OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — New grants aim to open doors for Outagamie County families in need.
The county is accepting grant funding requests for the construction or rehabilitation of affordable housing developments that will serve low- or moderate-income households for a period of at least 20 years.
Earlier this month, the Outagamie County’s Board of Supervisors voted to invest $3.5 million of its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars into Affordable Housing. The county has established a Housing Production and Rehabilitation Grant to invest the remaining $1.5 million.
Grants are available to any organization that is a developer or owner of housing. Eligible entities may include private companies, non-profit organizations, and special purpose units of government including public housing authorities.
Applicants are eligible to apply for grant funds to support the new construction of affordable housing units, including transitional housing units, affordable housing units in mixed-income buildings or in converted/retrofitted non-residential buildings, and affordable housing developments targeted to specialized populations.
Applicants are also eligible to apply for grant funds to support the rehabilitation (i.e., major repairs and maintenance) of (1) housing that is currently income-restricted and (2) market rate housing – if the units would become income-restricted.
Projects must contain five dwelling units or more and they must be located in Outagamie County.
For housing rehabilitation projects, the minimum funding request is $250,000 per application and the maximum request is $500,000 per application. For housing production projects (new development), the minimum funding request is $500,00 per application and the maximum funding request is $1.5 M per application.
Applications are due on Jan. 12, 2024 at noon.
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