Funding and technical assistance to local governments in California to help cities and counties prepare, adopt, and implement plans and process improvements that streamline housing approvals and accelerate housing production.
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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 establishes 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.
| Year 1 | State-Administered 50% Planning Grants* *5% for Technical Assistance in coordination with OPR |
State-Administered 50% homelessness programs |
| Year 2 and Beyond | Locally Administered 70% Affordable Housing |
State-Administered 15% mixed-income multifamily rental housing 5% production incentive 10% farmworker housing |
Funding will help cities and counties:
Eligible activities may include:
Limited to local governments (cities and counties). Local governments may partner through legally binding agreements with other forms of governments or entities where the proposal will have a direct effect on land use or development within the locality.
Please refer to the guidelines below for more information.
The program will provide grants through a noncompetitive, over-the-counter process to eligible local governments (cities and counties) who meet the following requirements:
Eligible applicants must:
*Applicants proposing activities in at least one of the Priority Policy Areas below are automatically deemed to demonstrate a nexus to accelerating housing production without any further demonstration:
HCD, in coordination with the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR), is working with a team led by PlaceWorks, Inc. to provide technical assistance (TA) to applicants throughout the application period. The TA team will work closely with regions, sub-regions and counties, to help jurisdictions identify activities and provide best-practice tools to help reach the goal of accelerating housing production. Jurisdictions can reach out for assistance to HCD, OPR, or one of PlaceWork’s regional liaisons listed below.
For more information on technical assistance, please visit the Technical Assistance Accelerating Housing Production webpage.
