The City of Minneapolis is seeking proposals from local organizations that provide direct technical assistance and training to small businesses who have experienced a negative economic impact due to the pandemic in the City of Minneapolis. The total funding available for the Business Technical Assistance Program (B-TAP) in this NOFA is $700,000 and we expect to receive multiple proposals. Submissions are due by Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.

• Business Technical Assistance Program ARPA NOFA
• 2022 ARPA BTAP Funding Application
• Questions and answers

CPED issued the annual Great Streets Business District Support (BDS) NOFA on September 21, 2022. Proposals are due by 4:00 p.m. Monday, November 21, 2022.

• The NOFA document contains the information needed to submit a responsive proposal, including: restrictions to Great Streets-eligible geographic areas, eligible and ineligible activities, contract requirements, evaluation criteria, and important dates. Please review this carefully.
• The NOFA Proposal Form is the Word document for organizations to use and submit as outlined in the NOFA document.
• The Budget template is the Excel document for organizations to use and submit as outlined in the NOFA document.

For more information contact Judy Moses

The City has financing available through the Commercial Property Development Fund (CPDF). The economic inclusion purpose of this tool is to fill significant funding gaps by providing forgivable patient debt capital for commercial real estate development and acquisition in the city of Minneapolis, with a focus on economically challenged areas. CPDF provides developers and small businesses with patient debt capital on favorable terms to facilitate the completion of commercial real estate development and acquisition.

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Commercial Property Development Fund  .

The City of Minneapolis is a voluntary participant in the Livable Communities Program funded by the Metropolitan Regional Council. The program provides funding for communities to invest in local economic revitalization, affordable housing initiatives, and development or redevelopment that connects different land uses and transportation. The program is an incentive-based approach to help communities grow and redevelop to address the region’s affordable and lifecycle housing needs.

• Livable Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA)
• Transit Oriented Development (LCDA-TOD)

Local Housing Incentive Account (LHIA) – This funding source is applied for through Minnesota Housing’s annual Consolidated RFP.

CPED is seeking applications for gap financing assistance for commercial development projects in neighborhood business districts through the Great Streets program. Open application period 

As part of the federal American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) to support state and local communities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Minneapolis initiated a pilot Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) program. The City’s GBI program will provide a pilot group of 200 low-income families and households $500 per month for 2 years.  Eligible households reside in targeted zip codes with an annual income below 50% of the Area Median Income for Minneapolis.  Additionally, participants must attest as to how they have been affected economically by the pandemic.  This pilot cohort consists of 200 households, and an additional 250+ households will participate in ongoing surveys that will be part of a study with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis to evaluate the impacts of the GBI program.

Learn more about the Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) program

One or more eligible employment service provider agencies will be selected through this RFQ to provide rapid enrollment of approximately 300 program participants, many of whom have already been selected for participation by the City.  Funds will be awarded for these enrollment services, estimated to begin by July 11, 2022.  Minneapolis Employment and Training needs the selected provider(s) to enroll participants as soon as possible to be a part of the on-going GBI pilot program study.

Please see the Request for Qualifications and Application Form for more information, including applicant eligibility and submission guidelines.

View the request for qualifications

Download the application

Minneapolis GBI Enrollment Services RFQ Questions-Responses

Applications are due by 12:00 p.m. (Noon) on Friday, July 1, 2022.   

Email proposals to Minneapolis Employment and Training  

The City of Minneapolis is soliciting development funding proposals for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) Program. The program’s purpose is to help finance the production, preservation or stabilization of affordable rental housing in Minneapolis.

Learn more about the program

Important: Applications will be submitted via SharePoint for 2022. Please contact Carrie Goldberg at your earliest convenience for access.  A project application will be created for all required AHTF materials to be uploaded and submitted.

To request SharePoint permission, applicants must include:

• Email addresses for each team member that will need access to the application folder
• Project name
• Project address

Funding proposals are due by 4:00 p.m., CDT, on July 21, 2022 at which time SharePoint permissions will be removed. The City has the right to reject any and all applications at its sole discretion.  Questions regarding this NOFA or the AHTF Program should be directed to Carrie Goldberg.

Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis are announcing a joint funding opportunity for facility renovations or rehabilitation or positive conversion of existing buildings for use as emergency shelter to preserve emergency homeless shelters and domestic violence shelters that provide safe and healthy facilities for populations experiencing homelessness. 

Access Hennepin County's Supplier Portal to apply or view Addendum #1 to the ARPA Request for Applications

Hennepin County is soliciting proposals for homeless prevention, rapid rehousing and assessment services for the housing stability area of the Human Services and Public Health Department.

This includes activities which will rapidly rehouse homeless households, assist imminently homeless households with retaining their permanent housing, complete coordinated entry assessments for families and provide combined shelter diversion and coordinated entry assessments for youth.

The "Super RFP" anticipates awarding over $9 million in funding for the 2021-23 biennium and includes FHPAP, CoC, ESG, and County funds. The County will fund multiple proposals for rapid rehousing, multiple proposals or homelessness prevention, only proposal for family assessment and may fund at least one proposal for youth assessment and diversion.

The City of Minneapolis (City) and Hennepin County (County) received approximately $17.5 million in federal funding through allocations of Emergency Solutions Grant CARES Act (ESG-CV) funding. A prior RFP from Hennepin County allocated a significant portion of this funding. Up to $2.5 million for one or more applicants for the community’s ESG-CV funding is covered in this Request for Proposals (RFP).

ESG-CV funding is designed to help local homeless assistance, prevention and housing providers deliver services, financial assistance and housing necessary to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 among persons experiencing homelessness. This funding is unique from the FY19 and FY20 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and it is subject to availability and the appropriation of the ESG-CV funding.

The City and County are now accepting proposals for Rapid Re-Housing. Applicants must demonstrate how their proposal will improve the housing stability of households at risk of COVID-19 served by their program.

More information and the application materials can be found on Hennepin County’s website.

The City of Minneapolis (City) and Hennepin County (County) received approximately $17.5 million in funding through allocations of federal Emergency Solutions Grant CARES Act (ESG-CV) funding. Up to $14 million of the community’s ESG-CV funding is covered in this Request for Proposals (RFP).

ESG-CV funding is designed to help local homeless assistance, prevention and housing providers deliver services, financial assistance and housing necessary to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 among persons experiencing homelessness. This funding is unique from the FY19, FY20, and it is subject to availability and the appropriation of the ESG-CV funding.

The City and County will be accepting proposals for four specific areas, and for each will prioritize applicants who are able to demonstrate how their proposal will improve the housing stability of the households served by their program:

   A. Emergency Shelter;
   B. Street Outreach;
   C. Rapid Re-Housing and
   D. Homelessness Prevention (Shelter Diversion)
Go the Supplier Portal to review and respond to this event. If you have not previously registered, you must do so prior to submitting a response.

For training materials and assistance, please visit the Supplier Portal web page.

Minneapolis Homes Request for Program Design Qualifications: Long Term Affordability Home Sale Model

The City of Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development Department seeks qualifications from outside organizations for home sale models that will achieve City goals for preserving affordable homeownership opportunities at 80% of area median income or less throughout the City of Minneapolis.

Qualified home sale models will be eligible to access long term affordability homebuyer assistance funds and properties restricted for sale through long term affordable home sale models in South and Northeast Minneapolis, subject to Minneapolis Homes program guidelines.

Learn more about the Request for Qualifications  .

Direct inquiries to Minneapolis Homes.

CPED is a suballocator of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for the state. Tax credits are offered through an annual RFP process pursuant to the Qualified Allocation Plan. Proposals are due annually.

Affordable Housing Trust Fund Program funds are used to provide gap financing (the difference between conventional financing and project costs) for affordable and mixed-income rental housing production and preservation projects. Proposals are due annually.

CPED seeks nominations for projects to include in its new Higher Density Corridor Housing Initiative. The program provides a new funding source for public acquisition of sites for multifamily housing development on or near community, commercial and transit corridors. Open application period.