Housing Infrastructure (Minnesota)

Housing Infrastructure (Minnesota) is sponsored by Minnesota Housing. This program provides loans and grants for the development of permanent supportive housing, preservation of existing housing, senior housing, single homes, and manufactured home park infrastructure.

Local Government | Minnesota Housing Jennifer Bergman, Director of Local Government Housing Programs Jennifer. Bergman@state. mn.

us Annie Reierson, Manager of Local Program Grants Annie. Reierson@state. mn.

us Dani Salus, Manager of Rental Assistance Grants Danielle. Salus@state. mn.

us Jessica DeWolfe , Grants Monitoring Supervisor Grants Monitoring Supervisor Jessica. dewolfe@state. mn.

us Local Government Housing Programs The Local Government Housing Programs team administers funding to support local and Tribal governments as they finance the development of affordable and workforce rental and single-family housing, provide rental assistance and advance other initiatives to meet local housing needs in their communities.

Four new programs launched in 2025: The Local Housing Trust Fund Grants Program, Greater Minnesota Small Cities (Tier II Cities) Housing Aid Grant Program, Bring It Home Rental Assistance and the Greater Minnesota Housing Infrastructure Grant Program. The Lead Safe Homes Grants Program will launch in summer 2026.

The Local Government Housing Programs team is also responsible for collecting annual reports from recipients of Local and Statewide Affordable Housing Aid . Look for further updates and information, including about new funding, to be added to this page as it becomes available. Lead Safe Homes Grants Program The Lead Safe Home Grants program will make homes safer through lead testing and hazard reduction.

RFP Application is now open. All applications will be due Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 5 p. m.

Central Time.

Available for nonprofits and local governments, the program: Allows funding to be used for risk assessment and remediation of lead hazards Prioritizes areas with a high concentration of children with lead poisoning Requires 50% of units in multifamily properties to be occupied by renters at or below 60% area median income Allows up to 10% of award to be used for administration, education and outreach about lead hazards The $4 million one-time appropriation and this program are known as the Dustin Luke Shields Act.

For additional details on the program, read the program guide . RFP Application Documents Minnesota Housing announces the availability of up to $4 million to nonprofits and local governments under the Lead Safe Homes Program. Applications due Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 5 p.

m. Central Time. RFP Application (reference only) Application Instructions (reference only) Note: The Cvent webpage may not save partially complete answers depending on the web browser used and your organization’s settings.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to draft answers on a separate document and copy and paste them into the website to not lose your work.

Lead Safe Homes Budget Workbook Lead Safe Homes Timeline and Milestones Workbook Pre-Award Risk Assessment Forms (not required for Tribal Nations) Pre-Award Risk Assessment Supporting Documents Financial Documents related to the applicant organization and detailed on the Risk Assessment Form (Nonprofits Only) Internal Controls Certification—Nonprofits Organizations , if applicable Evidence of good standing with the Minnesota Secretary of State (Nonprofits Only) Certification of no convictions of felony financial crimes by a principal, along with a list of principals being certified (All applicants) Minnesota Housing hosted a technical assistance session for potential Lead Safe Home applicants on August 27, 2026.

Watch the recording (00:23:01) and review the presentation materials . Bring It Home Rental Assistance The Bring It Home Rental Assistance Program, also referred to as “Bring It Home”, is a new program to create rental assistance for low-income families across Minnesota.

Funded by state appropriations and a new metro sales tax for housing, the program will provide grants to Program Administrators who will administer the program as direct assistance for renter households. Learn more about the Bring It Home Rental Assistance Program . Local Housing Trust Fund Grants Program The Local Housing Trust Fund Grants Program RFP application closed on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.

Selected applications were approved by the Minnesota Housing board of directors in May 2025. The Local Housing Trust Funds Grant Program was established to encourage local governments to create or fund Local Housing Trust Funds. The program uses state funding to match a portion of new housing trust fund dollars to encourage local investment in affordable housing across Minnesota.

These funds may come from any source other than the state or federal government. Must be used for households at or below 115% of state median income Development, rehabilitation or financing of housing Homebuyer counseling services Administrative expenses, up to 10% of grant Must be used within five years In 2021, $1 million in one-time funding was allocated to create the program. This was supplemented by an additional $4.

8 million in 2023. For additional details on the program, read the program guide . You may send questions to localhousingtrustfund.

mhfa@state. mn. us .

Local Housing Trust Fund Program Fillable Disbursement Form Greater Minnesota Housing Infrastructure Grants Program The Greater Minnesota Housing Infrastructure Grant Program RFP application closed on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Selected applications were approved by the Minnesota Housing board of directors in October 2025. A second Request for Proposal (RFP) is anticipated for late 2026.

Grant funds can be used to cover up to 50% of capital costs of physical public infrastructure necessary to support a qualifying housing development. This may include sewers, water supply systems, utility extensions, streets and more, necessary to support single-family, multifamily, homeownership and rental housing development.

Grants are generally limited to: $40,000 per lot for one to four units $180,000 per lot for multifamily housing (five or more units/building) $60,000 per manufactured housing lot No more than $500,000 to any grantee or project over a two year period. Applicants’ matching funds may include in-kind contributions, such as donation of land. For additional details on the program, please review the program guide .

You may send questions to infrastructuregrants. mhfa@state. mn.

us .

The following are eligible applicants for the Greater Minnesota Housing Infrastructure Grants Program: Cities and counties located in Minnesota outside the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington); The cities of Northfield, Cannon Falls, Hanover, Rockford and New Prague; and, Any federally recognized Tribal Nation in Minnesota or its associated Tribally Designated Housing Entity.

Greater Minnesota Small Cities (Tier II Cities) Housing Aid Grant Program This program is designed to aid smaller Greater Minnesota cities (those outside the seven-county Twin Cities metro area with fewer than 10,000 residents) to develop and preserve affordable and workforce housing. Information on future RFPs will be added to this webpage when available.

The 2025 Greater Minnesota Small Cities (Tier II Cities) Housing Aid Grant Program Request for Proposals closed on April 24, 2025. Thirty-three proposals were selected for $4,090,000 in grant funding by the Minnesota Housing board of directors in August 2025. The 2026 Greater Minnesota Small Cities (Tier II Cities) Housing Aid Grant Program application closed on Friday, January 23, 2026.

Fifteen proposals were selected for $1,125,000 in grant funding by the Minnesota Housing board of directors in April 2026. Only city governments representing cities of fewer than 10,000 residents outside the seven-county Twin Cities metro are eligible for this program. You may wish to review the Program Guide for more information.

You may send questions to tier2cities. mhfa@state. mn.

us . Tier II Cities Disbursement Request Form Local and Statewide Affordable Housing Aid Local Affordable Housing Aid and Statewide Affordable Housing Aid help municipalities and Tribal Nations develop and preserve affordable housing. Except for grant funds available through the Greater Minnesota Small Cities (Tier II Cities) Housing Aid Grant Program, funds are distributed by the Department of Revenue, not by Minnesota Housing.

Starting in 2025, aid recipients must report their use of these funds to Minnesota Housing each year by December 1. Learn more about Local and Statewide Affordable Housing Aid .