Healthy Housing, Healthy Communities (H3C) Partnership Initiative

About the Initiative

IHDA was one of six housing finance agencies to receive a Healthy Housing, Healthy Communities (H3C) grant in 2022. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in partnership with National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA), the goal of the H3C grant was to build strategic partnerships with hospitals, managed care organizations (MCOs), and insurers to build affordable housing that also addresses inequities in community health.

Funding for this program supported technical assistance and community engagement as IHDA developed a Healthy Housing, Healthy Communities Partnership Plan that detailed the housing projects coming out of this effort and how these projects addressed community health inequities.

As part of this plan, IHDA issued a Request for Applications in July 2023 for demonstration projects that incorporate financial commitments from hospitals and health organizations.  IHDA allocated $15 million in Authority resources as a seed fund to jumpstart affordable housing projects that resulted from this initiative. This H3C funding was paired with IHDA’s Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Demonstration Program.

Work to Date

Healthy Housing, Healthy Communities Partnership Grant Presentation

  • A convening of developers, healthcare and public health officials at IHDA’s offices in February, 2023, explored partnerships for affordable housing.

Partnership Resources