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Strategic Growth Council Factory Built Housing Pilot Program Round 3 Catalyst Grant

Grantor:
Strategic Growth Council
Portal ID:
154944
Status:
Forecasted
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:

Details

Purpose:

The Factory-Built Housing (FBH) Program is designed to support regional strategies that use factory-built housing to expand the supply of affordable, high-quality homes across California. The goal is to create solutions that can be scaled and replicated to move beyond one-off development projects to broader, long-term impact.

 

Description:

The FBH Program is funded by a $12,000,000 allocation from the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program to fund two grant types -- Catalyst Grants and Planning Grants. Public Relations Code Section 75210 created the AHSC Program to “implement land use, housing, transportation, and agricultural land preservation practices to support infill and compact development, and that support related and coordinated public policy objectives.” The AHSC Program receives its funding from California’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), which is administered in California by the California Climate Investments (CCI) Program.

The FBH Program will provide Catalyst Grants of up to $500,000 over a two-year term to help Grantees launch or advance early-stage efforts that build regional knowledge, capacity, networks, and stakeholder support for the production and deployment of factory-built housing in California.Catalyst Grants are ideal for applicants in the early stages of partnership formation, research and analysis, or stakeholder engagement who wish to establish or grow relationships and networks among regional partners, increase regional understanding of factory-built housing solutions and benefits, and/or identify enabling conditions for advancing factory-built housing as an affordable housing solution in their region.

Catalyst Grants may fund activities such as:• Conducting research on regulatory, zoning, or land use barriers to factory-built housing production.• Completing market studies to assess regional demand and housing needs.• Identifying and convening public, private, and community stakeholders to form cross-jurisdictional coalitions.• Hosting peer learning exchanges or regional dialogues on factory-built housing opportunities, challenges, and strategies.• Developing preliminary plans, frameworks, or roadmaps to inform future factory-built housing projects and policies.

Catalyst projects are expected to result in increased regional capacity, collaboration, and stakeholder support for factory-built housing as a viable affordable housing strategy. Projects should also produce or promote innovative, scalable, and/or replicable strategies for removing barriers to factory-built housing expansion and integrating factory-built housing into local and regional housing plans.

 

 

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Nonprofit
  • Other Legal Entity
  • Public Agency
  • Tribal Government

Lead Applicants for both grant types must:1) Be based in/operating in California.2) Be authorized to enter into agreements and hold public funds, or operating under a fiscal sponsor authorized to do so.3) Demonstrate financial and operational capacity.4) Demonstrate a track record of or commitment to factory-built housing, and/or other innovative and affordable housing solutions.

For more information, please see the FBH Program Round 3 Guidelines.

Eligible Geographies:

1. The Project Area must located in California.2. The Project Area must be composed of, at minimum, one county and/or two local jurisdictions.

Lead Applicants may identify the boundaries of their region by shared natural, political, economic, and/or infrastructure systems; shared climate risks; and/or other shared characteristics or dynamic Lead Applicants may choose to work within a region that is pre-defined by another initiative or designation

Matching Funding Requirement:

No matched or leverage funding requirements

Important Dates

The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
Second half of 2026
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
Two years
Anticipated Open Date
First half of 2026

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
$10,000,000
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
$1 – $500,000
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
No
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No
The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State

Funding Source Notes:

FBH Grants are funded by a $12mn allocation from the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program. Public Relations Code Section 75210 created the AHSC Program to “...to support infill and compact development, and that support related and coordinated public policy objectives.”

The AHSC Program receives funding from California’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), and is thereby a California Climate Investments (CCI) Program. 

The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Advances & Reimbursement(s)

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
Factory-Built Housing Team, factorybuilthousing@sgc.ca.gov

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