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What will the grant period be?
The grant period will be for three years, from November 2023 through October 2026.
How will funds be disbursed to the winners?
Up to 50% of the grant will be disbursed after the grant agreement is executed in 2023. The remaining funds will be disbursed halfway through the grant period in 2025.
How many winners will be selected? And how many winners will there be in each area?
The challenge will award at least one breakthrough idea in each of the three focus areas. There are no defined number of awards.
How do you define rural?
The challenge is following HUD’s definition of a rural area: a place having fewer than 2,500 inhabitants; a county or parish with an urban population of 20,000 inhabitants or less; any place with a population not in excess of 20,000 inhabitants and not located in a Metropolitan Statistical Area.
How do we find more information about past winners?
Here are profiles of our 2020 Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge winners. This video also features the story of our first-cycle winners and their innovations.
If awarded, are there restrictions on how the funding can be spent?
Funds may not be used to support lobbying activities.
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