Proposition 1 – Veterans and Affordable Housing Bonds
What it Does
Provides a total of $4 billion in funding for housing – $3 billion for existing state affordable housing programs and $1 billion for veterans’ home purchase program.
What Does the Funding Go Toward?
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Cal-Vet Farm & Home Loan Program
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Multifamily Housing Program
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Infill Infrastructure Grant
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Transit Oriented Development
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Joe Serna Farmworker Program
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Local Housing Trust Match Program
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CalHome
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CalHFA Home Purchase Assistance
When will the Funding be Available?
A Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) is expected to be released in Spring 2019.
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Proposition 2 – No Place Like Home
What it Does
Provides $2 billion of funding Statewide for permanent supportive housing for persons who are
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Experiencing homelessness, chronic homelessness or who are at risk of chronic homelessness;
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Are in need of mental health services.
Who Can Get this Funding?
Applicants can only be counties (with or without a housing development sponsor). Available funding will be allocated by the State on both a competitive and non-competitive basis. The Competitive funding available makes up the majority at $1.8 billion, and total Non-Competitive funding is estimated at $190 million.
When will the Funding be Available?
The State issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) in October of this year for the first round of competitive funding. Applications will be due on January 19, 2019. No Place Like Home Program Guidelines are available at http://www.hcd.ca.gov/grants-funding/active-funding/docs/NPLHGuidelines082519-v1.pdf.
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