MSHH Grants

What this funds

The numbers and letters of the following listing relate to values in the Change (Chg) Key column of 1. No change is requested for the Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants. ($25,000,000 available in This program provides grant funding to eligible entities to support families who cooperatively build each other's homes. Grant recipients supervise groups of low- and very-low-income individuals and families as they construct their own homes in rural areas. The group members provide most of the construction labor on each other's homes, with technical assistance from the organization overseeing the project. Eligible applicants include Government non-profit organizations, Federally recognized Tribes, and private, non-profit organizations. In addition to helping low- and very-low- income families attain homeownership, this program assists in stimulating local economies, providing job training, and fostering community service skills. A funding level of $25 million would allow the agency to continue to facilitate housing security and community stability in rural areas across the Nation. The program remains important to the agency for advancement of rural prosperity and economic development as indicated by 2025 program obligations totaling $22.8 million for 29 grants provided to non-profit organizations in rural America. This program is instrumental for reaching out to means-tested populations as they are working with a contractor to build their houses before requesting a section 502 Direct mortgage. Table RHS-34. Geographic Breakdown of Obligations for Mutual and Self-Help Housing Table RHS-35. Classification by Objects - Discretionary Funding (thousands of dollars)

Extracted from Rural Housing Service, p. 39. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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