Turnkey Development in Estate Fortuna Offers Affordable Homeownership Opportunities for VI Residents

The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) officials broke ground Thursday on a 57-lot turnkey development in Estate Fortuna that will offer affordable homeownership opportunities to V.I. residents. The subdivision called “Wild Pineapple,” will be constructed in several phases. First, Phase I Infrastructure which includes building concrete roads, drainage, retaining walls, and underground utilities and […]

Department of Labor Receives Notice to Proceed for CDBG-DR Workforce Development Programs

The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) has issued a Notice to Proceed (NTP) to the Department of Labor (DOL) for the solicitation of project management services to execute work-based learning strategies for its Workforce Development programs. Funded by the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Program (CDBG-DR), an allocation of $10 million from […]

VIHFA – Hundreds of Residents Attend Housing Program Applicant Meeting

ST. THOMAS, USVI—The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (HFA) hosted three town hall meetings on November 5-7 to update applicants in the EnVIsion Tomorrow Homeowner and Rental Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program funded by the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR). Over five hundred residents and applicants attended meetings on St. Croix, St. John […]

HUD approves almost $800 million

The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has approved the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan Amendment #1 as submitted by the United States Virgin Islands on November 20, 2018. Amendment #1 addresses the use of $779,217,000 of CDBG-DR funding allocated […]

VIHFA Seeks Input from Non-Profit Organizations (NPO) to Identify Unmet Needs

The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) would like to take this opportunity to commend all non-profits in the Territory that were in the front lines of providing services, care, food, shelter and rescue immediately after the hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. The Authority understands that non-profit organizations provide critical services for vulnerable populations […]

Notice of Final Public Review – Floodplain Management Executive Order

The Government of the Virgin Islands has received federal Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CD BG-DR) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under Title lof the Housing and Community Development Act of 197 4, (PL93-383), which it proposes to allocate to various projects throughout the Territory.

Notice of Finding No Significant Impact and Notice of Intent to Request Release of Funds

On or about December 19, 2019, the VIHFA CDBG-DR Program will submit a request to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery funds under Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, (PL93-383), to undertake a project know as […]