HUD is soliciting input on how to improve the Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant NOFA at the Choice Neighborhoods Listening Session in DC from 2:30 — 4:30pm on Friday, July 15.

  • The July 15 Choice Neighborhoods Listening Session in DC will focus on your ideas for:
  • How to identify needy communities with the available data – Given the need to use objective measures and available data, do you think the Round 1 NOFA selection criteria identify the neediest communities? How might we use objective measures and available data to improve them? (For example, see the Round 1 NOFA, pages 56 – 59)
  • How to balance need with potential impact – Do you think the NOFA selection criteria balance the desire to provide funding to the neediest communities with the desire to fund redevelopment efforts with the greatest potential impact? How can we improve those criteria? (For example, see the Round 1 NOFA, pages 50 – 59)
  • How to recognize communities with demonstrated capacity – Do you think the Round 1 NOFA selection criteria identify and reward communities that have the demonstrated capability to effectively implement housing, people, and neighborhood strategies? How can we improve those criteria? (For example, see the Round 1 NOFA, pages 50 – 56)
  • How to balance accountability with flexibility – Do you think the Round 2 NOFA strikes a balance between holding grantees accountable to successful outcomes related to housing, people, and neighborhoods and providing the flexibility needed to fully address the community’s needs? How can we improve? (For example, see the Round 2 NOFA, pages 28 – 40)
  • How to identify and reward communities with partnerships – Do you think the Round 2 selection criteria identify and reward communities where partnerships and investments increase the likelihood of achieving intended outcomes? How can we improve those criteria? (For example, see the Round 2 NOFA, pages 30 – 34, 38, 39, & 41)
  • How to fund plans that will have the most impact – Do you think the Round 2 selection criteria strikes the right balance between rewarding innovative plans that will have the most impact and rewarding plans that are implementable and rooted in evidence-based practices? How can we improve those criteria? (For example, see the Round 2 NOFA, pages 42 – 45)

    • To attend the in-person DC listening session, please register by July 12. Due to seating constraints, registration is only open to the first 100 participants, so please register early. If you are unable to attend in-person, we welcome your comments online. Please click here for more information on written submissions. Feel free to send this information to others.