Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge — National Grant Competition
Enterprise Community Partners (with Wells Fargo Foundation)
Open competition awarding five $2 million grants to scale tested innovations in housing design and construction, housing finance, or service delivery and programs. Applicants must show proof-of-concept or pilot outcomes and a pathway to scale.
- Indicative award
- $2M (total award)Page states five grants of $2 million each, $10 million total, plus mentorship and network access.
- Timing
- Periodic callsPeriodic calls · Apr, May, Aug, SepNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Page shows a three-round selection process: Round 1 April 1 - May 15, 2026 (closed); Round 2 August-September 2026; Round 3 fall 2026 to winter 2027; winners announced winter 2027. No specific future calendar date is published for Round 2.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner, Mid-career & senior
- Eligibility
- Nonprofits, mission-oriented for-profits, quasi-governmental bodies, housing authorities and housing finance agencies with 501(c)(3) status, and Tribally Designated Housing Entities/Tribal Housing Authorities. All 50 states and DC; priority scoring for 28 named states plus DC.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- housing affordability · homelessness services · scaling innovation · housing finance · service delivery
- Apply at
- https://enterprisecommunity.org/housing-affordability-breakthrough-challenge/national-grant-competition
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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