In response to COVID-19, the California Department of Housing and
Community Development (HCD) is changing the
Notice of Funding Availability workshop schedule for the
Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program (PLHA) entitlement and
non-entitlement Local Government Formula Component. Instead of
hosting the remaining workshops in person, HCD will now only be
hosting them online.
CSAC supported SB
2 (Atkins, 2017), which established the PLHA program and
provided a permanent on-going source of funding to local
governments for housing-related projects and programs.
The upcoming webinars will be hosted at the dates and times
below:
If you have already registered for these workshops, no further
action is required. You will automatically be registered to
attend the webinar. Webinar instructions will be sent to the
email address you registered under.
A recording of the webinar will be posted on the
PLHA webpage by April 2, 2020.
Please note: Pursuant to the PLHA Guidelines,
jurisdictions must meet Housing Element and Annual Progress
Report requirements stated in Section 302(a) and (b) in order to
receive PLHA funds. See NOFA Appendix D for a list of ineligible
jurisdictions as of the date of this notice. We acknowledge that
many ineligible jurisdictions are in process of obtaining
compliance, and they will be eligible for this program once
compliance is obtained during the application period.
If you have any questions regarding the NOFA, Guidelines, or
Application, please send them to the PLHA@hcd.ca.gov.
Transit-Oriented Development Housing Program
The California Department of Housing and Community Development
(HCD) has released
draft guidelines for the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
Housing Program.
The primary goal of the Transit-Oriented Development Housing
Program is to stimulate housing development near transit stations
that include affordable units and promote the use of public
transit. Under the program, low-interest loans are available as
gap financing for rental housing developments that include
affordable units. Grants are available to cities, counties, and
transit agencies for infrastructure improvements necessary for
the development of these housing projects or to facilitate
connections between these developments and the transit station.
HCD will be hosting one more workshop on the TOD draft guidelines
on March 24, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Register here.
For additional information, please visit HCD’s
TOD webpage.
