Community-led capacity building

(a) Appropriation In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred to as the Secretary) for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— (1) $90,000,000 for competitively awarded funds for technical assistance and capacity building to non-Federal entities, including grants awarded to nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance activities to community development corporations, community housing development organizations, community land trusts, nonprofit organizations in insular areas, and other mission-driven and nonprofit organizations that target services to low-income and socially disadvantaged populations, and provide services in neighborhoods having high concentrations of minority, low-income, or socially disadvantaged populations to— (A) provide training, education, support, and advice to enhance the technical and administrative capabilities of community development corporations, community housing development organizations, community land trusts, and other mission-driven and nonprofit organizations undertaking affordable housing development, acquisition, preservation, or rehabilitation activities; (B) provide predevelopment assistance to community development corporations, community housing development organizations, and other mission-driven and nonprofit organizations undertaking affordable housing development, acquisition, preservation, or rehabilitation activities; and (C) carry out such other activities as may be determined by the grantees in consultation with the Secretary; and (2) $10,000,000 for the costs to the Secretary of administering and overseeing the implementation of this section and the Department’s technical assistance programs generally, including information technology, research and evaluations, financial reporting, and other cross-program costs in support of programs administered by the Secretary in this title and other costs. Amounts appropriated by this section shall remain available until September 30, 2033. (b) Implementation The Secretary shall have authority to issue such regulations, notices, or other guidance, forms, instructions, and publications to carry out the programs, projects, or activities authorized under this section to ensure that such programs, projects, or activities are completed in a timely and effective manner.