PLHA provides funding to local governments in California for housing-related projects and programs that assist in addressing the unmet housing needs of their local communities.
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Application, General Program, and Standard Agreements Questions:
For program questions following Standard Agreement Execution:
Upon execution of your Standard Agreement, oversight of your contract is transferred to the HCD State Grant Management Section.
In 2017, Governor Brown signed a 15-bill housing package aimed at addressing the state’s housing shortage and high housing costs. Specifically, it included the Building Homes and Jobs Act (SB 2, 2017), which established a $75 recording fee on real estate documents to increase the supply of affordable homes in California.
Because the number of real estate transactions recorded in each county will vary from year to year, the revenues collected will fluctuate. The chart below shows how revenues will be allocated.
| When | PLHA — 70% of Funding | Other State Administered Programs — 30% of Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 and Beyond | Locally Administered Affordable Housing | 15% mixed-income multifamily rental housing 5% production incentive program 10% farmworker housing |
Funding will help cities and counties:
There are two types of assistance under PLHA:
Applications for the formula allocation must be submitted within 48-months of the budget appropriation. If a local government does not submit a complete application within that time frame, the allocation will revert to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund for the Multifamily Housing Program or for Department-administered technical assistance to local governments.
Eligible activities for the formula allocations are:
Eligible activities for the competitive allocation are:
Eligible Applicants for the entitlement formula component are limited to the metropolitan cities and urban counties allocated a grant for the federal fiscal year 2017 pursuant to the federal CDBG formula specified in 42 USC, Section 5306. Eligible Applicants for the non-entitlement formula component and the competitive grant program component are limited to the non-entitlement jurisdictions.
