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Tribal Homekey+ Funding

Continuous until all funds are awarded

Until Funds Exhausted Ongoing
Total Funding
$121,000,000
Maximum Award
$10,000,000
Overview

The Tribal Homekey+ Program supports the development of permanent housing for people and households experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, and who are also living with a Behavioral Health Challenge. The program provides an opportunity for Tribes and Tribal Entities to develop multifamily rental housing developments, including rehabilitation of existing housing, new construction of apartments, townhomes, or single-family rental homes, including manufactured housing, or conversion of non-residential space to residential housing.

Funder

California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)

Program

Tribal Homekey+ Program

Resources

Applications Due

Continuous until all funds are awarded

Total Funding

$121 million

Funding Source

State

Maximum Award

$10,000,000

Award Details

  1. A base amount of $300,000 per Assisted Unit, adjusted for bedroom size and deeper affordability; or,
  2. The amount necessary to enable the acquisition, development and construction or Rehabilitation of the Rental Housing Development; which shall not exceed the total eligible costs required, when considered with other available financing and assistance, including the full amount of any tax credit equity generated by the Project; or,
  3. $10 million per Program application.

Eligibility

  1. Tribes and Tribal Entities, as defined in Article VII of this NOFA, located in California, that demonstrate sufficient experience and capacity to develop, own and operate affordable housing.
  2. Tribes and Tribal Entities may apply individually or jointly with a Local Public Entity or a nonprofit or for-profit corporation, a limited liability company (LLC), and/or a limited partnership (LP) as a Co-Applicant.

Eligible Activities

Eligible uses include:

  1. Acquisition and/or Rehabilitation of motels, hotels, or other sites and assets, including homes, apartments or vacant land, manufactured housing, commercial properties, and other buildings with existing uses that could be converted to permanent housing;
  2. Conversion of units from nonresidential to residential purposes;
  3. New construction of dwelling units;
  4. Relocation costs for individuals who are being displaced because of the Tribal Homekey+ Project; and,
  5. Capitalized operating subsidies for units purchased, converted, constructed, or altered with funds provided pursuant to HSC section 50675.1.3

Duration

Tribal Homekey+ funds will be available to Eligible Applicants on a continuous, over-the-counter basis. See page 6 in the solicitation for program deadlines beginning 60 days from the date of continual award letter.

Notable Requirements

A Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity and Jurisdiction and Venue is required. See solicitation pages 48 and 49 for the exhibit language. Threshold requirements vary by use type. See solicitation for details.

Preferences

Priority will be given on a first submitted, first reviewed basis to eligible projects that demonstrate the highest degree of readiness to proceed upon application submission. “Readiness” shall be evaluated based on site control, the extent to which threshold and feasibility requirements are met, and extent to which the application is complete and correct.

How to Apply

Tribal Homekey+ application materials must be submitted electronically through the application portal on the Department’s Tribal Homekey+ Program website.

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