New Jersey Healthy Homes Initiative 2027
New Jersey Healthy Homes Initiative 2027 supports housing developers with capital costs for permanent, affordable homes for FamilyCare members facing homelessness or institutionalization.
Funder: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Due Dates: June 30, 2027 (Application initiation) | June 30, 2027 (Application submission)
Funding Amounts: $95,000,000 estimated total funding; projects may take up to three years from award
Summary: Supports affordable housing developers with capital costs for permanent community-based housing serving New Jersey FamilyCare members facing homelessness or institutionalization.
Key Information: Open to for-profit and nonprofit affordable housing developers serving very low-income households in New Jersey.
Description
The New Jersey Healthy Homes Initiative is an initiative of the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance & Health Services, in partnership with the Department of Community Affairs (DCA). Listed through DCA’s Division of Housing and Community Resources, it seeks to house New Jersey FamilyCare members experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness or institutionalization in permanent, affordable, community-based housing across the state.
The program encompasses constructing and rehabilitating housing, as well as maintaining, managing, and facilitating occupancy of those homes. Grant support covers project-related capital costs associated with affordable housing development. Its target population is very low-income households, as defined by the Fair Housing Act of New Jersey and/or HUD.
