Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program
The AHSC Program funds Projects that implement land-use, housing, transportation, and agricultural land preservation practices that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Funding for the AHSC Program is provided from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), an account established to receive Cap-and-Trade auction proceeds.
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Assistance Type
The AHSC Program provides grants and/or loans, or any combination thereof, to Projects that seek to integrate low-carbon transportation and affordable housing, with an emphasis on providing benefits to Disadvantaged and Low-Income Communities.
The AHSC Program identifies three eligible Project Area Types:
- Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Project Areas,
- Integrated Connectivity Project (ICP) Project Areas, or
- Rural Innovation Project Areas (RIPA).
Statutory Funding Set-Asides
Fifty (50) percent of the available funds are set aside for Affordable Housing (which includes Affordable Housing Developments, Housing Related Infrastructure, or both), and 50 percent of the available funds are set aside for projects benefitting disadvantaged communities.
Note: A single Project can address both set-asides above and are not mutually exclusive.
Eligible Cost
- Affordable Housing Developments (AHD)**
- Housing-Related Infrastructure (HRI)
- Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (STI)
- Community Education and Other Program Costs (PGM)
**Must be one of the following: new construction, acquisition and Substantial Rehabilitation (including preservation of at-risk affordable housing), or conversion of nonresidential structures to residential dwelling units.
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicant entities include any of the following:
- A Locality, public housing authority, redevelopment successor agency, transit agency or transit operator, Regional Transportation Planning Agency (RTPA), local Transportation Commissions, Congestion Management Agencies, Joint Powers Authority (JPA), school district, facilities district, University or Community College District;
- A Developer or Program Operator;
- Sponsor;
- A Tribal Entity.
If a Public Agency has a real property interest in the proposed Project, the application must either include the Public Agency as a joint Applicant or otherwise include a commitment to enter into a contractual agreement to develop the Project, if it is awarded.
Loan Closing Documents
Documents Applicable to all NOFAs
Program Forms and Resources
- Round 9 — Standard Agreement Exhibit A Loan (PDF)
- Round 9 — Standard Agreement Exhibit B Loan (PDF)
- Round 9 — Standard Agreement Exhibit D Loan (PDF)
- Round 9 — Standard Agreement Exhibit E Loan (PDF)
- Round 9 — Standard Agreement Exhibit A Grant (PDF)
- Round 9 — Standard Agreement Exhibit B Grant (PDF)
- Round 9 — Standard Agreement Exhibit D Grant (PDF)
- Round 9 — Standard Agreement Exhibit E Grant (PDF)
- Round 9 — Grant Homeownership Exhibit A (PDF)
- Round 9 — Grant Homeownership Exhibit B (PDF)
- Round 9 — Grant Homeownership Exhibit D (PDF)
- Round 9 — Grant Homeownership Exhibit E (PDF)
- STD 204 Payee Data Record (PDF)
- Government Agency TIN Form (PDF)
- Strategic Growth Council AHSC Program website
- AB 32 (Chapter 488, Statutes 2006)
- SB 375 (Chapter 728, Statutes, 2008)
Previous NOFAs
NOFA Round 8
- Round 8 — NOFA (PDF) - Amended 04/30/2025
- Round 8 — Guidelines (PDF)
- Round 8 — Application Intake Report (PDF)
- Round 8 — Application Workbook (XLSM)
- Round 8 — NOFA Webinar
- Round 8 — Awards (PDF)
- Round 8 — Resolution (Public Entity) (DOC)
- Round 8 — Resolution (Corp) (DOC)
- Round 8 — Resolution (LLC) (DOC)
- Round 8 — Resolution (LP) (DOC)
- Round 8 — Standard Agreement Exhibit A Loan (PDF)
- Round 8 — Standard Agreement Exhibit B Loan (PDF)
- Round 8 — Standard Agreement Exhibit D Loan (PDF)
- Round 8 — Standard Agreement Exhibit E Loan (PDF)
- Round 8 — Standard Agreement Exhibit A Grant (PDF)
- Round 8 — Standard Agreement Exhibit B Grant (PDF)
- Round 8 — Standard Agreement Exhibit D Grant (PDF)
- Round 8 — Standard Agreement Exhibit E Grant (PDF)
NOFA Round 7
- Round 7 — NOFA (PDF)
- Round 7 — Guidelines (PDF)
- Round 7 — Application Intake Report (PDF)
- Round 7 — Application Workbook (XLSM)
- Round 7 — NOFA Workshop Webinar
- Round 7 — Awards (PDF)
- Round 7 — Resolution (Corp) (DOC)
- Round 7 — Resolution (LLC) (DOC)
- Round 7 — Resolution (LP) (DOC)
- Round 7 — Standard Agreement Exhibit A Loan (PDF)
- Round 7 — Standard Agreement Exhibit B Loan (PDF)
- Round 7 — Standard Agreement Exhibit D Loan (PDF)
- Round 7 — Standard Agreement Exhibit E Loan (PDF)
- Round 7 — Standard Agreement Exhibit A Grant (PDF)
- Round 7 — Standard Agreement Exhibit B Grant (PDF)
- Round 7 — Standard Agreement Exhibit D Grant (PDF)
- Round 7 — Standard Agreement Exhibit E Grant (PDF)
- Round 7 — GHG Benefits Calculator Tool Webinar
NOFA Round 6
- Round 6 — NOFA (PDF)
- Round 6 — Amendment #1 (PDF)
- Round 6 — Guidelines (PDF)
- Round 6 — Application Workbook (Revised) (XLS)
- Round 6 — Awards (PDF)
- Round 6 — Resolution - OD-1-AHSC Application Loan Authorization -Template (PDF)
- Round 6 — Resolution - OD-2-AHSC Resolution of LLC (PDF)
- Round 6 — Resolution - OD-3-AHSC Sponsor Recipient Authorization for Loan and Grant (PDF)
- Round 6 — Standard Agreement Exhibit A Loan (PDF)
- Round 6 — Standard Agreement Exhibit B Loan (PDF)
- Round 6 — Standard Agreement Exhibit D Loan (PDF)
- Round 6 — Standard Agreement Exhibit E Loan (PDF)
- Round 6 — Standard Agreement Exhibit A Grant (PDF)
- Round 6 — Standard Agreement Exhibit B Grant (PDF)
- Round 6 — Standard Agreement Exhibit D Grant (PDF)
- Round 6 — Standard Agreement Exhibit E Grant (PDF)