OpportunityTitle: Energy Innovation Fund - Multifamily Pilot Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are limited to:   a. Treasury-certified community development financial institutions with affordable housing and development and rehabilitation programs.  b. National, regional or local private or non-profit entities currently administering affordable housing development and rehabilitation programs, including technical assistance and capacity building programs.  Such entities must manage or direct programs impacting a minimum of 1000 units of affordable housing.  c. Special purpose financing entities, such as housing trust funds, whose primary purpose is the preservation, rehabilitation and/or new construction of affordable rental housing serving low-income households. d. Nonprofit or for-profit organizations (and/or consortia thereof) that own or control a portfolio of Eligible Multifamily Properties.  Such entities must manage or direct programs impacting a minimum of 1000 units of affordable housing.
Description: Pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub L. 111-117), this Program will support innovations in financing and conducting applied research to address primary barriers to the retrofitting of certain multifamily residential properties to be more energy efficient on a cost effective basis. The goals of this NOFA are to: (1) demonstrate solutions to the primary and longstanding challenges to implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements in existing affordable multifamily properties; (2) leverage private capital and additional public funding to demonstrate &#239;&#191;&#189;proof of concept&#239;&#191;&#189; of specific models; and (3) conduct applied research to document and disseminate mainstream, scalable approaches to retrofitting affordable multifamily properties.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Program Contact
GrantorContactText: An applicant may contact Theodore K. Toon, Energy Innovation Fund &#239;&#191;&#189; Multifamily Pilot Program, at (202) 708-0001 (this is not a toll-free number).