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2026-2027 Salt Lake County Housing and Community Development Request for Applications (RFA)

The Salt Lake County Division of Housing and Community Development Office (HCD) is releasing a single Request for Applications (RFA) for the 2026-2027 program year. This consolidated RFA combines multiple funding opportunities, including: 

  • Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
  • Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
  • HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME)
  • Socials Services Block Grant (SSBG)

Please note that this grant opportunity supports organizations and agencies, not individual requests.

As part of this RFA, Salt Lake County will prioritize funding for projects that align with the objectives identified in our 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan. This plan, approved in September 2025, reflects a careful assessment of community needs and establishes housing stability, economic mobility, and thriving neighborhoods as our guiding priorities. Applicants are strongly encouraged to design proposals that address these goals, including housing rehabilitation and development, rental assistance, small business and workforce support, ESL classes, infrastructure and public facility improvements, and youth-focused programs. Applicants that demonstrate clear alignment with these objectives will be given priority consideration for funding.  


2025-2029 Consolidated Plan Objectives are as follows:

  1. Improve Housing Stability
    • Housing Rehabilitation
    • New Development
    • Rental Rehabilitation
    • Rental Assistance
  2. Improve Economic Mobility
    • Small Business/business development
    • English as a Second Language (ESL) Classes
  3. Thriving Neighborhoods
    • Infrastructure Improvements
    • Public Facility Improvements
    • Afterschool Programs

Resources

RFA Timeline

All additional information will be updated on the table below in early November.

Date 
Activity 
Location 
October 30, 2025 Applications Available  SLCO Website-Smartsheet
November 6, 2025 In- Person Application Training 

Salt Lake County Government Center 

2001 S State Street, N2-800 


2:00pm-4:00pm

Watch the Recording Here
November 25, 2025 Final Day to Submit Questions  SLCO Website, Online form opens on October 30
December 4, 2025  Applications Due  Smartsheet 
January - February 2026  Application Reviews with board members 
Initial recommendations will be posted on Salt Lake County HCD website 		 TBA
March 2026  Public Hearing and public comment period 
 
Date & time will be announced two weeks before hearing date 		 TBA
April 2026  Final Funding Allocations Announced   TBA
June 2026 2026-2027 Grant Recipient Training  TBA
July 1, 2026 Start of 2026-2027 Program Year  N/A
Watch the November 6, 2025 Training
November 6, 2025 Training Slides

2026 -2027 Federal Grants: CDBG, ESG, HOME, AND SSBG Request for Applications (RFA)

RFA Document

There are three types of applications depending on the nature of your proposed project. Each is available in the links below

  1. If your project involves Community and Support Services (soft costs) funded by CDBG, SSBG, ESG, or HOME TBRA, please complete the Service Projects Smartsheet. 
  2. If your project focuses on Acquisition and Rehabilitation (such as single-family rehabilitation programs or public facility improvements) complete the Acquisition and Rehabilitation Smartsheet.
  3. For new development of affordable housing, complete the New Development Smartsheet.

If you have questions about the application process or your project type, you can submit them using the Question and Answer Form.

2026-2027 Request for Applications: CDBG, ESG, Home, SSBG
Service Projects Smartsheet
Acquisition and Rehabilitation Smartsheet
New Development Smartsheet

Required Documentation

Attachments provided by Applicant

  • Partnership Letters (If applicable)
  • Leverage award letters (If applicable)

Additional documents provided by applicant. Construction/Acquisition/Rehabilitation projects only:

  • Complete sources and uses statement with accompanying commitment letters from funding sources (Public facility and Affordable Housing)  
  • Project Schedule, including site acquisition, design, permitting, financing commitments, construction start and completion dates, zoning changes, and marketing & outreach (Public facility and Affordable Housing) 
  • Project Pro Forma for the Affordability Period (20 years), beginning at the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy, (Affordable Housing Only) 

Additional Resources

Questions and Answers

If you have any questions please submit them to our Question and Answer Form and we'll provide a public response below. 

That depends. ESG funds cannot be used as a match for other federal programs and HOME funds cannot be used as a match except in limited federally authorized cases. CDBG and SSBG potentially may be used as a match but you will need to verify with your other federal funding source.

Since this a combined RFA, the applications are not sorted by funding source. Applicants should submit only one application for the project that they are proposing and if the project is accepted for funding, then staff will determine to which funding source it will be assigned.

We do not have a State-defined age range for "youth" in regards to SSBG, but when in doubt we use the HUD definitions, which in this case is typically ages 0-24. "Children" would be considered 0-18.

Applicants that do not have a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate can request the de minimus indirect cost rate in accordance with 2 CFR 200.414(f)

Eligible Activities for Case Management using SSBG could include most standard case management activities, including crisis intervention, housing, youth services, employment services, etc. The services that would be ineligible under case management are things like medical/inpatient care. The main eligibility issue with SSBG is that all clients served have to be legal citizens of the United States.

All the HUD approved methods for income verification work for SSBG income verification. You can refer to the HUD Income Calculator or the 24 CFR.

As long as all the individuals served are legal residents of Salt Lake County that would be eligible. It would need to be clearly and thoroughly documented.