CRP Funding Opportunity To Expand Homeowner Opportunities

Overview

• Type

  Grant

• Title

  CRP Funding Opportunity To Expand Homeowner Opportunities

• Source

  WA Department of Commerce

• Federal or State

  State

• Total Amount

  $15,338,050

• Number of Awards

  Funding will be distributed across 12 regions throughout Washington.

• Award Range

  $0 - $2,706,174

• Cost Share

  No

• Status

  Active

Topics

Resilience

Eligibility

• Audience

  Businesses, Nonprofits, Tribes

• Sector

  Resilience

• Activity

  Financial Help

• Eligibility

  Eligible Entities

  • Federally recognized tribes with projects located within Washington
  • Non-federally recognized tribal organizations’ nonprofit corporations (registered as a 501c3) with projects located in Washington
  • By-and-for organizations. This includes but is not limited to, organizations operated by-and-for the Black, Latino, Native American, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities
  • Organizations who can demonstrate a collaborative on-going partnership with a by-and-for organization
  • Applicants who are licensed or certified lenders
  • Applicants who are working to become licensed or certified lenders
  • Applicants who have two years of lending experience

  Commerce has the following agency goals:

  • 10% participation by Minority Owned Business
  • 6% participation by Women Owned Business
  • 5% participation by Veteran Owned Business
  • 5% participation by Small Businesses

  Eligible Activities

  Eligible activities can include but are not limited to:

  • Land acquisition loan program
  • Capacity building for emerging community-based housing organizations
  • Culturally responsive financial coaching
  • Flexible mortgage products that help buyers become mortgage-ready faster
  • Foreclosure remediation for people who own and live in their home
  • Upgrades to homes that people own and live in that address health and safety needs
  • Loan programs to create accessory dwelling units or detached accessory dwelling units

• Location

  WA

Application Process

• Application Link

  Apply Now

• Pre-Application?

  No

• Requirements

  Grantee qualifications also include:

  • Licensed to do business in the state of Washington or submit a statement of commitment that it will become licensed in Washington within thirty (30) calendar days of being selected

  • Proposer must attest that they have not been debarred from contracting with the state or federal government in the past five years

  • For proposals that include offering financial products that include loans, the applicant must be a licensed or certified lender, working to become a licensed or certified lender, or have a minimum of two years lending experience

• Disbursement Method

  Unspecified

Important Dates

• Application Open Date

  Jan 28, 2026

• Application Close Date

  Mar 16, 2026

• Application Close Time

  3:00 PM PST

• Period of Performance Start

  May 1, 2026

• Period of Performance End

  Jun 30, 2027

• Publish Date

  Jan 28, 2026

Resources & Contacts

• Contact

  Kaylie Gladwell, NOFO Coordinator, WA Department of Commerce, houapplication@commerce.wa.gov

• Resources

  • Dept. of Commerce CRP Homeownership program page
  • CRP Homeownership Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
  • CRP Homeownership Revisions to the NOFO (if any)
  • CRP Homeownership Grant Application Materials
  • Pre-proposal conference for organizations (Feb 11, 2026)
  • Pre-proposal conference for tribes (Feb 12, 2026)
  • Successful Grantees must have or obtain a Statewide Vendor Number (SWV) from the Office of Financial Management