2021 HOME NOFA Amendment (Tribal Entities Only)
🏛 Department of Housing and Community Development (California)
Can you apply?
This grant is for tribal entities and tribally designated housing authorities serving low-income households. Eligible applicants must locate projects in communities that do not receive direct HOME allocation from HUD. Activities include acquisition, new construction, or rehabilitation of multi-family housing; development of single-family homes for sale to low-income buyers; and programs providing downpayment assistance, owner-occupied rehabilitation, and tenant-based rental assistance. All housing must serve households at or below 80% Area Median Income (AMI).
This grant is for tribal entities and tribally designated housing authorities serving low-income households. Eligible applicants must locate projects in communities that do not receive direct HOME allocation from HUD. Activities include acquisition, new construction, or rehabilitation of multi-family housing; development of single-family homes for sale to low-income buyers; and programs providing downpayment assistance, owner-occupied rehabilitation, and tenant-based rental assistance. All housing must serve households at or below 80% Area Median Income (AMI).
Program description
The HOME Program is intended to fund a variety of projects and programs. Applicants can include Cities, Counties, Tribal Entities or Tribally Designated Housing Authorities, Community Housing Development Organizations, and other Developers. Activities funded include the acquisition and new construction or rehabilitation of multi-family projects providing housing to income-eligible tenants, the development of single-family residences to be sold to income-eligible households, and to fund local programs that provide first-time homebuyer downpayment assistance, owner-occupied rehabilitation, and tenant-based rental assistance. Cities, Counties and Tribal entities are eligible only if they do not receive a direct HOME allocation from HUD. Developers and CHDOs must locate their projects to serve communities that do not receive a direct HOME allocation from HUD. Projects may receive a grant or loan depending on the applicant for up to $7M. Programs maximum grant amount will be $2M and applicants can utilize the funds for any of or all three of the eligible activities to fund fund homebuyer downpayment loans, owner-occupied rehabilitation loans/grants and tenant-based rental assistance grants. KEYWORDS rehabilitationdownpayment assistancetenant-based rental assistancerental housingHOME *** NOTE: This application deadline extension is for Tribal Entities Only, see separate opportunity for City, County, Developers*** This funding provides loans or grants to eligible HOME Applicants serving low-income (at or below 80 percent of Area Median Income (AMI)) and very low-income (at or below 50 percent of AMI) households. All housing assisted with these funds will be occupied by households that meet the income restrictions for the program which require the funds go to serve households whose incomes are at or below 80% AMI.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
Demographic focus
Details
This grant is for tribal entities and tribally designated housing authorities serving low-income households. Eligible applicants must locate projects in communities that do not receive direct HOME allocation from HUD. Activities include acquisition, new construction, or rehabilitation of multi-family housing; development of single-family homes for sale to low-income buyers; and programs providing downpayment assistance, owner-occupied rehabilitation, and tenant-based rental assistance. All housing must serve households at or below 80% Area Median Income (AMI).
How to apply
Application links
Program contact
- 📧 HOMENOFA@hcd.ca.gov
- 📞 1-916-263-2771
Funding track record
Past applications & awards under this program (California Grants Portal) — how competitive it is.
By fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Applications | Awarded | Award rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | — | — | — |
Source: California Grants Portal
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