No Place Like Home Program
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Program Details
- Background Information
- Assistance Type
- Eligible Applicants
- Validation Action
- Anticipated Program Timeline
- Funds Available
- Program Forms
- Program Guidelines
- Get Funding — Current Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
- Workshop Dates and Locations
- Previous Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs)
- Awards
- Training and Technical Assistance
- Advisory Committee
Background Information
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.
Purpose
To acquire, design, construct, rehabilitate, or preserve permanent supportive housing for persons who are experiencing homelessness, chronic homelessness or who are at risk of chronic homelessness, and who are in need of mental health services.
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.
Assistance Type
Loans to counties*, or their housing development sponsors.
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.
Validation Action
- Notice of Validation Action (PDF) - 9/27/2017
Anticipated Program Timeline*
Issue Third (PDF) Round Competitive Allocation NOFA | October 23, 2020 |
Applications due under Third Round Competitive Allocation NOFA | January 19, 2021 |
Third Round Competitive Allocation Awards | Spring 2021 |
Deadline for counties to submit project applications to HCD utilizing their Noncompetitive Allocation | Rolling application deadline — no later than February 15, 2021 unless another deadline has been approved by the Department |
*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.
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.
Program Forms
Program Guidelines
- New! Stakeholder Memo NPLH Amended Guidelines (PDF)
- New! NPLH 2020 Amended Guidelines Clean Version (PDF)
- New! NPLH 2020 Amended Guidelines Tracked Changes (PDF)
- New! Explanation of Final Amendments (PDF)
- New! NPLH 2020 Draft Guidelines Public Comments and Responses (PDF)
Get Funding
Counties designated as 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.
- 2018 NPLH Alternative Process County Designation Form (DOC)
- No Place Like Home, Alternative Process County Designation Requirements (YouTube) - 7/12/2018
- Alternative Process County Disbursement of Funds Request Form (XLS)
Current NOFAs
Competitive Allocation
- Competitive Allocation Awards by County Size Groupings Memo (PDF) - 4/2/2019
- New! Round 3 Competitive Allocation NOFA (PDF)
- New! Supplemental Project Application (XLS)
- New! Universal Application (XLS)
- New! Competitive Allocation County Project Resolution Template (DOC) – Amended as of October 2020
- New! Competitive Allocation Development Sponsor Project Resolution Template (DOC) – Amended as of October 2020
- STD 204 - Payee Data Record (PDF) — For non-governmental entities.
- Government TIN Form (PDF) — File may need to be opened using Internet Explorer.
- Loan limits — The NPLH per unit subsidy limits begin on page 76 of this document. See NOFA for more information.
- New! December 2020 NPLH Frequently asked Questions (FAQ) (PDF)
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. Alternate Process Counties and counties approved to administer their Noncompetitive Allocation funds for Shared Housing may establish and earlier application submission deadline.
2018 NPLH Noncompetitive Allocation Funds Memo (PDF)
Application due date: Rolling application deadline.
Fiscal Year 2018-2019 (Round 1)
- New! Noncompetitive Extension Request Memo (PDF)
- New! Noncompetitive Extension Request Form (XLS)
- New! Amended Noncompetitive NOFA (PDF) - Amended as of October 30, 2020
- New! NPLH Noncompetitive Allocation Project Resolution (County) (DOC) - Amended as of October 23, 2020
- New! NPLH Noncompetitive Allocation Development Sponsors Resolution (Development Sponsors) (DOC) — Amended as of October 2020
- New! Universal Application (XLS)
- New! Supplemental Application (XLS)
- STD 204 - Payee Data Record (PDF) — For non-governmental entities.
- Government TIN Form (PDF) — File may need to be opened using Internet Explorer.
- Guidelines
- Noncompetitive Allocation NOFA and Application Workshop Presentation (PDF)
- Noncompetitive Allocation Workshop Webinar (YouTube) - 08/24/2018
- Loan limits — The NPLH per unit subsidy limit begins on page 76 of this document.
Workshop Date and Location
Location | Date and Time |
Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer or mobile app Click here to join the meeting Or call in (audio only) 916.535.0998 Phone Conference ID: 692 868 316# New! NPLH Round 3 Workshop Presentation Recording (YouTube) |
Round 1 Competitive Allocation NOFA (PDF)
Round 2 Competitive Allocation NOFA (PDF)
Fiscal Year 2016-2017 (T/A)
Technical Assistance NOFA (PDF) — 04/10/2017
Technical Assistance Guidelines (PDF) — Revised 10/17/2017
Round 2 Competitive Allocation NOFA Applications and Self-Scores (PDF)
Round 2 Competitive and Noncompetitive Final Point Score and Awardee List (PDF)
NPLH Round 2 March 2020 Alternative Process County Award List (PDF)
NPLH June 2019 Alternative Process County Award List (PDF)
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.
June 3, 2019 Meeting Materials
- Homelessness Initiatives Updates Slide Presentation (PDF)
- Proposed Program Guideline Amendments Slide Presentation (PDF)
June 29, 2020 Meeting Materials
Dates | Agenda | Materials |
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June 3, 2019 | Agenda (PDF) | |
June 29, 2020 | Agenda (PDF) | Meeting Announcement (PDF) |
Training and Technical Assistance
- NPLH Homeless Plan template (PDF)
- NPLH County Contact List (PDF)
Plans & Reports
- New! HCD’s No Place Like Home Program 2019-20 Annual Report (PDF) — Highlights the accomplishments of HCD’s No Place Like Home program through the 2019-20 fiscal year.