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Does anyone know how to start a grant for low income housing?

Government grants to help low income families afford homes.

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1. I suggest you check out non profits, who are the recipients of most housing grants. Check out Habitat for Humanity. Also visit the Nehemiah Corp as they have a downpayment assistance program for qualified lenders http://www.getdownpayment.com/ The Housing and Urban Development in their Grants Available page makes it clear that they do not provide grants to individuals -- hence no grants for a person to buy a home http://www.hud.gov/grants/index.cfm "While HUD does not offer direct grants or loans to individuals, we do work through local governments and non-profit organizations to make financial assistance and counseling available." You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two FREE sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support your purposes.
2. Probably need to start a non-profit entity first, unless you want to lobby your state government for it. The government already gives grants to organizations that help people get homes. They also give grants to lenders who cater to low-income areas. I don't they give grants to individuals though unless its in rural areas.