What is the Housing and Redevelopment Assistance (HRA) Program?
This program (HRA) provides flexible funding to cities and smaller urban areas to redevelop and reuse blighted and/or vacant property, to expand housing opportunities and to promote stability of neighborhoods. Who is eligible to apply for grants? Eligible applicants include housing authorities, redevelopment authorities, non-profit housing corporations and units of local government. It should be noted that non-profits in the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are not eligible to apply through the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) directly for HRA funds, but rather must go through the cities themselves. What are the eligible grant activities and amounts? Community development grants include activities necessary to enhance the quality of life. Eligible examples include: acquisition, rehabilitation or restoration of older or underutilized buildings for reuse, demolition of blighted structure when a reuse plan has been adopted, and business site and property improv
