NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABLE - Fiscal Year 2024 – 2025

Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) and State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program (SHIP)

The City of Plantation announces the availability of approximately $722,443 for SHIP Program fiscal year 2024-2025, and $578,477 for CDBG Program fiscal year 2024-2025. These funds will be used for the City of Plantation’s housing initiatives of Housing Rehabilitation and Purchase Assistance for very  low, low, and moderate- income households, with priority given to special needs households.  Applications will be processed on a first come, first qualified, first served basis in the order applications  are received until all funds have been encumbered for the programs listed below.

Applications for Housing Rehabilitation and Purchase Assistance will be available for pick up at Minority Builders Coalition (MBC), 499 NW 70 Avenue, Suite #114, Plantation, FL 33317 beginning Monday, February 17, 2025 , through Friday, March 14, 2025, from 9:00am until 5:00pm. Phone: (954) 792-1121 Ext 25

Completed applications will be accepted by appointment only, beginning on Monday, February 24, 2025 through Friday, March 21, 2025. Please call Minority Builders at 954-792-1121 Ext 25.

Information about the programs may be obtained by visiting www.minoritybuilders.org or by calling 954-792-1121 Ext 25 for more information. If you are disabled and need further assistance, please call (954) 792-1121 Ext 25.

Purchase Assistance

Provides eligible low-and-moderate income first-time homebuyers with down payment and closing cost assistance to purchase a primary residential property in the City of Plantation. A first-time homebuyer includes individuals who have had no ownership in a principal residence within the last three years. Maximum award amounts for each income category are included in the application packet.