RENTAL RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Technological Outage

The Louisiana Housing Corporation is experiencing agency-wide technology issues. This has prevented staff from using email or accessing the internet in the interim. Should you seek to submit a request, please mail or hand-deliver your written request to:

Louisiana Housing Corporation

ATTN: Disaster Recovery

2415 Quail Drive

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

You may also call us at 225-763-8700. Be sure to include contact information for the appropriate department to reach out to you regarding your request. Please be advised that due this technological outage, production delays will occur.

LHC IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE RENTAL RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (RRDP).

Welcome to the Rental Restoration and Development Program (RRDP). The recent natural disasters of 2020-2021 have significantly impacted Louisiana’s housing market, and we are here to help.

The RRDP provides $32 million in funding through a Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).

The RRDP will assist Eligible Borrowers to repair, reconstruct, or build new affordable residential rental housing units in areas affected by Hurricanes Laura, Delta, Ida and/or the May 2021 floods, as specified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The RRDP Online Application Resource has been revised and uploaded.

OUR GOAL

Our goal at LHC is to support rental property owners and Louisiana communities in their efforts to recover and rebuild, ensuring affordable housing opportunities are available for tenants and creating safe, energy-efficient, and resilient communities across the state.

QUALIFICATIONS

The project must be in one of the FEMA Disaster-Declared Parishes (see maps below) or the HUD-Designated Most Impacted and Distressed Areas for Hurricanes Laura, Delta, and Ida or the May 2021 Floods as identified in the NOFA.
The project must be site-built or modular homes.
The project must complete an environmental review.
The project must be available at affordable rents for households at or below 80 percent of the area median income for a prescribed period.

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Program participants must either have their own financial resources for construction or be able to obtain a construction loan from a private lender. Funding is provided after construction completion and placement of eligible tenants.

Properties located in special flood hazard areas are not eligible to receive funding.

The application intake period begins on Monday, May 1, and will remain open until Monday, July 31. For additional information about the RRDP NOFA, email rrdp@lhc.la.gov.

Click here or the image below to download the RRDP technical workshop presentation.

VIEW PRESENTATION