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Strategic Growth Council Factory Built Housing Pilot Program Round 3 Catalyst Grant is sponsored by Strategic Growth Council. The Factory-Built Housing (FBH) Program is designed to support regional strategies that use factory-built housing to expand the supply of affordable, high-quality homes across California.
The goal is to create solutions that can be scaled and replicated to move beyond one-off development projects to broader, long-term impact. The FBH Program is funded by a $12,000,000 allocation from the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program to fund two grant types -- Catalyst Grants and Planning Grants.
Public Relations Code Section 75210 created the AHSC Program to “implement land use, housing, transportation, and agricultural land preservation practices to support infill and compact development, and that support related and coordinated public policy objectives.
” The AHSC Program receives its funding from California’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), which is administered in California by the California Climate Investments (CCI) Program.
The FBH Program will provide Catalyst Grants of up to $500,000 over a two-year term to help Grantees launch or advance early-stage efforts that build regional knowledge, capacity, networks, and stakeholder support for the production and deployment of factory-built housing in California.
Catalyst Grants are ideal for applicants in the early stages of partnership formation, research and analysis, or stakeholder engagement who wish to establish or grow relationships and networks among regional partners, increase regional understanding of factory-built housing solutions and benefits, and/or identify enabling conditions for advancing factory-built housing as an affordable housing solution in their region.
Catalyst Grants may fund activities such as:• Conducting research on regulatory, zoning, or land use barriers to factory-built housing production. • Completing market studies to assess regional demand and housing needs. • Identifying and convening public, private, and community stakeholders to form cross-jurisdictional coalitions.
• Hosting peer learning exchanges or regional dialogues on factory-built housing opportunities, challenges, and strategies. • Developing preliminary plans, frameworks, or roadmaps to inform future factory-built housing projects and policies. Catalyst projects are expected to result in increased regional capacity, collaboration, and stakeholder support for factory-built housing as a viable affordable housing strategy.
Projects should also produce or promote innovative, scalable, and/or replicable strategies for removing barriers to factory-built housing expansion and integrating factory-built housing into local and regional housing plans.
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Factory-Built Housing Regional Pilot Program (Round 3) - Strategic Growth Council Factory-Built Housing Reg... Factory-Built Housing Reg... Factory-Built Housing Regional Pilot Program (Round 3) The Factory-Built Housing Regional Pilot Program (Round 3) has released its Notice of Funding Availability and Application.
Please find the NOFA and Full Application materials for both grant types below. All FBH Catalyst and Planning Grant applicants must submit FBH application materials via Submittable by 11:59 p. m.
PST on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 . Applicants must use the full applications (below) to guide their Submittable application, as the full application will have additional guidance for certain questions (which the Submittable applications will note).
Pilot Program (Round 3) Materials Round 3 Application Materials FBH Round 3 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) FBH Round 3 Catalyst Application (Full) FBH Round 3 Planning Application (Full) FBH R3_App Material_Catalyst Workbook/Budget FBH R3_App Material_Planning Workbook/Budget FBH R3_App Material_Planning Partnership MOU Round 3 Supplemental Materials Factory-Built Housing R3 Primer Factory-Built Housing R3 Eligibility Activity Guide Factory-Built Housing R3 Sample Application Responses Factory-Built Housing R3 Frequently Asked Questions Answered FBH Round 3 Final Guidelines FBH Round 3 Draft Guidelines Pilot Program (Round 3) Application Technical Assistance To support the development of competitive FBH Round 3 applications, SGC will make no-cost technical assistance (TA) available to FBH applicants, subject to available capacity.
Applicants intending to apply for a FBH Catalyst or Planning Grant may request application TA by emailing the FBH Program inbox at factorybuilthousing@sgc. ca. gov with the subject line: FBH Round 3 Technical Assistance Request by no later than 11:59 p.
m. PST on Friday, April 17, 2026 . Office Hours: the SGC will also provide office hours, every Wednesday from 2-3PM PST to answer broader, application-level questions that may come up during the application process.
Register for weekly office hours here: In February 2025, the Strategic Growth Council released a Request for Information (RFI) to identify barriers and opportunities for factory-built housing in California.
Respondents included 24 diverse participants in California’s factory-built housing ecosystem—including manufacturers, developers, architects, nonprofits, financiers, and policy experts—highlighting key challenges and the potential for transformative growth.
This timeline is tentative and subject to change FBH Pilot Program (Round 3) Draft Guidelines released for public comment FBH Pilot Program (Round 3) Webinars Public comment period ends Council approves guidelines and Final Guidelines released Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) released R3 Catalyst and Planning Grant Applications released Applications Reviewed and Awards Recommended for Council Adoption
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Nonprofit; Other Legal Entity; Public Agency; Tribal Government. Lead Applicants for both grant types must:1) Be based in/operating in California.2) Be authorized to enter into agreements and hold public funds, or operating under a fiscal sponsor authorized to do so.3) Demonstrate financial and operational capacity.4) Demonstrate a track record of or commitment to factory-built housing, and/or other innovative and affordable housing solutions. For more information, please see the FBH Program Round 3 Guidelines. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Between $1 and $500,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is May 5, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
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