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California Department of Housing and Community Development

What's New

Now Accepting Public Comments

  • Housing for a Healthy California — Public comment period ends: January 24, 2020. Learn more.

Funding Available

(Please note: HCD does not offer funding directly to individuals)

  • CalHome — Applications due: February 17, 2020. Learn more.
  • Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities, Round 5 — Applications due: February 11, 2020. Learn more.
  • Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention, Round 5 — Applications due: February 13, 2020. Learn more.
  • Infill Infrastructure Grant — Applications due: February 18, 2020. Learn more.
  • Multifamily Housing Program, January 2020 Round 2 — Applications due: March 2, 2020. Learn more.
  • Pet Assistance and Support Program — Applications due: March 2, 2020. Learn more.
View Notice of Funding Availability Calendar (PDF) — Last updated: October 11, 2019

Housing Element Compliance

  • Residential Impact Fees in California (PDF) — AB 879 (Grayson, Chapter 374, Statutes of 2017) required HCD to commission a study about the reasonableness of local impact fees charged to new housing developments. HCD contracted with the Terner Center for Housing Innovation to prepare the study. The Terner Center is solely responsible for the content of this report.
  • Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process (SB35) Statewide Determination Summary (PDF) — Updated June 25, 2019 — Summary of jurisdictions that are not currently subject to the streamlined ministerial approval process (SB 35 streamlining) and jurisdictions that are subject to SB 35 streamlining for developments with at least 10 or 50 percent affordability.
  • Interactive map — Shows which cities and counties in California are on pace to meet their housing needs (and which are subject to California's new "Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process"). View map .

Ongoing Technical Assistance

  • Technical assistance to address homelessness — HCD is now offering more than 13,000 hours of assistance, at no cost, to counties and Continuums of Care. What’s available? How do I access the assistance? Learn more.

Other Updates

  • HCD's 2018-19 Annual Report (PDF) — Highlights HCD’s accomplishments during fiscal year 2018-19 (July 1, 2018 - June 31, 2019)
  • Public Lands for Affordable Housing — New law takes effect January 1, 2020 to connect developers who are interested in building more affordable homes to local, publicly owned land that is both available and suitable for housing development. Learn more.
  • Emergency building standards (for communities with declared disasters) — Notice of Permanent Adoption. Learn more. (PDF)
  • The Codes and Standards Automated System (CASAS) website has moved to a new location. Please update your browser bookmarks accordingly.

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INSIGHTS
HCD helps to provide stable, safe homes affordable to veterans, seniors, young families, farm workers, people with disabilities, and individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

Warehouse Artist Lofts

Infill infrastructure Grant Program

La Mission

Multifamily Housing Program

1st and Rosemary

Family and Senior Apartments

Armstrong Place

Affordable Senior Living in San Francisco

Metro at Chinatown

Senior Lofts in Los Angeles

1st and Rosemary

Family and Senior Apartments

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Success Stories

John's Success Story

The Sacramento Senior Safe House serves as a comfortable and healing atmosphere for abused and neglected seniors. HCD’s funding helped build this safe haven for seniors who are recovering from real-life nightmares.

John is one of those seniors. He was hospitalized after being beaten so badly that he lost his sight in one eye.
Before Sacramento Senior Safe House was created, John and other abused seniors like him would have been placed in less-than- ideal temporary quarters like motels or hospitals, and may have continued to be dependent on those who had abused them.

 “Everything got a lot better when I came here. I didn’t have to worry anymore,” says John. After their physical wounds have healed, vulnerable seniors are able to mend psychologically in the loving refuge of Sacramento Senior Safe House, funded in part by HCD.

View John's video

See more success stories.