The County of San Mateo Department of Housing is pleased to announce the eleventh round of its Affordable Housing Fund (AHF 11.0) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for approximately $20.2 Million in Measure K funds, approximately $8 Million in federal funds (including CDBG, HOME, and HOME-ARP) and an estimated amount of up to $2.2 Million in RDA Housing Trust Funds. The AHF 11.0 NOFA with an attached copy of the application is posted on the Department of Housing’s website under the “NOFAs, Bids & Proposals” tab at https://www.smcgov.org/housing/ahf11-nofa.
The AHF 11.0 NOFA has been updated with input from County and community stakeholders. The format has been changed to eliminate repetition. Some substantive changes include:
- Creating a cut-off date for a project to meet threshold requirements and a process for appealing a finding that a project did not meet threshold requirements;
- Clarifying when an Exclusive Right to Negotiate qualifies as site control;
- Adding Farmworker Housing as an eligible project type with competitive points;
- Adding new components to and revising our underwriting guidelines; and
- Requiring that the County Regulatory Agreement be in a first lien position and not imposing a specific limit on the number of restricted units.
Applications must be submitted online through the City Data Services (CDS) website. Instructions can be found in Section II (Application Process) of the AHF 11.0 NOFA. Important dates include:
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Virtual Technical Assistance (TA) Session (see link to recording below) |
Held on May 11, 2023 |
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Deadline for required pre-application meeting |
May 12, 2023 by 4 pm PDT |
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Last Day to Submit Questions to DOH |
May 25, 2023 by 4 pm PDT |
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Application Deadline |
June 2, 2023 by 4 pm PDT |
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Notice to Applicant that application did not meet Threshold |
June 16, 2023 |
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Deadline to Appeal Finding that application did not meet Threshold |
June 23, 2023 by 4 pm PDT |
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Public Hearing--Housing & Community Development Committee – Applicants are requested to attend |
July 25, 2023 time TBA |
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Public Hearing—Board of Supervisors (final award decisions) |
August 1, 2023 |
Zoom Link to Recording of AHF 11.0 TA Session - https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/iyJyCQWK6JsvzGR3Ck2_by
AHF 11.0 PUBLIC HEARING
July 25, 2023, 1PM
400 Harbor Blvd, Building B, Belmont, CA 94002
Belize Conference Room
See first document below for more information.
Join Virtually at https://smcgov.zoom.us/j/91220483973
All questions and Department responses will be posted on the AHF 11.0 webpage and updated periodically. Please monitor the website for date changes or other changes. Please do not contact DOH staff directly with questions about the NOFA, instead, send questions to hcd@smchousing.org. As always, applicants must meet with DOH staff to introduce and discuss any new projects before applying. Please contact Babs Deffenderfer (bdeffenderfer@smchousing.org) if you expect to submit a funding application under AHF 11.0 but have not yet introduced the project to DOH staff.