HOPE VI Main Street Program | Funding Historic Preservation | Wisconsin Historical Society

General Information

HOPE VI Main Street Program

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development

HOPE VI Main Street Program | Funding Historic Preservation | Wisconsin Historical Society

The HOPE VI Main Street Program provides assistance to smaller communities developing affordable housing undertaken in connection with a Main Street revitalization effort. Obsolete commercial offices or buildings can be reconfigured into rent producing affordable housing.

Main Street area revitalization efforts seek to rejuvenate older, downtown business districts while retaining the area's traditional and historic character.

Funding Program Details

This grant can only be given to a community with:

  • A population of 50,000 people or less
  • 100 or fewer physical public housing units in its jurisdiction that are administered by a public housing agency for HUD
  • An existing Main Street Rejuvenation effort in progress

The applicant must apply through a unit of government.

Program Information


Program: HOPE VI Main Street Program

Website: Mainstreet Grants Program

Organization: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Community Planning and Development
451 7th Street SW
Room 7206
Washington, DC 20410

Funding Information

Amount Min: $0

Amount Max: $1 million

Assistance Types: Grant

Applicant Types: Unit of Government

Funding Types: Federal program

Project Types: Acquisition or Construction, Feasibility study or condition assessment

Counties: All Counties

Contact Information

Beverly Bishop
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Milwaukee Field Office
310 W Wisconsin Ave, Suite 1380
Milwaukee, WI 53203-2289
Phone: 414-297-3214
Fax: 414-935-6775