Houston opens 2026 multifamily-rehabilitation funding round with Aug. 17 application deadline
Houston’s Housing and Community Development Department has opened a 2026 funding opportunity for multifamily rehabilitation, with applications due by 5 p.m. on Aug. 17.
The city-administered opportunity, identified as NOFA-2026-0004, is the 2026 CDBG Multifamily Rehab notice of funding availability. Its stated purpose is to support the preservation and expansion of affordable housing across Houston.
The funding source identified in the notice is the Community Development Block Grant program. The current action is an application round, not an award of funds or the start of construction at a particular multifamily property.
Application timetable
A pre-application conference was scheduled for July 23, 2026. The department set a 5 p.m. deadline on Aug. 7, 2026, for questions about the opportunity.
Completed applications are due by 5 p.m. on Aug. 17, 2026. The department’s main housing page identifies active 2026 housing funding opportunities and directs applicants to the multifamily-rehabilitation notice and related conference information.
Those dates create the immediate timetable for prospective applicants seeking support for multifamily rehabilitation through this round. The next known step is the Aug. 7 questions deadline, followed 10 days later by the application deadline.
Still at the pre-award stage
The notice does not represent a completed housing project, a construction award or a commitment of funding to identified developments. Awards, if made later, would be separate city actions.
The indexed city material does not identify award recipients, project locations or unit counts. As a result, it does not establish which specific properties, residents or neighborhoods could be affected by eventual rehabilitation work.
It also does not state the total dollar amount available through the multifamily-rehabilitation round. Without award records, the public material does not specify the scope of work that could be funded, a construction schedule, or when any resulting work might be completed.
What the notice means now
For now, the practical development is a defined application process for projects intended to preserve and expand affordable housing in Houston. The Housing and Community Development Department is responsible for administering the city opportunity, while applicants face the two August deadlines.
Any future announcement of selected projects would be needed to establish the locations, funding amounts, unit totals and anticipated rehabilitation timeline. Until then, the 2026 CDBG Multifamily Rehab notice remains a pre-award funding round rather than evidence that rehabilitation is underway at any particular site.
Sources
- Funding/Contract Opportunities, City of Houston Housing and Community Development Department
- Housing and Community Development Department, City of Houston