Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development

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

San Francisco rental opportunities

Learn about various rental programs in San Francisco.
Apply for Community Development Grants

See current Community Development funding opportunities, view details, and apply.
Review and Comment on Draft 2022-2023 CAPER

Draft 2022-2023 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) is available for public review and comment until 9/22/23,

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 Secures Over $163 Million in State Funding for Affordable Housing and Transit Improvements

City Celebrates Rehabilitation of Five Former Public Housing Sites Across San Francisco

Announcement: 2023 NOFA Awards - Existing Nonprofit-Owned Rental Housing Capital Repairs

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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.
For Homebuyers
First Come First Served BMR Listings
City Second Program current listings

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.

Learn more about us

See our plans and reports

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Contact

Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development

1 South Van Ness Avenue
5th floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
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Phone

MOHCD Front Desk

MOHCD Fax

Housing hotline for housing questions and to report fraud (BMR violations, illegal rentals)

Request public records

Email sunshinemohcd@sfgov.org to submit a request.

Archived website

See previous website archived November 2022.