Challenge Process Webinars Announcement 

Calling all permissible challengers looking to participate in the Indiana Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Challenge Process. On behalf of the Indiana Broadband Office (IBO), we hope this message finds you well! As a valued participant in the Indiana BEAD program, you are receiving this email because we want to ensure that you are well-prepared for the upcoming Challenge Phase that officially kicks off March 4, 2024.

Applications for the fund are now available.

Sherry Seiwert Program Director with the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) presented information on the New Residential Infrastructure Fund at our 2023 Annual Conference in the Workforce Housing Development Opportunities session.

Applications for the fund are now available on the IFA website at IFA: Residential Housing Infrastructure Assistance Program.

The Fund may finance public infrastructure for the support of residential housing, including the purchase of land necessary to accommodate an Eligible Project including any soil excavation and/or compaction. All funds will be distributed to a political subdivision in the form of a low interest loan. “ Eligible Project” is a project that includes the installation, replacement, upgrade or improvement of public infrastructure for the support of residential housing.

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