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TranslateFunds the development of permanent supportive housing for persons who are in need of mental health services and are experiencing homelessness, chronic homelessness, or at risk of chronic homelessness.
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Application, General Program, and Standard Agreements Questions
Round 4 Competitive Allocation NOFA (PDF)
Amended Noncompetitive NOFA (PDF) – Amended as of October 29, 2021
Reporting and Compliance
On July 1, 2016, Governor Brown signed landmark legislation enacting the No Place Like Home program to dedicate up to $2 billion in bond proceeds to invest in the development of permanent supportive housing for persons who are in need of mental health services and are experiencing homelessness, chronic homelessness, or who are at risk of chronic homelessness. The bonds are repaid by funding from the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). In November 2018 voters approved Proposition 2, authorizing the sale of up to $2 billion of revenue bonds and the use of a portion of Proposition 63 taxes for the NPLH program.
Key features of the program include:
Distributed by formula allocation to each county based on their 2017 homeless Point-In-Time Count with a minimum allocation per county of $500,000.
Second Round Funding: Anticipated minimum of $622 million.
Counties will compete for funding with counties of similar size:
*Counties with five percent or more of the state's homeless population may be designated by HCD to receive and administer their own allocations of NPLH funds under their own HCD-approved method of distribution.
Adults with serious mental illness, or children with severe emotional disorders and their families and persons who require or are at risk of requiring acute psychiatric inpatient care, residential treatment, or outpatient crisis intervention because of a mental disorder with symptoms of psychosis, suicidality or violence and who are homeless, chronically homeless, or at risk of chronic homelessness.
At risk of chronic homelessness includes persons who are at high risk of long-term or intermittent homelessness, including persons with mental illness exiting institutionalized settings with a history of homelessness prior to institutionalization, and transition age youth experiencing homelessness or with significant barriers to housing stability.
Counties*, either solely or with a housing development sponsor.
*Under the NPLH program, the definition of "counties" includes the City of Berkeley and the cities of Pomona, Claremont, and La Verne.
Applications for projects of five or more units utilizing only Noncompetitive Allocation funds from NPLH administered by HCD may be submitted at any time using the NOFA and Applications below.
All project applications utilizing Noncompetitive Allocation Funds, whether alone or with Competitive Allocation Funds, shall be submitted no later than February 15, 2021, unless an extension has been granted by the Department. Alternate Process Counties and counties approved to administer their Noncompetitive Allocation funds for Shared Housing may establish and earlier application submission deadline.
Application due date: Rolling application deadline - Counties with extensions granted by the Department may submit applications no later than February 1, 2022. See NOFA for details
| October 29, 2021 | Issue Fourth Round Competitive Allocation NOFA |
| January 19, 2022 | Applications due under Fourth Round Competitive Allocation NOFA |
| June 2022 | Fourth Round Competitive Allocation Awards |
| Rolling application deadline - Counties with extensions granted by the Department may submit applications no later than February 1, 2022. See NOFA for details. | Deadline for counties to submit project applications to HCD utilizing their Noncompetitive Allocation |
*The disbursement of funds under the Program is contingent on the sale of bonds by the California State Treasurer's Office, and the proceeds of any such bond sales being made available to HCD for disbursement pursuant to all Program requirements.
Counties with five percent or more of the state's homeless population may be designated by HCD to receive and administer their own allocations of NPLH funds under their own HCD-approved method of distribution.
The role of the NPLH Advisory Committee is to assist and advise the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) in the implementation of the NPLH Program, review and make recommendations on HCD's guidelines, review HCD's progress in distributing moneys, and provide advice and guidance more broadly on statewide homelessness issues.
March 16, 2021 Meeting Materials
June 3, 2019 Meeting Materials
June 29, 2020 Meeting Materials
Round 1 Competitive Allocation NOFA (PDF)
Round 2 Competitive Allocation NOFA (PDF)
Round 3 Competitive Allocation NOFA (PDF)
Amended 2020 Noncompetitive NOFA (PDF)
Amended Noncompetitive NOFA (PDF) - Amended as of October 25, 2018
2018 NPLH Noncompetitive Allocation Funds Memo (PDF)
Technical Assistance NOFA (PDF) — 04/10/2017
Technical Assistance Guidelines (PDF) — Revised 10/17/2017
Round 3 NPLH Competitive and NonCompetitive Awardee and Final Point Score List (PDF)
NPLH Round 3 February 2021 Alternative Process County Award List (PDF)
Round 2 Competitive Allocation NOFA Applications and Self-Scores (PDF)
Round 2 Competitive and Noncompetitive Final Point Score and Awardee List (PDF)
NPLH Round 2 March 2020 Alternative Process County Award List (PDF)
NPLH June 2019 Alternative Process County Award List (PDF)
NPLH March 2019 Alternative Process County Award List (PDF)
NPLH 2018 NOFA - List of Awarded Projects (PDF)
HCD’s No Place Like Home Program 2020-21 Annual Report (PDF)
