No Place Like Home Program

 Funds the development of permanent supportive housing for persons who are in need of mental health services and are experiencing homelessness, chronic homelessness, or at risk of chronic homelessness.

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Notice of Funding

Reporting & Compliance

Awards

Guidelines & Regulations

Notice of Funding

Round 4 Competitive Allocation NOFA (PDF)

Amended Noncompetitive NOFA (PDF) – Amended as of October 29, 2021

Awards

Round 4 NPLH Competitive and Non-Competitive Awardee and Final Point Score List (PDF)

Round 4 NPLH 2022 Alternative Process County Award List (PDF)

Guidelines and Regulations

Notice of Funding

Round 4 Competitive Allocation NOFA (PDF)

Amended Noncompetitive NOFA (PDF) – Amended as of October 29, 2021

Reporting & Compliance

Awards

Round 4 NPLH Competitive and Non-Competitive Awardee and Final Point Score List (PDF)

Round 4 NPLH 2022 Alternative Process County Award List (PDF)

Guidelines & Regulations

Guidelines and Regulations

Background

On July 1, 2016, Governor Brown signed landmark legislation enacting the No Place Like Home program to dedicate up to $2 billion in bond proceeds to invest in the development of permanent supportive housing for persons who are in need of mental health services and are experiencing homelessness, chronic homelessness, or who are at risk of chronic homelessness. The bonds are repaid by funding from the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). In November 2018 voters approved Proposition 2, authorizing the sale of up to $2 billion of revenue bonds and the use of a portion of Proposition 63 taxes for the NPLH program.

Key features of the program include:

Counties will be eligible applicants (either solely or with a housing development sponsor).
Funding for permanent supportive housing must utilize low barrier tenant selection practices that prioritize vulnerable populations and offer flexible, voluntary, and individualized supportive services.
Counties must commit to provide mental health services and help coordinate access to other community-based supportive services.

Funds Available

Noncompetitive Allocation ($190 million)

Distributed by formula allocation to each county based on their 2017 homeless Point-In-Time Count with a minimum allocation per county of $500,000.

Competitive Allocation (up to $1.8 billion for multiple funding rounds)

Second Round Funding: Anticipated minimum of $622 million.

Counties will compete for funding with counties of similar size:

Los Angeles County*
Large counties (population greater than 750,000)*
Medium counties (population between 200,000 to 750,000)
Small counties (population less than 200,000)

*Counties with five percent or more of the state's homeless population may be designated by HCD to receive and administer their own allocations of NPLH funds under their own HCD-approved method of distribution.

Population to be Served

Adults with serious mental illness, or children with severe emotional disorders and their families and persons who require or are at risk of requiring acute psychiatric inpatient care, residential treatment, or outpatient crisis intervention because of a mental disorder with symptoms of psychosis, suicidality or violence and who are homeless, chronically homeless, or at risk of chronic homelessness.

At risk of chronic homelessness includes persons who are at high risk of long-term or intermittent homelessness, including persons with mental illness exiting institutionalized settings with a history of homelessness prior to institutionalization, and transition age youth experiencing homelessness or with significant barriers to housing stability.

Eligible Applicants

Counties*, either solely or with a housing development sponsor.

*Under the NPLH program, the definition of "counties" includes the City of Berkeley and the cities of Pomona, Claremont, and La Verne.

Application

Competitive Allocation

Round 4 NPLH Competitive and NonCompetitive NOFA Applications and Self-Score 3-10-22 (PDF)
Supplemental Project Application (XLS)
Universal Application (XLS)
FAAST Application Tool
FAAST User Manual (PDF)
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/videos/faast.html  (FAAST Training videos)
Link to STD 204 and 205 (Rev. 03.2021)
Government TIN Form
Loan limits — The NPLH per unit subsidy limits begin on page 161 of this document. See NOFA for more information
Sample Competitive Allocation County Project Resolution Template (DOC) – Amended as of October 2021
Sample Competitive Allocation Development Sponsor Project Resolution Template  (DOC) – Amended as of October 2021
Sample OD1 – Borrower’s Loan Authorization Competitive Allocation (if formed) (DOC) – Amended as of October 2021
Sample Resolution for Multimember LLC Competitive Allocation (if formed) (DOC) – Amended as of October 2021

Noncompetitive Allocation

Applications for projects of five or more units utilizing only Noncompetitive Allocation funds from NPLH administered by HCD may be submitted at any time using the NOFA and Applications below.

All project applications utilizing Noncompetitive Allocation Funds, whether alone or with Competitive Allocation Funds, shall be submitted no later than February 15, 2021, unless an extension has been granted by the Department. Alternate Process Counties and counties approved to administer their Noncompetitive Allocation funds for Shared Housing may establish and earlier application submission deadline.

Application due date: Rolling application deadline - Counties with extensions granted by the Department may submit applications no later than February 1, 2022. See NOFA for details

Supplemental Application (XLS)
Universal Application (XLS)
FAAST Application Tool
FAAST User Manual (PDF)
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/videos/faast.html  (FAAST Training videos)
Link to STD 204 and 205 (Rev. 03.2021)
Government TIN Form
Loan limits — The NPLH per unit subsidy limits begin on page 161 of this document. See NOFA for more information
Sample Noncompetitive Allocation County Project Resolution Template (DOC) – Amended as of October 2021
Sample Noncompetitive Allocation Development Sponsor Project Resolution Template (DOC) – Amended as of October 2021
Sample OD1 – Borrower’s Loan Authorization Noncompetitive Allocation (if formed) (DOC) – Amended as of October 2021
Sample Resolution for Multimember LLC Noncompetitive Allocation (if formed) (DOC) – Amended as of October 2021

Timeline

October 29, 2021	Issue Fourth Round Competitive Allocation NOFA
January 19, 2022	Applications due under Fourth Round Competitive Allocation NOFA
June 2022	Fourth Round Competitive Allocation Awards
Rolling application deadline - Counties with extensions granted by the Department may submit applications no later than February 1, 2022. See NOFA for details.	Deadline for counties to submit project applications to HCD utilizing their Noncompetitive Allocation

*The disbursement of funds under the Program is contingent on the sale of bonds by the California State Treasurer's Office, and the proceeds of any such bond sales being made available to HCD for disbursement pursuant to all Program requirements.

Resources

Training and Technical Assistance

Forms

Loan Closing Documents

Alternative Process Counties

Counties with five percent or more of the state's homeless population may be designated by HCD to receive and administer their own allocations of NPLH funds under their own HCD-approved method of distribution.

Advisory Committee

The role of the NPLH Advisory Committee is to assist and advise the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) in the implementation of the NPLH Program, review and make recommendations on HCD's guidelines, review HCD's progress in distributing moneys, and provide advice and guidance more broadly on statewide homelessness issues.

March 16, 2021 Meeting Materials

June 3, 2019 Meeting Materials

June 29, 2020 Meeting Materials