Continuum of Care Builds (CoC Builds) Competition Announcement

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Continuum of Care Builds (CoC Builds) Competition. The CoC Builds program under this NOFO provides $100,000,000 for competitive grants for the new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation (capital costs) of new permanent supportive housing (PSH) units. Through this NOFO, HUD encourages CoCs to leverage funds provided for capital costs of new PSH units with other funding sources to maximize the amount of housing that can be directed to meet the needs of homeless individuals and families. PSH is defined at 24 CFR 578.3 as permanent housing in which supportive services are provided to assist homeless persons with a disability to live independently. No more than 20 percent of each award may be used for other eligible CoC Program activities (Section IV.B.1.b) associated with the PSH project and no more than 10 percent of an award may be used for project administration.

Each CoC can only submit one project for consideration to HUD. Nationwide, a maximum 8 projects will be awarded funding with this NOFO.

1. Eligible Entity Types:
00 (State governments)
01 (County governments)
02 (City or township governments)
04 (Special district governments)
06 (Public and State controlled institutions of higher education)
07 (Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized))
08 (Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities)
11 (Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal
governments))
12 (Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher
education)
25 (Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification))
Additional Information on Eligibility
You cannot apply as an individual.

Please read the NOFO in its entirety. The NOFO can be found here: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/362073

Please click here for the CoC Builds NOFO HUD FAQ

Program Timeline:

NOFO Announced by HUD: June 23, 2026

Local CoC Builds Competition Announced to OR-503: June 24, 2026

Letter of Intent to Apply: due by 5pm on July 3, 2026

Application: due by 5pm on July 10, 2026

Application scoring and review: week of July 13, 2026

Submission to HUD deadline: July 23, 2026 by 5pm PDT

Program History
This NOFO is competing $100,000,000 in FY 2024 funds with updated rating factors and policy priorities. Previously, on July 19, 2024, HUD published a CoC Builds NOFO that competed FY 2023 and FY 2024 funds together. HUD then decided to compete the FY 2023 and FY 2024 funds in separate NOFOs. See FR-6901-N-25A (May 16, 2025) (rescinding the July 19, 2024 NOFO and competing only the FY 2023 funds) (superseded by FR-6902-N-25A (Sept. 5, 2025) (enjoined by National Alliance to End Homelessness, et al. v. Turner, et al., 1:25-cv-00447 (D.R.I. Mar. 31, 2026))). This NOFO competes the remaining FY 2024 funds.

A. Purpose
CoC Builds provides funding for one-time awards under the CoC program for new
construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of new PSH for homeless persons with a disability.
Not more than 20 percent of each award made under this NOFO may be used for other CoC
eligible activities associated with the award and not more than 10 percent of each award may
be used for project administration.

B. Goals and Objectives
HUD has the following goals for this competition:
• Increasing Supportive Housing for People with Disabilities. HUD is seeking applications for PSH projects that are dedicated to serving individuals with a disability, particularly elderly individuals (over age 62). Unlike Transitional Housing projects designed to facilitate moving on to self-sufficiency, HUD encourages PSH resources to be reserved and prioritized for individuals likely to have indefinite support needs who the CoC determines are unlikely to regain self-sufficiency. Given the significant supply of existing PSH across the nation and the underutilization of interim and Transitional Housing solutions; HUD is seeking PSH projects that meet targeted needs in communities, unmet by existing PSH.
• Partnering with Housing, Health, and Social Service Organizations. HUD encourages CoCs to apply for PSH projects that coordinate with housing, healthcare, and social service organizations (e.g. primary healthcare, substance-use disorder treatment, mental health treatment, and other services) within the PSH project.
• Engaging Participants in Services and Community. HUD is seeking PSH projects that engage participants in services designed to assist them in living independently (i.e., case management, life skills, on-site work or volunteer opportunities, etc.). Projects should facilitate community building among participants.

Project Application

Project Applicants must submit a project using e-snaps, export a copy of the completed application as a PDF, and send it to info@cohomeless.org by July 10, 2026 at 5pm PDT.

e-snaps

Project applicants that have not used e-snaps before will need to create and complete the Project Applicant Profile information. See the Checklist to Get Started in e-snaps. Second, once you have created and completed your Project Applicant Profile, you will create the project application. HUD as developed detailed instructions to walk you through the process that will be posted on the CoC Builds Page NOFO webpage of HUD.gov.

Review and Selection Process:

Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council serves as the HLC designated Collaborative Applicant and is responsible for submitting the final CoC Builds application, as selected by the HLC Executive Committee. The HLC will review all project applications submitted in accordance with the local competition timeline and select the final project for submission to HUD.

REVIEW COMMITTEE

All applications will be reviewed by an Internal Review Team selected by the HLC executive committee. The review team will not include a voting member that is an application for the local competition for CoC Builds funding.

Link to HUD CoC Builds FAQs

More Questions? Please email info@cohomeless.org