Kansas downtown building owners and businesses (with a local fiscal agent) in cities under 50,000 or distressed urban downtowns can apply for matching grants up to $100,000 (building) or $40,000 (facade) to rehabilitate vacant or underused buildings.
HEAL provides competitive matching grants to bring underutilized, vacant or dilapidated downtown buildings back into productive use, including as space for new or expanding businesses. The maximum building grant is $100,000 and the maximum facade grant is $40,000, with a minimum 1:1 match from the building owner. Projects must be in cities under 50,000 population or eligible urban distressed downtowns, and businesses can be the applicant with a signed collaboration agreement with a local organization as fiscal agent. The HEAL 7.0 application is open September 21 to November 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM.
Properties must be in cities with a population of less than 50,000, or in an eligible urban distressed downtown (zip code classified as distressed).
Projects must be in the downtown business district or a connecting corridor.
Businesses can be the applicant if they have a signed collaboration agreement with a local organization (e.g., Main Street program, economic development corporation, city, county, 501(c)(3)/(c)(6), community foundation, tribe) as their fiscal agent.
A 1:1 match minimum and proof of matching funds from the building owner.
Work previously completed is not eligible.
Only one project will be eligible to receive funding per community.
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