2025 Colonia Fund – Construction Program (Phase I)
The Colonia Fund – Construction, part of the Texas Community Development Block Grant (TXCDBG), provides applicants in eligible colonia areas with grants to fund water and wastewater improvements, housing rehabilitation for low- to moderate-income households, the payment of assessments levied against properties owned and occupied by persons of low and moderate income to recover the capital cost for a public improvement and other improvements including street paving and drainage. This fund is available to eligible county applicants for projects in severely distressed unincorporated areas which meet the definition as a "colonia" under this fund. Eligible areas are units of general local government limited to nonentitlement areas (with the exception of Hidalgo County) located within 150 miles of the Texas-Mexico border. The list of eligible counties confirmed to participate in the program can be found on page 4 of the application guide.