Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)
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The Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP), administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, provides competitive grants to national and regional nonprofit organizations and consortia. The program aims to increase affordable housing for low-income individuals and families, including veterans, first responders, and persons with disabilities, by funding the purchase of home sites and the development of necessary infrastructure for sweat equity and volunteer-based homeownership. A total of 24 million dollars is available across fiscal years 2024 and 2025. Eligible applicants must propose activities in at least two states and use grant funds exclusively for land acquisition, infrastructure improvements, and limited planning and administration costs, which cannot exceed 10 percent of the budget. The combined cost for land and infrastructure must not exceed 25,000 dollars per unit. Additionally, all SHOP units must be non-luxury homes sold below market prices to low-income buyers who contribute significant sweat equity. Applicants are required to leverage external public and private funding to cover construction and rehabilitation costs.
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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; and
- SHOP 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.
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