Today, HUD announced funds totaling $12,070,701,000 made available by the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025, to address issues related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the “most impacted and distressed” (MID) areas resulting from a qualifying major disaster that occurred in 2023 or 2024. Of the available allocations, $11,889,437,000 will be given to CDBG-DR grantees who experienced disasters in 2023 and 2024.
In the areas designated as MID, those grantees will be required to use 100 percent of the total funds allocated to address unmet disaster needs. Some of these HUD-defined areas and CLPHA member jurisdictions are Asheville, NC, Houston, TX, Orange County, FL, Chicago, IL, Cook County, IL, Harris County, TX, Spokane County, WA and Detroit, MI.
For CLPHA members impacted by the California wildfires, we are available to help your organization access these newly released disaster relief funds in your area. For assistance, please contact Madeline Morris, [email protected], or Malcolm Guy, [email protected].
Of the nearly $12 billion total for unmet needs and mitigation activities for disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024, the following allocations cover CLPHA members’ jurisdictions:
- State of Alaska: $18.6 M
- State of California: $416.6 M
- State of Florida: $916.4 M
- State of Georgia: $265.7 M
- Chicago, IL: $426.6 M
- Cook County, IL: $244.2 M
- State of Indiana: $7.6 M
- State of Louisiana: $117.9 M
- State of Massachusetts: $7.9 M
- State of Michigan: $43.5 M
- Detroit, MI: $346.9 M
- State of North Carolina: $1.43 B
- State of Ohio: $14.1 M
- State of Oklahoma: $39.4 M
- State of Pennsylvania: $14.6 M
- State of South Carolina: $150.3 M
- State of Tennessee: $85.7 M
- State of Texas: $555.7 M
- Harris County, TX: $67.3 M
- Houston, TX: $314.6 M
- State of Virginia: $46.6 M
Application Window to Open on January 16
The Department of the Treasury and the IRS have released the final regulations and procedural guidance for the Clean Electricity Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Amount Program under section 48E(h) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Program promotes cost-saving clean energy investments in low-income communities, on Indian land, as part of affordable housing developments, and benefitting low-income households. Established by the Inflation Reduction Act, the former Section 48(e) Low-Income Communities Bonus switches over to the Section 48E(h) Clean Electricity Low-Income Communities Bonus in 2025.
This new Program will open for applications in 2025 and under the statute will allocate 1.8 gigawatts of annual capacity through 2032 and possibly beyond dependent on GHG emission levels. The final regulations and revenue procedure released today provide guidance for applicants seeking an increased credit amount under this competitive program. For each program year, the annual capacity limitation available for allocation is divided across the following facility categories:
- Category 1: Located in a Low-Income Community (600 megawatts)
- Category 2: Located on Indian Land (200 megawatts)
- Category 3: Qualified Low-Income Residential Building Project (200 megawatts)
- Category 4: Qualified Low-Income Economic Benefit Project (800 megawatts)
For the 2025 Program Year, approximately 174,243 kilowatts (DC) are being carried over from previous program years and distributed evenly between the four categories. The application period will open on January 16, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. ET and close on August 1, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET. When the application period opens, there will be an initial 30-day period for applications to be submitted that will end on February 14, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applications submitted after this 30-day period will be considered on a rolling basis and only after the review of applications submitted during the 30-day period have been completed and only if capacity is available.
- View the Program’s landing page
- View final regulations
- View procedural guidance
- Treasury’s Press Release
Applications Open Now through GGRF Grant Recipients
Under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s $14 billion National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF) program, the three grant recipients are establishing national clean financing institutions that deliver accessible, affordable financing for clean technology projects nationwide. These recipients are partnering with private-sector investors, developers, community organizations, and others to deploy projects and mobilize private capital at scale.
Two of the three recipients have opened their funding applications, meaning PHAs are now able to apply for funding to decarbonize their buildings.
- Coalition for Green Capital – Apply for Financing
- Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) Climate Capital – Intake Form
- Power Forward Communities – Intake Form
More information is available in CLPHA’s Green Funding Clearinghouse.