Mortgage Insurance for Rental Housing

Program overview. CFDA 14.151 - Mortgage Insurance for Rental Housing - is a federal assistance listing in the Housing category, administered by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The typical award range cataloged on SAM.gov is $500,000 to $50.0 million. The program is currently active in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings database. Eligible applicants include Small Business (For-Profit), Nonprofit Organization.

Funding opportunities. No open Grants.gov announcements are currently indexed under CFDA 14.151 in PlainGrants. That typically means the awarding agency runs this program on a multi-year cycle or publishes cooperative agreements and contracts under separate listing numbers. The best verification step is to check Grants.gov directly and subscribe to the awarding agency's funding-announcement mailing list. Grant announcements can appear and close within a 30-day window, so timing matters.

Next steps. Before applying for CFDA 14.151, confirm your organization has an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID (UEI) - these are mandatory for every federal funding instrument. Read the current Notice of Funding Opportunity end-to-end, paying close attention to the cost-share or matching requirement, the evaluation criteria, and the narrative page limits. Many federal grants in this category require audit trails, performance reports, and matching documentation, budget administrative capacity accordingly. For structural help, the guides linked below cover SAM.gov setup, NOFO interpretation, and common rejection reasons.