Our monthly lists of grants and funding opportunities are curated to support our Georgia Energy Cities. We aim to help our communities secure essential resources, advance existing industries, and attract new businesses. Our featured funding is the Pathways to Removing Obstacles Program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
Flood Mitigation Assistance Swift Current
Type: Grant
Deadline: 5/31/2025

Swift Current funds Individual Flood Mitigation Projects for Flood Mitigation Assistance and/or NFIP-defined Repetitive Loss (RL), Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL), or properties deemed Substantially Damaged after the applicant’s disaster declaration incident period start date.

Eligible Individual Flood Mitigation Projects include the following project types which may be referenced in the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program and Policy Guide:

• Property acquisition and structure demolition/relocation 
• Structure elevations 
• Dry floodproofing of historic residential structures or non-residential structures 
• Non-structural retrofitting of existing structures and facilities 
• Mitigation reconstruction 
• Structural retrofitting of existing structures

https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation/learn/flood-mitigation-assistance/swift-current

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Pathways to Removing Obstacles (PRO Housing)
Type: Grant
Deadline: 10/15/2024

Communities nationwide are suffering from a lack of affordable housing, and housing production is not meeting the increasing demand for accessible and available units in many urban and rural areas, particularly areas of high opportunity.

Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) supports communities who are actively taking steps to remove barriers to affordable housing, such as:

Challenges to preserving existing housing stock such as increasing threats from natural hazards, redevelopment pressures, or expiration of affordability requirements.

• Barriers caused by outdated zoning, land use policies, or regulations;
• Inefficient procedures;
• Gaps in available resources for development;
• Deteriorating or inadequate infrastructure;
• Lack of neighborhood amenities; or
• Challenges to preserving existing housing stock such as increasing threats from natural hazards, redevelopment pressures, or expiration of affordability requirements.

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/pro_housing

*Feature Image courtesy of US Department of Housing and Urban Development