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2025-2026 Salt Lake County Housing and Community Development Request for Applications (RFA)

The Salt Lake County Division of Housing and Community Development Office (HCD) is releasing a single Request for Applications (RFA) for the 2025-2026 program year. This consolidated RFA combines multiple funding opportunities, including:

  • Community Development Block (CDBG) Hard Cost Programs
  • Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
  • Socials Services Block Grant (SSBG)
  • HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME)

This Request for Applications (RFA) is the first of the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan which will be approved May 2025. Because the plan has not been adopted and we anticipate that many of the needs remain the same, this RFA will include priorities set in the 2020-2024 adopted plan.

Those needs include focuses on affordable housing, homelessness, special needs, and community development. Salt Lake County supports housing, housing stability, and the economic mobility of individuals and families. Low- and moderate-income households face obstacles of ever-increasing rents, food insecurity, access to health care, and access to opportunities e.g., living wage jobs and economic mobility.

In response to these challenges, Salt Lake County is prioritizing resources to activities that increase or sustain affordable housing inventory, increase a household's housing stability, or contribute to economic mobility.

2020-2024 Consolidated Plan Objectives are as follows:

  1. Housing Rehabilitation
    • Rental Housing
    • Homeownership
    • Rental Assistance
  2. Neighborhood/Community Improvements Infrastructure
    • Public Facilities
    • Infrastructure
  3. Essential services

Timeline

Date

Activity

Location

October 28, 2024 Applications Available
Smartsheet
November 6, 2024 In- Person Application Training

9:30am-11:00am

You can view a recording of the presentation and the presentation slides at the links below this table.

November 22, 2024 Final Day to Submit Questions https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/8bc36b9f0e8b40c99ec6679a29bff73f
December 2, 2024
Applications Due
Smartsheet
January - February 2025 Application Reviews with board members Initial recommendations will be posted on Salt Lake County HCD website TBA
March 2025 Public Hearing and public comment period Date & time will be announced two weeks before hearing date TBA
April 2025 Final Funding Allocations Announced TBA
June 2025 2025-2026 Grant Recipient Training TBA
July 2025 Start of 2025-2026 Program Year N/A

Request for Applications (RFA)

Important Links

  1. For service projects funded by CDBG, SSBG, ESG, or HOME TBRA, please complete the Service Projects Smartsheet.
  2. For Acquisition and Rehabilitation projects, including single family rehab programs and public facility improvements please complete this Acquistion and Rehabilitation Smartsheet.
  3. For new development of affordable housing, please complete this New Development Smartsheet.

Required Documentation

To be considered complete, application submittals must include the components below.

Additional Resources

An application checklist and contract templates are provided below. 

Score Sheets

Please double check the specific excel sheet within the workbook matches your application type.

Questions and Answers

Correct. There are two Project Budget options. Appendix B(a) is for Construction/Acquisition/Rehabilitation projects only. Appendix B(b) is for all other project types such as programs.