SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) announced awards totaling $302 million from the No Place Like Home program. Enacted in 2016, No Place Like Home dedicates up to $2 billion in bond funds to build permanent housing with supportive services for Californians who live with severe mental illness and are experiencing homelessness, chronic homelessness, or are at-risk of chronic homelessness. The bonds will be repaid by funding from California’s Mental Health Services Act.

“A home is where your life is centered, where you raise your kids, a place you open to your loved ones. We often take for granted our own support systems that have helped us all remain stable in our own homes,” said HCD Director Ben Metcalf. “This program creates that stability for our neighbors who are living with severe mental illness and experiencing homelessness, people who need extra support to remain stable once they have a home. These awards will help those most in need while promoting healthy communities of opportunity.”

The awarded counties listed below are counties with five percent or more of the State’s homeless population and have the option to administer their own competitive distributions of NPLH funding. Currently, HCD is reviewing statewide competitive applications and those awards will be announced in June 2019.

The second round of competitive No Place Like Home program funding availability will be slated to be announced in fall 2019.

No Place Like Home Program Funding Awards

$302 Million Awarded, March 20, 2019

Approximately $27.7 million in funds available to San Francisco will be awarded later this spring.