Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019: applications: eligibility

More infill housing areas and projects can qualify for state-backed infrastructure grants, including projects using streamlined housing approvals. The law also gives credit to transit access and walkable access to daily needs.

What the law does ​

• Lets previously developed vacant sites qualify as infill when enough adjoining parcels have current or prior urban development.
• Makes small-jurisdiction areas eligible when infrastructure is necessary for housing approved under the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022.
• Allows grant eligibility for projects in areas permitting housing through specified state streamlined-approval laws.
• Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to rank qualifying areas using access to on-demand transit and walkability to essential services or businesses.
• Defines on-demand transit, major transit stop, and walkability, with walkability generally requiring six listed amenities within one mile.

Who it affects ​

• Housing developers, local governments, public housing authorities, and eligible tribal entities seeking infill-infrastructure grants.
• Residential and mixed-use housing projects in urbanized areas, including projects on previously developed sites.
• Residents of proposed housing areas near transit, services, businesses, parks, schools, and jobs.

Context ​

Grants remain subject to legislative appropriations and existing affordability, density, and program requirements.