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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Asst Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner

Supportive Housing for the Elderly

Federal program · program number 14.157 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · also called “Section 202 Capital Advance”

Key facts

Open now
None right now
Type of help
Direct payment for a set purpose
Typical award
$1-20,000,000

What it pays for

To expand the supply of multifamily housing with supportive services for very low income elderly persons.

Who can apply

Eligible Sponsors include private nonprofit organizations and nonprofit consumer cooperatives. Eligible Owner entities include private nonprofit corporations, nonprofit consumer cooperatives, and if the proposed project involves mixed-financing, for-profit limited partnerships with a nonprofit entity as the sole general partner. Public bodies and their instrumentalities are not eligible Section 202 applicants.

How applications are judged

Criteria for selection is listed in the NOFO.

Match

None required (federal program listing).

Who in Tennessee has won this program

99 awards to Tennessee groups since 2023. Largest shown:

Past Tennessee winners
Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc.Morristown, Hamblen County$41.3M spent that year2025
Knoxville Leadership FoundationKnoxville, Knox County$7.5M spent that year2025
Ahepa Penelope District One Apartments of Hoover, IncBirmingham$7.1M spent that year2025
Ahepa 310-Xii, IncDaphne$5.6M spent that year2025
St Edmund's Tower, IncChicago$5.3M spent that year2023
Ahepa 410, IncDaytona Beach$5.1M spent that year2025
Willow Glen Elderly Housing Corp.Columbus$4.8M spent that year2025
Tennessee Housing Development AgencyMemphis, Shelby County$4.7M spent that year2023
Ahepa 310 of Citronelle, IncCitronelle$4.2M spent that year2025
American Gi Forum Casa De Esperanza, Inc.Memphis, Shelby County$4M spent that year2024
Christian Towers of GallatinGallatin, Sumner County$3.9M spent that year2024
Wesley Stage Park, Inc.Cordova, Shelby County$3.9M spent that year2025

Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Housing Development Agency

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Housing Development Agency passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 1 pass-through grant on file. Largest shown:

Tennessee pass-through grant winners
Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Maryville Towers Affordable Housing CorporationMaryville, Blount CountyTennessee Housing Development Agency$719K spent that year2025

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

Official program listing (SAM.gov) Program website