Texas Colonia Fund - Construction
Application: Jun 1, 2027
The Texas Colonia Fund - Construction provides eligible applicants with grants to fund water and wastewater improvements, housing rehabilitation for low-to-moderate-income households, and other improvements including street paving and drainage.
Program objectives include:
- Improve public facilities to meet basic human needs for low-to-moderate-income persons
- Improve housing conditions
- Expand economic opportunities by creating and/or retaining jobs
- Provide assistance and public facilities to eliminate conditions hazardous to the public health and of an emergency nature
Priority will be given to eligible activities in the areas of economic development, community development, and rural health to support workforce development.
This fund is available to eligible county applicants for projects in severely distressed unincorporated areas which meet the definition of a "colonia". Eligible areas are located within 150 miles of the Texas-Mexico border and non-entitlement counties, or portions of counties.
Counties that are part of a metropolitan statistical area with a population over 1,000,000 are not eligible.
Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Links to the application instructions and the online application system are available on the program website.
Submit a community application by November 19, 2026. Selected applicants will be invited to complete a project application, with a deadline of June 1, 2027.
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application status, please contact funders directly. Summaries are provided
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