The Eastern and Western Pennsylvania Continuums of Care (CoCs) are soliciting applications for Acquisition, Construction, or Rehabilitation of New Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) through HUD’s CoCBuilds NOFO.
Background: In July 2024, HUD released the CoCBuilds Notice of Funding Opportunity (CoCBuilds NOFO). This is a first-of-its-kind funding opportunity for new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing. Through one-time awards under the CoC program, this NOFO will enable communities to develop new units of rental housing with supportive services for people experiencing homelessness.
Materials: Interested developers/applicants can review the RFPs and application materials, including a list of counties covered by the Eastern and Western PA CoCs, here:
- Eastern PA CoC: https://pennsylvaniacoc.org/news/eastern-pa-coc-issues-rfp-new-psh-cocbuilds-nofo
- Western PA CoC: https://pennsylvaniacoc.org/news/western-pa-coc-issues-rfp-new-psh-cocbuilds-nofo
Briefing Session: The Eastern and Western PA CoCs will host a joint CoCBuilds NOFO RFP Briefing Session on Tuesday, September 10th from 1pm-2:30pm to provide an overview of this RFP and the application process and to answer questions.
You can join the briefing session by registering at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrdOugqjwoHdceRMFih5PHGsFaU-2Y4QYE.
York and Berks Counties: In addition, the York City/County CoC and Reading/Berks County CoC have also released CoCBuilds RFPs:
- York City/County CoC: https://www.ycpc.org/695/CoCBuilds-NOFO
- Reading/Berks County CoC: https://bceh.org/agency-support/funding/ (click CocBuilds PSH Development tab)
Developers and interested applicants who work in other counties not covered by the CoCs above are encouraged to reach out to the CoC contacts for those counties.
