Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development

MOHCD supports residents with affordable housing opportunities and essential services to build strong communities.

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Share input on the Draft 2023-2024 Action Plan

The Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH), and Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) invite you to share input on the Draft 2023-2024 Action Plan, which includes recommendations for four federal funding programs for fiscal year 2023-2024.

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Community Development funding opportunities

See Community Development funding opportunities, view details, and apply.

Multi-family housing related funding opportunities

See housing related funding opportunities (NOFA's, RFQ's, and RFP's), view details, and apply.

San Francisco rental opportunities

Learn about various rental programs in San Francisco.

Meetings

Past meetings

Public Hearing and Availability for Public Review and Comment

Tuesday, Mar 21, 2023, 5:00 pm

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Services

Eviction help

Get help if you might be evicted

Resources if you are having conflicts, served an eviction notice, or need help paying rent.

Rental housing

Get help from a housing counselor

Counselors can help with your rental application, credit score, or other housing issues.

Ask about your rent increase in affordable housing

Tenants in City sponsored affordable housing should ask their property managers about rent increases.

Get services if you rent

Help for renters for eviction and conflicts. Annual recertification for renters in mixed income housing.

Homeownership

Buy a home with City help

First time homebuyers can get help from the City to buy a home or get downpayment assistance.

Apply to buy a home with City help

First time homebuyers can apply for specific listings, or apply for a downpayment loan on any home.

Get help if you own a home

All San Francisco homeowners can apply for preservation programs to fix or keep their home.

Get services if you bought a home with City help

Help for City program homeowners to refinance, improve, or resell their home. Includes compliance monitoring.

Chart shows we completed 10,573 affordable units as of December 30, 2020 exceeding the Mayor's Goal by 573 units

Goal: 10,000 affordable homes by 2020

MOHCD has helped build or preserve 10,573 affordable homes since 2014.

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News

San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development Issues Request for Proposals for the Fillmore Heritage Center

March 1, 2023

Announcement: Notice of Funding Availability and Requests for Proposals Issued February 2023

February 17, 2023

San Francisco Secures Over $42 Million in State Funding for Affordable Housing

February 10, 2023

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Events

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STEAM Hub offers activities for K-12 students.

Tue, Jan 3 to Fri, Jun 2

Get computer and job skills with NextStep.

Wed, Mar 8 to Fri, Mar 31

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Resources

For community development grantees

About Community Development

An overview of MOHCD's Community Development

Community Development grantee forms and documents

Documents for grantees including program, reporting, fiscal, and compliance forms

Guidelines on asking race & ethnicity and sexual orientation and gender identity questions

Manage grants on GMS

Manage current community development grants on the Grants Management System

Community Development Capital project information

Forms, program manuals, and Capital Implementation Manual

For rental and ownership partners

Lenders and ownership housing counselors

Annual training, forms and documents, program information, subordination, loan payoff, and other services.

Realtors

Steps to sell a below market rate (BMR) home.

Leasing agents and rental housing counselors

Annual training, pricing, marketing, recertifying, and rerenting below market rate apartments.

Income limits, rent limits, and price levels for MOHCD programs

Information about income limits for leasing agents, developers, realtors, and housing applicants.

Inclusionary Housing Program Manuals

Access current and archived Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program manuals as well as lottery preferences and general program information.

For housing development partners

Affordable Housing Developer Resources

Forms and documents, funding opportunities for developers of multifamily rental housing financed by MOHCD.

Market-rate Developers

Pricing and marketing BMR units in the Inclusionary Housing Program. Track active housing developments.

Asset management resources for multifamily rental housing

Documents and forms related to the monitoring of MOHCD-supported multifamily rental housing projects

Multi-family housing forms, documents, policies and guidelines

Interdepartmental community programs

The San Francisco Cultural Districts Program

San Francisco Digital Equity

For department support

MOHCD Vendors and Contractors

View and submit proposals for contracting opportunities for MOHCD.

About

MOHCD supports residents with affordable housing opportunities and essential services to build strong communities. We create housing, preserve existing housing, protect vulnerable residents, and empower neighborhoods.

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