Preliminary PAW Application.
In collaboration with the National Housing Crisis Task Force
The priority deadline is October 15, 2026, and the final deadline is November 15, 2026. Jurisdictions are selected on a rolling basis following the priority deadline.
Putting Assets to Work supports government jurisdictions in identifying and valuing publicly owned assets and developing policies and tools to unlock new revenues and other public benefits from unused or underutilized government land. This concept, sometimes referred to as urban wealth funds, has been used successfully in places like Australia, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sweden, and has significant potential to benefit communities in the U.S.
This is a preliminary application. It tells us who you are and what your jurisdiction is trying to accomplish, and it does not commit you to anything. After you submit it, the Putting Assets to Work team will follow up with you to discuss your interest, walk through what participation involves, and answer your questions about the process and the cost.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis as they are submitted. Jurisdictions not selected for the upcoming cohort may be considered for a future one.
Questions about the initiative or this application? Email contact@propvizer.co.
Choosing your option.
Both options draw on the same underlying methodology. The Accelerator is the flagship program. The Sprint is a narrower, fixed-scope service for jurisdictions with a specific immediate objective.
| Comparison | Option A 2026 Putting Assets to Work Accelerator | Option B ROAD to Housing Public Land Database Sprint |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Build a jurisdiction-wide understanding of publicly owned real estate and convert it into a prioritized pipeline of opportunities and a practical path to implementation. | Produce a publicly accessible, searchable database of jurisdiction-owned undeveloped land, together with a public-facing map and a process to keep it current. |
| Principal deliverables | Consolidated inventory and visual map, portfolio opportunity analysis, prioritized shortlist, detailed analysis of approximately two to four priority sites, conceptual scenarios, indicative financial and public-benefit analysis, and an implementation roadmap. | Identification of jurisdiction-owned undeveloped parcels in scope, consolidated and validated ownership data, a publicly accessible, searchable database, a public-facing map, documented sources and limitations, and a maintenance process. |
| Cohort participation | Yes. National cohort sessions, facilitated peer exchange, and cross-jurisdictional benchmarking. | No. The Sprint is a standalone, fixed-scope service. |
| Priority-site analysis | Yes. Approximately two to four priority sites, depending on final scope. | Preliminary screen only, identifying parcels that may merit further housing or public-value analysis. |
| Implementation roadmap | Yes. A jurisdiction-specific, sequenced roadmap and a final presentation for elected officials and senior staff. | Not included unless separately added. |
| Intended applicant | A jurisdiction ready to look at its whole portfolio and act on a small number of strong opportunities. | A jurisdiction whose immediate objective is the public land database, including CDBG grantees and other eligible entities. |
| Typical price | $150,000 standard engagement. Typical range $125,000 to $175,000. Exceptionally large or complex portfolios are separately scoped. | Starting at $45,000 for a data-ready jurisdiction. $60,000 to $75,000 for a typical complex engagement. Large, fragmented, multi-entity, or highly customized engagements are separately scoped. |
| Expected endpoint | A prioritized pipeline of public real estate opportunities and a practical roadmap for moving the strongest opportunities toward implementation. | A published, maintainable database and map, and an optional pathway into the full Accelerator. |
What Putting Assets to Work is not
Being clear about the boundaries of the work is part of how we protect a jurisdiction's time and public trust. Putting Assets to Work:
- Is not a directive to sell public property, and does not assume that every property should be redeveloped.
- Does not replace local policymaking or community engagement.
- Does not replace local procurement or legal review, and does not provide legal opinions unless separately agreed.
- Does not replace appraisals, engineering, design, environmental review, transaction underwriting, or detailed due diligence.
- Does not guarantee a particular financial return, and does not guarantee that a project will proceed or close.
- Does not select developers or negotiate final transactions as part of the standard Accelerator.
What the standard Accelerator does not include
The standard Accelerator concludes with an implementation roadmap. It does not include developer selection, management of a developer procurement, final transaction negotiation, detailed architectural or engineering design, formal appraisal, binding underwriting, financing commitments, legal opinions, environmental review, final transaction documents, or transaction closing. Optional post-Accelerator services may be separately scoped.
What the ROAD Sprint is and is not
The Sprint is an expedited, fixed-scope service designed to help eligible jurisdictions develop the publicly accessible, searchable database of jurisdiction-owned undeveloped land described in the ROAD to Housing materials. It is narrower than the full Accelerator. It may use PAW-developed data-validation, classification, and opportunity-screening tools, and it includes a requirement-and-deliverable matrix for review by the jurisdiction's staff and counsel.
The Sprint is intended to support the jurisdiction's compliance and planning efforts under requirements adopted by the federal Road to Housing legislation that applies to CDBG recipient jurisdictions. The Sprint does not include a full public-asset strategy, and it does not include detailed priority-site analysis or an implementation roadmap unless those are separately added.
What makes the PAW Accelerator distinct
The Putting Assets to Work Accelerator is a specialized, time-bound national cohort created and administered exclusively by Putting Assets to Work. Participation includes access to the PAW public-asset methodology, national curriculum, cross-jurisdictional benchmarking, facilitated peer sessions, PAW-developed tools, prior cohort experience, and jurisdiction-specific advisory from the team that created and has led the initiative.
The Accelerator is an integrated program rather than a procurement of standalone GIS mapping, general real estate consulting, or an independent planning study. Portfolio analysis, priority-site evaluation, national peer learning, senior advisory, and implementation planning operate together and culminate in a jurisdiction-specific implementation roadmap.
Participation in the PAW cohort and access to PAW-controlled program materials and cohort resources are available only through Putting Assets to Work. Other firms may provide individual mapping, planning, financial, or real estate services, but those services are not equivalent to participation in the integrated PAW Accelerator.
Financial assistance and payment schedule
A limited number of partial financial-assistance awards, generally expected to range from $25,000 to $50,000, may be available to qualified jurisdictions. Awards will be based on demonstrated financial need, leadership commitment, readiness, public impact, and the potential to generate replicable lessons for other communities. Availability is not guaranteed. Assistance is applied as an offset against the full engagement value rather than as a reduction in published list price.
Illustrative payment schedule — full Accelerator: 20% upon contract execution, 30% following data intake and completion of the initial portfolio inventory, 30% following priority-site analysis, 20% upon delivery of the implementation roadmap and final presentation.
ROAD Sprint: 40% upon contract execution, 40% upon delivery of the draft database and map, 20% upon final delivery.
Fees paid for a ROAD Sprint may be credited against nonduplicative mapping and data work in a subsequent PAW Accelerator engagement, subject to scope confirmation and a separate written agreement. A credit applies only to work that does not need to be repeated.
All pricing is provided for application-planning purposes and is subject to confirmation based on data readiness, portfolio complexity, requested deliverables, program capacity, and the final scope of work. Submission of an application does not obligate the applicant or Putting Assets to Work to enter into an agreement.
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The Putting Assets to Work team will follow up with you to discuss your interest and what participation involves.