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List of Affordable Rental Housing Developments
Homebuyer Program Sample Guidelines and Checklist (Microsoft Word)
HCD administers more than 20 programs that award loans and grants for the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable rental and ownership housing, homeless shelters and transitional housing, public facilities and infrastructure, and the development of jobs for lower income workers. Please note that, with rare exceptions, these loans and grants are not made to individuals, but to local public agencies, nonprofit and for-profit housing developers, and service providers. In many cases these agencies then provide funds to individual end users.
Below is a Funds Available Calendar (FAC) that lists current Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) for HCD's loan and grant programs. Click on the program names to see program descriptions. Below the individual descriptions are links to NOFAs and other publications related to that program. At the bottom of this page are links to other program-related publications, including our Loan and Grant Program Directory.
Affordable Housing Innovation Program – Loan Fund (AHIP–L)
Program Development
12-May-09: Stakeholder Meeting
Affordable Housing Innovation Program – Practitioner Fund (AHIP–P)
Program Development
13-May-09: Stakeholder Meeting
Affordable Housing Innovation Program – Local Housing Trust Fund Program (LHTF)
Affordable Housing Innovation Program – Innovative Homeownership Program (IHP)
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – Community Development Block Grant Recovery Program (CDBG-R)
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP)
Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods Program (BEGIN) Notice of Funding Availability ($40 million) 04-Dec-08: Amendment to May 23, 2008 NOFA 23-May-08: NOFA Issuance These funds will be awarded on an "Over-The-Counter" basis CalHome General Funding Program, Notice of Funding Availability ($60 million) 18-Apr-08: NOFA Issuance CalHome Development Project Loan, Notice of Funding Availability ($20 million) 03-Apr-08: NOFA Issuance Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance Allocation Grants Notice of Funding Availability ($3.3 million) 16-Nov-07: NOFA Issuance California Indian Assistance Program (CIAP) Program not currently making loans or grants. California Self-Help Housing Program (CSHHP)top See CalHome Program, Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance Allocation Downtown Rebound Program (DRP) No current funding being offered for project loans or predevelopment grants. Emergency Housing and Assistance Program Operations Grants (EHAP) Approximately $3.8 million for all EHAP grants 20-Sep-07: NOFA Issuance 15-Nov-07: Application Deadline Emergency Housing and Assistance Program Capital Development (EHAPCD) Notice of Funding Availability (minimum $31 million) 08-Dec-08: NOFA Issuance: NOFA Issuance 05-Feb-09: Application Deadline: Application Deadline Anticipated Loan and Grant Committee – Approximately April & May 2009 Anticipated Award Announcement – Approximately June 30, 2009 Enterprise Zones (EZs) Local Agency Military Base Recovery Areas (LAMBRAs) Manufacturing Enhancement Areas (MEAs) Targeted Tax Areas (TEAs) Hiring Tax Credits & Vouchering (page under construction) Exterior Accessibility Grants for Renters Program not currently making grants Federal Emergency Shelter Grant Program (FESG) Homeless Facilities Operating Grants ($6.8 million) 13-Apr-09: NOFA Issuance Governor's Homeless Initiative 15-Nov-05: NOFA Issuance Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) 2009 HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Notice of Funding Availability ($60 million) 01-Jun-09: NOFA Issuance 14-Aug-09: Application Deadline November 13, 2009: Loan and Grant Committee Meeting (Rental Projects) October 2009: Awards (Program Activities) December 2009: Awards (Projects) Housing Assistance Program (HAP)top This program administers Federal Section 8 rent assistance funds in 12 rural counties. Infill Infrastructure Grant Program Notice of Funding Availability ($197 million) 30-Jan-09: Final Program Guidelines 30-Jan-09: NOFA Issuance 2009 NOFA Application Workshops Jobs-Housing Balance Incentive Grants Program not currently making grants Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program (JSJFWHG) Notice of Funding Availability ($7.5 million) Single Family Component 11-Jan-08: NOFA Issuance Mobilehome Park Resident Ownership Program (MPROP) Notice of Funding Availability ($8 million) 24-Sep-08: NOFA Issuance 01-Dec-08: Application Submittal Period Opens (through 02-Jun-09) Multifamily Housing Program (MHP) General NOFA (General, Supportive Housing, Homeless Youth Allocations: $70 million) 19-Aug-08: NOFA Issuance 08-Oct-08: Application Deadline Jan-09: Loan & Grant Committee (New Construction) Feb-09: Loan & Grant Committee (Rehabilitation & Acquisition/Rehabilitation) Supportive Housing NOFA (Supportive Housing Allocation: $65 million) 30-Sep-08: NOFA Issuance Date 03-Mar-08: NOFA Issuance Date 05-Mar-08: Application Submittal Period Opens (continuous) May-08: Loan and Grant Committee (continuous) May-08: Funding Awards (continuous) Homeless Youth NOFA ($24 million) 31-Jan-07: NOFA Issuance Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Notice of Funding Availability (Approximately $99.6 million) 30-Apr-09: NOFA Issuance June 30, 2009 - ARRA Notice of Application for NSP2 Funds Office of Migrant Services (OMS)top This program develops, owns, and funds the operation of seasonal housing for migrant farm workers. Funding to operate, maintain, and rehabilitate existing centers is budgeted and contracted annually. Predevelopment Loan Program (PDLP) Notice of Funding Availability (revolving fund amount available fluctuates) 05-Dec-08: NOFA Issuance Ongoing, continuous: Applications accepted, reviewed and funds awarded as funds become available. Preservation Interim Repositioning Program (PIRP) All available funds have been allocated. Notice of Funding Availability ($6 million) Jul-07: NOFA Issuance Ongoing, continuous: Applications accepted, reviewed, and funds awarded. State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Economic Development Allocation: California Community Economic Enterprise Fund Componenttop Notice of Funding Availability ($2.8 million) 2009-10 12-June-09: NOFA Issuance 21-Aug-09: Application due date 09-Nov-09: Award Announcement Notice of Funding Availability General Allocation for 2009/20010 (up to $15 million) 30-Apr-09: NOFA Issuance 14-Jul-09: Application Due Date Oct-09: Award Announcement Native American Allocation for 2006/2007 23-Feb-07: NOFA Issuance 17-May-07: Application Due Date 28-Jun-07: Award Announcement Colonias Allocation for 2008/2009 & 2009/2010 (up to $4 million) 30-Apr-09: NOFA Issuance 14-Jul-09: Application Due Date Oct-09: Award Announcement 2008 – 2009 General Allocation CDBG Awards List 2008 – 2009 General Allocation CDBG Map State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): Planning and Technical Assistance Grantstop Economic Development Allocation ($1 million) 25 June 2009: NOFA & Application Release 31 March 2010: Final Filing Date General Allocation (To be announced) To Be Announced: NOFA & Application Release To Be Announced: Final Filing Date State Enterprise and Economic Development Section (SEEDS) Enterprise Programs Community Development Block Grant Program - Economic Development Program 30-Jan-09 NOFA Issuance 04-Feb-09 Final Program Guidelines 2009 NOFA Application Workshops Workforce Housing Reward Program Program not currently making grants.
Publications
- Division of Financial Assistance Annual Report, FY 2006/2007 (Adobe PDF)
- Division of Financial Assistance Annual Report, FY 2005/2006 (Adobe PDF)
- Division of Financial Assistance Annual Report, FY 2004/2005 (Adobe PDF)
- Division of Financial Assistance Annual Report, FY 2003/2004 (Adobe PDF)
- Division of Financial Assistance Annual Report, FY 2002/2003 (Adobe PDF)
- Glossary of Housing and Housing Finance Terms (Microsoft Excel)
- Federal Plans & Reports



