Cohousing-L Mailing List: Home Depot Foundation Invites Entries for Awards to Non-Profits for Affordable Housing Built Responsibly

[Jesse Golden (jessegolden]

*I thought this might be of interest to co-housers - Jesse G*

*Home Depot Foundation Invites Entries for Awards of Excellence for
Affordable Housing Built Responsibly

* Deadline: March 31, 2007 (Letter of Inquiry)

The Home Depot Foundation's ( http://www.homedepotfoundation.org/ )  Awards
of Excellence for Affordable Housing Built Responsibly  seek to identify,
recognize, and showcase the outstanding and  innovative work of nonprofit
housing development corporations  engaged in green building/healthy home
construction and reha-  bilitation. The foundation defines an affordable
home as one  for which a person making 80 percent or less of the area median
income would spend 30 percent or less of their monthly income  on mortgage
or rent payments.

There are two award categories, homeownership and rental. Within  each
category up to seven grants will be awarded: $75,000 to the  winning
project, $25,000 to the second most competitive project,  and up to five
Honorable Mention grants of $2,500 each. The grants  are to be used at the
discretion of the nonprofit to further the  goal of producing affordable,
efficient, and healthy housing for
low- to moderate-income families.

Projects eligible for award consideration must have been developed by a
501(c)(3) organization and completed and placed in  service between January
1, 2005, and December 31, 2006.

Visit the Home Depot Foundation Web site for complete program  guidelines
and application procedures.

RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006205/homedepotfoundation

For additional RFPs in Community Improvement/Development, visit:
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_community_development.jhtml


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Jesse Golden
El Sobrante, CA