The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is pleased to announce the application for the Homekey Round 3 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). 

Application Process

HCD will accept applications on a continuous, over-the-counter basis through July 28, 2023, or until the available funds are exhausted, whichever occurs first.

Applicants must submit a pre-application consultation survey to HCD prior to applying. To request a pre-application consultation survey, please email homekey@hcd.ca.gov. Based on individual survey results, HCD will determine whether a pre-application consultation is required. Applicants may not submit an application until cleared to do so by HCD, based on HCD’s review of the survey and pre-application consultation, if applicable.

Who is eligible to apply?

Homekey Round 3 will distribute $736 million in grant funding to local public entities, including cities, counties, or other local public entities, such as housing authorities, as well as federally or non-federally recognized Indian tribes within California.

Background: Homekey is an opportunity for state, regional, and local public entities, as well as tribes, to develop a broad range of housing types, including but not limited to hotels, motels, single-family homes and multifamily apartments, adult residential facilities, and manufactured housing, and to convert commercial properties and other existing buildings to Permanent or Interim Housing for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.