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Housing Division outlines Round 16 Barnes Fund rules, eligibility and application process
Summary
The Housing Division held a webinar to present draft Round 16 Barnes Fund grant policies, including eligibility thresholds, scoring criteria, a $750,000-per-project cap, and a new prohibition on applicant-staff communications during the application window; final policy text and funding totals will be published later.
Angie Hubbard, Director of the Housing Division, led a public webinar explaining draft Round 16 Barnes Fund grant policies and the application process. She said the RFA "is to solicit applications from qualified nonprofit organizations looking to apply for grant funds to create and preserve affordable rental and limited-equity cooperative housing," and emphasized the agency’s goal of equitable and transparent evaluation.
Hubbard told attendees that final funding totals had not been released and that staff would publish the final figures with the RFA. On awards, she said the proposed maximum grant per project is $750,000. She described a small-organization set-aside and said some project types (notably rental limited-equity cooperatives) may be eligible for bonus points under the draft scoring matrix.
On eligibility, Hubbard explained key threshold requirements. Applicants must be registered to solicit charitable funds…
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