CHC is pleased to alert its members to some very encouraging news at a time when the housing sector and the state economy could use it most: 

This afternoon the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has released the $240MM Notice of Affordability for the Infill Set-Aside of PROP 1C.  You may download the Department’s explanatory memo, the Final Infill Guidelines, and the NOFA itself at:  http://www.hcd.ca.gov/fa/iig/ .

HCD will host workshops for those considering making an application by the April 4 deadline – March 5 (Los Angeles); March 7 (Sacramento); and March 11 (Fresno).

Following a broad-based dialogue among CHC’s Policy Leadership Task Force last week, today CHC submitted a second set of comments to the revised ‘draft’ guidelines for the Infill Development Set-Aside issued by the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) on January 29th. A $240MM Notice of Funding for this program is expected to be issued by HCD in February with allocation awards scheduled for June. 

Please see CHC's comment letter attached below.

HCD's second draft of the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program guidelines has now been posted to the web and is open for comments. Comments are due by Monday, February 4th.  Please utilize the Draft Guidelines Comment Form (12/24/07) posted on the website and email it to infill@hcd.ca.gov with the subject line “2nd Draft Guideline Comments.”

On December 26, 2007 the Department of Housing and Community Development released the long-awaited draft guidelines for the $850MM Infill Development Program.  The guidelines and supporting materials can be found at www.hcd.ca.gov/fa/iig/ . 

CHC has submitted comments to HCD drafted through our Policy Leadership Taskforce.   CHC's comments and concerns are across five areas: Project Size, Affordability Criteria, Eligible Applicants, Eligible costs, and Prevailing wages.  Please see the attached letter for our detailed comments.