June 2024

Residents of Buena Vista Mobilehome Park in Palo Alto, CA, were in fear of being displaced and priced out of their community when park owners planned to sell to a private developer. But even when the Park was purchased to preserve it as affordable housing, there were little funds for critical repairs and upgrades.

Manufactured and mobilehomes are a significant source of affordable housing and homeownership for many Californians. In a place with a high cost of living, preserving affordable homeownership means the world to the residents that live there.

HCD’s Manufactured Housing Opportunity and Revitalization Program provides funding to help mobilehome owners and mobilehome park owners make health and safety repairs to ensure residents have a safe place to call home.

Watch the video below to hear directly from this community.

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Maze Stone Village Mobile Home Park and Klamath Cove Mobile Home Park both serve as important sources of affordable housing and homeownership in their communities. But both need critical health and safety repairs and upgrades. Learn how HCD helps fund these upgrades and preserve this affordable homeownership option through the Manufactured Housing Opportunity & Revitalization Program (Video 3 of 3).

Nestled in the mountains of Southern California and along the rugged coast of Northern California lie two mobilehome parks, Maze Stove Village Mobile Home Park and Klamath Kove Mobile Home Park. Both parks serve as important sources of affordable housing and homeownership in their communities – and both are in need of critical health and safety repairs and upgrades.

HCD’s Manufactured Housing Opportunity & Revitalization Program (MORE) provides funding to address these vital upgrades and help preserve this important affordable housing option.

Watch the video below to learn how HCD’s MORE program will help ensure residents of Maze Stone Village and Klamath Kove have a safe, affordable place to call home.

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Seniors in the South Bay now have another affordable housing option available, as the Kifer Senior Apartments, a new supportive affordable housing community in Santa Clara, recently celebrated their grand opening. With the opening of Kifer Senior Apartments, the community aims to reduce homelessness in the region while providing housing and vital supportive services to one of the area’s most vulnerable populations.

Supported by more than $13 million from HCD’s Housing for a Healthy California program, this complex provides 80 affordable homes, 46 which are set aside for seniors experiencing homelessness or chronic homelessness who have very low or extremely low incomes, while additional units will be reserved for senior veterans experiencing homelessness. This project is an example of the type of supportive housing developments California will see expand statewide with voter approval of Proposition 1.

Kifer Senior Apartments, a project of Abode Housing Developments managed by the John Stewart Company, will provide all residents with access to on-site supportive services provided by Abode Services. These services include referrals to community resources and benefits, case management, education, financial planning, employment, health and wellness, mental health, and individual and group substance abuse recovery support.

Residents will have also access to on-site amenities including laundry rooms, high speed internet, a community room, and outdoor spaces. The complex is also close to public transit, grocery stores, and vital services.

In 2018, the Camp Fire in the Town of Paradise became the most deadly and destructive wildfire in California’s history. Hours after the fire ravaged the Town, residents and leaders gathered in the early morning to discuss recovery.

Since then, HCD has worked with Paradise to help them rebuild and become more resilient. With funding from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, HCD’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery programs help communities rebuild after disasters strike.

In 2023, Paradise celebrated the groundbreaking of a new affordable housing development, Eagle Pointe, which will house low-income individuals and families, with priority given to those who were directly affected by the Camp Fire. Now, Eagle Pointe is almost completed and will soon bring residents home.

In addition to supporting housing development, HCD’s CDBG-DR programs also help fund critical infrastructure. These infrastructure repairs and improvements help communities recover and rebuild and make them safer for residents in the years to come.

Watch the video below to hear from the Town of Paradise and HUD Disaster Recovery and Special Issues Division Director Tennille Parker.

View Part 1 – Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Programs and Part 2 – Santa Rosa and Clearlake articles of Spotlight: HCD's Disaster Recovery Program.

Watch more videos in the series on YouTube or on HCD’s website video page.

The communities of Santa Rosa and Clearlake have been heavily impacted due to recent wildfires. The devastation faced by these communities is exacerbated by the loss of precious housing.

HCD’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery programs help communities rebuild after disasters strike. With funding from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, HCD administers these vital programs to help communities recover that otherwise might not due to limited resources. Thanks to these programs many homes lost have been rebuilt and residents can return home.

Watch the video below to hear directly from these communities.

View Part 1 – Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Programs and Part 3 – Town of Paradise articles of Spotlight: HCD's Disaster Recovery Program.

Watch more videos in the series on YouTube or on HCD’s website video page.

From wildfires to floods to hurricane-force winds, California has faced natural disasters that have devastated communities. And with California’s current housing crisis, even the smallest number of homes lost creates significant pressure on these communities, especially for our most vulnerable citizens.

After disaster strikes, HCD works to support cities and counties recover, rebuild, and become more resilient. Through funding from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, HCD administers a variety of programs called the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Programs that help communities recover that otherwise might not due to limited resources.

Watch the video below to learn more about HCD’s Disaster Recovery Programs and the communities they serve.

View Part 2 – Santa Rosa and Clearlake and Part 3 – Town of Paradise articles of Spotlight: HCD's Disaster Recovery Program. 

Watch more videos in the series on YouTube or on HCD’s website video page.