants must also:Propose to use a significant amount of SHOP grant funds in at least two states.Use the SHOP grant funds for only land acquisition, infrastructure improvements, and reasonable and necessary planning and administration costs (not to exceed 10 percent).The average SHOP expense for the combined cost of land acquisition and infrastructure improvements cannot exceed $25,000 per SHOP unit.Applicants must leverage other public and private funds to pay for the construction or rehabilitation costs of every SHOP unit.Leveraged funds may also be used for other program costs not covered by SHOP grant funds.All communications between HUD, SHOP applicants, SHOP awardees, and SHOP beneficiaries must be in English. The application must be received through Grants.gov in English.This NOFO makes available $24,000,000 ($12,000,000 in FY2025 and $12,000,000 in FY2024) to carry out eligible activities of the SHOP program.