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The WHEDA Foundation Housing Grant Program awards funds to organizations working to assist in the development or improvement of housing for low-income people with special needs, including:

• Homeless persons
• Runaway youth
• Alcohol or drug dependent persons
• Persons in need of protective services
• Domestic abuse victims
• Developmentally disabled persons
• Low-income or frail, elderly persons
• Chronically mentally ill persons
• Physically impaired or disabled persons
• People living with HIV disease
• Individuals or families who do not have access to traditional or permanent housing
• Youth in crisis and/or out of home placement
• Veterans

Applicants may apply under either the emergency/transitional housing category or the permanent housing category.

Applications will be accepted from:

• Nonprofit organizations or cooperatives organized under Chapters 181, 185, or 187 of the Wisconsin statutes at the time of grant application submission
• Community development, redevelopment, and housing authorities
• Local units of government
• Native American tribal authorities

Grant recipients that received 3 consecutive funding awards through the WHEDA Foundation in 2019, 2020, and 2021 Housing Grant Program competitions are not eligible to apply in 2022.

Award ceiling: $50,000
Project period: 12 months
Total funds available: $1,000,000

Links to additional guidance, forms, and application instructions are available on the program website.

Completed applications may be submitted online or mailed to:

Housing Grant Program
WHEDA Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 1728
Madison, WI 53701-1728