Grant Funding Information for Longmont’s CDBG, HOME, and Affordable Housing Funds
2025 Funding Timeline
The City of Longmont is now accepting applications from interested agencies, organizations, builders, and developers for projects seeking the City’s 2025 Affordable Housing Fund and HUD CDBG funding. The City estimates that up to approximately $3,000,000 in local Affordable Housing Funds and $200,000 in HUD CDBG funds will be available to award to eligible projects in this 2025 funding round.
Eligible projects include:
- Affordable housing projects that acquire, construct, or rehabilitate affordable units. Priority will be given to rental projects that assist households at or below 50% of the Area Median Income (AMI) or to for-sale projects that assist households at or below 80% AMI.
- Community investment projects that:
- Physically improve non-residential buildings or perform ADA modification of common areas of residential buildings owned and operated by nonprofit organizations.
- Provide eligible services to low- and moderate-income people by nonprofit organizations in areas such as economic development, provision of childcare, fair housing resources, or housing counseling.
2025 Funding Notice: April 4, 2025
Applications Due: April 25, 2025 at 4 p.m. MT
Project Presentations at Longmont Housing and Human Services Advisory Board Meeting: May 8, 2025
Final Funding Decisions at Longmont City Council: June 17, 2025
Please contact Christy Wiseman at christy.wiseman@longmontcolorado.gov to be added to the notification list when funding applications are released.
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Funding Sources
The Division has three main sources of funding to support the goals and objectives stated in its Consolidated Plan to foster housing choice and affordability for lower-income residents, neighborhood revitalization, and community development.
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program funding is used primarily to develop viable communities by providing affordable, decent, safe, and sanitary housing; to develop a suitable living environment; and to expand economic opportunities, principally for low- and moderate-income people. CDBG is a federal program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
- HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program funding is use to strengthen public-private partnerships to expand the supply of decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing for low-income households. HOME is a federal program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
- The City of Longmont’s Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) is locally funded and dedicated to supporting affordable housing projects in Longmont.
Eligible Activities
CDBG-funded projects must meet one of the National Objectives:
- Principally serve low– and moderate–income persons
- Eliminate slums and blight
- Address recent and urgent health and safety need
Eligible uses of CDBG funding include:
- Acquisition of real property
- Acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation of public facilities, including infrastructure to support affordable housing projects
- Demolition and clearance of deteriorated buildings
- Public services for low/moderate income people, including employment, crime prevention, child care, health, drug abuse, education, fair housing counseling, energy conservation, welfare, or recreational needs
- Removal of barriers that restrict the mobility of people with disabilities
- Rehabilitation of rental or homeownership housing for low- and moderate-income households
- Rehabilitation of publicly or privately owned commercial or industrial buildings (limited to exterior work and correction of code violations)
- Loans to small businesses that create jobs for low/moderate income people
HOME funding is for affordable housing activities including:
- New construction of affordable housing, including soft costs and predevelopment
- Rehabilitation of rental housing and/or homeowner housing
- Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA)
- Homeowner Down Payment Assistance Program (DPA)
- Recent and urgent health and safety needs
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