Section 523 TA Grants
The Mutual Self-Help Housing Program (Section 523) makes homes affordable by enabling future homeowners to work on homes themselves. With this investment in the home, or "sweat equity", each homeowner pays less for his or her home than if it were built by a contractor. This enabled very-low and low-income families an opportunity to own their home.
Grants are provided to nonprofit and local government organizations, which supervise groups of 10 to 12 enrollees in the Self-Help Program. Members of each group help work on each other's homes, moving in only when all the homes are completed. (Click here for more information about options available to individual homeowners.)
Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants are available to qualified non-profit organizations to provide technical assistance to low and very low-income families who are building homes in rural areas through the Mutual Self-Help Housing Program. These grant funds may be used to pay salaries, rent, and office expenses of the not-for-profit entity.
