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

Grantor:
Strategic Growth Council
Portal ID:
154947
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 Planning Grants of up to $3 million over a three-year term to support initiatives that are ready to translate exploratory and early-stage coordination efforts into actionable strategies, scalable plans, and targeted pre-implementation activities.

Planning Grants are designed for projects that have progressed beyond the early-stage activities and are poised to implement or meaningfully advance coordinated planning efforts that position their region for scalable factory-built housing delivery. Planning Grant applicants must propose a clear vision for expanding factory-built housing at a regional scale and demonstrate that they possess the legal authority, capacity, established relationships, and collaborative infrastructure needed to deliver actionable plans, policies, or frameworks that advance Program objectives.

Planning Grants may fund activities such as:

  • Amending local or regional policies to streamline permitting for factory-built housing projects.
  • Conducting in-depth regional factory-built housing market analyses and developing action plans.
  • Identifying and assessing feasible sites for factory-built housing development.
  • Advancing predevelopment work and pilot project pipeline planning.
  • Designing regional financing tools or aligning public subsidy strategies.
  • Implementing or advancing regional regulatory or permitting reforms to remove barriers to factory-built housing.
  • Developing and implementing governance structures and other regional collaborative frameworks.
  • Integrating factory-built housing strategies into regional transportation, climate, or housing plans.

Planning projects are expected to result in actionable frameworks, expanded or formalized partnerships, or proven tools and strategies that accelerate factory-built housing implementation, align regional housing and climate goals, and create replicable models that can be scaled across jurisdictions.

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

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.
Three 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.
$500,001 – $3,000,000
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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