Housing and Community Development
The City provides for the administration and coordination of several community service programs intended to improve the character of existing neighborhoods, and to provide quality housing for all of its citizens. Some of the services provided by the City's Housing & Community Development Division include administration, management, and coordination of Community Development Block Grant activities; Rental Rehabilitation Programs; Emergency Shelter Grant Program, and other federal and state programs.
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NOTE: The Purchase Assistance Program for First-Time Homebuyers is closed; applications are no longer being accepted.
Neighborhood Stabilization Program
Housing Programs
Disaster Recovery Initiative — 954-828-4527
This program provides assistance for home repairs due to damage sustained during hurricane Wilma.
First-Time Homebuyers Program — 954-828-4527
This program assists income eligible homebuyers purchasing a property in the city limits of Fort Lauderdale with a loan up to $75,000 towards their down payment and closing costs.
Foreclosure Prevention — 954-828-4527
Provides a one time grant up to $10,000 for income eligible homeowners who are in jeopardy of losing their homes due to foreclosure.
HOME Program — 954-828-4527
Annual funding is available to eligible residents for
affordable housing assistance.
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
— 954-828-4775
The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program is the only Federal program dedicated to the housing needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. Under the HOPWA program, the Housing & Urban Development Department (HUD) provides grants to local communities, states, and nonprofit organizations for housing projects that benefit low-income persons medically diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. In Broward County, the HOPWA program receives approximately $8 million per year to provide a variety of housing options that assist persons living with HIV/AIDS in our community. The Continuum of Housing  programs span across Broward County and offer Emergency Transitional Housing, Assisted Living Facilities, Mental Health Housing, Substance Abuse Housing, Community-Based Housing, Project-Based Rent, Tenant-Based Rental Vouchers, short-term, rent, mortgage and utilities assistance, move-in assistance and Housing Case Management. To access these programs, please read HOPWA Service Providers .
Nonprofit Acquisition and Improvement Loan Program
(NAIL) — 954-828-4511
Funds are available to assist nonprofit social service
organizations in the acquisition and renovation of structures
used for nonresidential activities.
Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation — 954-828-4527
This program provides loans to qualified lower-income
homeowners to bring their homes up to City Code standards
and help keep neighborhoods attractive.
Rental Rehabilitation — 954-828-4509
This program is designed to increase the supply of affordable
rental housing by encouraging investors to acquire and/or
renovate existing rental units which are made available
to low/moderate income renters. Loans are provided to
rental property owners to cover up to one-half of the
rehabilitation costs necessary to bring the dwelling up
to City Code standards.
Replacement Housing — 954-828-4527
Qualified homeowners with houses that cannot be rehabilitated
can participate in this program which provides a new house
on the owner's existing lot.
Jonathan B. Brown
Housing and Community Development Manager
City of Fort Lauderdale
1409 NW 6th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311
Phone: 954-828-4527 |
