HUD FY2024 Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration | FR 6800 N 62

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The HUD FY2024 Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration (HHWCD) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development designed to test what happens when two major home improvement systems are planned and delivered together instead of separately: HUD's Healthy Homes Production (HHP) program, which focuses on health and safety-related home remediation, and the U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), which focuses on energy efficiency and conservation measures for lower-income households. The core purpose is practical and evidence-driven: fund demonstration projects in a small number of communities to see whether tighter coordination between healthy homes work and weatherization work produces better overall results for residents while also reducing inefficiencies and avoidable costs.

At a high level, this NOFO is trying to answer a straightforward question with real-world projects: when agencies and program operators align intake, inspections, scopes of work, scheduling, and funding strategies across HHP and WAP, can they improve the safety, health, comfort, and quality of homes more effectively than if each program operates in its own lane? HUD is specifically interested in households that are already within the orbit of both programs, meaning lower-income residents who need energy upgrades and also face home-based health and safety hazards that can undermine weatherization work or lead to delays and deferrals.

The notice lays out five main goals. First, applicants are expected to demonstrate concrete coordination strategies between HHP and WAP that increase efficiency and deliver stronger benefits to occupants. That typically implies aligning processes like client intake and eligibility confirmation, conducting joint assessments where possible, building complementary work scopes (so energy measures and health/safety remediation do not conflict), and improving the handoff between teams so residents experience one coherent service pathway rather than multiple disconnected interventions. Second, the program aims to reduce WAP deferrals, which occur when a home cannot proceed with weatherization because of underlying conditions that must be addressed first (for example, certain health, safety, or structural issues). By pairing WAP with HHP-style remediation capacity, the demonstration is meant to show how to clear those barriers so more homes can actually receive weatherization.

Third, HUD is looking for sustainable models of inter-program cooperation, not one-off coordination that disappears when the grant ends. That includes practical operational elements such as data sharing agreements, compatible reporting practices, and joint targeting or recruitment approaches to identify eligible households more efficiently. Fourth, the NOFO seeks effective models for sustainable financing of coordinated interventions, meaning applicants should show how the combined package of healthy homes remediation and weatherization can be paid for in a way that is realistic over time, potentially by braiding funding sources, sequencing funds strategically, or developing other approaches that keep coordinated delivery viable after the demonstration period. Fifth, a major emphasis is on data collection that supports evaluation. HUD wants to be able to assess whether coordination produces measurable benefits such as program cost efficiencies, improved indoor environmental quality, improved health outcomes, and additional safety gains for participating households. In other words, applicants should be prepared not only to deliver services, but also to document what was done and what changed as a result.

The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally signals that HUD expects a more hands-on relationship than a standard grant, with federal involvement in areas like oversight, performance expectations, and possibly evaluation-related coordination. The opportunity is categorized under housing (CFDA 14.901). The award ceiling is $1,000,000 per award, and HUD anticipates making around six awards, even though the description references work in up to five communities, suggesting either multiple awards in a community or another structure that results in roughly six funded projects overall.

Eligibility is narrow and is built around current, active participation in the underlying programs. Only current holders of an active DOE WAP grant, a WAP subgrant (explicitly not a contract or partnership), or a HUD HHP grant (explicitly not an HHP subgrantee, contract, or partnership) may apply. The intent is to ensure that applicants already have the infrastructure, authority, and program standing to operate within WAP and/or HHP and can realistically execute coordination activities quickly. If one organization happens to hold both a WAP grant or subgrant and an HHP grant, it can apply, but it may submit only a single application, even if the grants are administered in different offices or divisions. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are not eligible for funding under this announcement. The broader eligible applicant types listed include state, county, and local governments; special districts; federally recognized tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), but the key gating requirement remains that the applicant must already be an active WAP grantee/subgrantee or an active HHP grantee as defined above.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number (FR 6800 N 62), the original application closing date (August 13, 2024), and the fact that the NOFO was created on June 25, 2024. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a small-scale demonstration meant to generate practical, transferable lessons about how to integrate healthy homes remediation and energy weatherization in a coordinated, data-informed way that improves outcomes for lower-income residents while reducing deferrals, duplication, and avoidable costs.

• The Department of Housing and Urban Development in the housing sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "HUD FY2024 Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 14.901.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-06-25.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-08-13. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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