San José Department of Housing - Programs

The Department of Housing administers the Housing Development Program. The key objective of this program is to increase the overall supply of affordable housing in San José. The program is financed by bonds, HOME Investment Partnership funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and redevelopment tax increment funds, of which 20% must be set-aside by state law to improve and preserve housing affordable to very low-, low- and moderate-income households.

The Department strongly encourages any developer with a potential affordable houisng project to contact Project Development staff prior to the submission of an application. Our team is here to advise on how we judge feasiblity and how best to work with the City.

For more information about any pending NOFA, please contact the Division Manager Dave Bopf, at 408.535.3854, or by email at dave.bopf@sanjoseca.gov.

Funding Availability

There is no new funding currently available from the Housing Department for new development or acquisition/rehabilitation of multifamily or single family projects. See the Director of Housing's letter dated February 25, 2009. Future updates will be posted to this website. For more information, please contact Dave Bopf, Division Manager, at 408.535.3854.

For general reference only, below are links to the Department's previous NOFA and Policy and Procedures manual.

March 2007 NOFA Announcement Letter

Multifamily NOFA Application Budgets (in Microsoft Excel) (2007)

Project Development Policy and Procedures Manual

NOFA scoring for a Preliminary Commitment is the same as that for a full commitment. For program rules regarding the Preliminary Commitment process, please see Section Four of the Project Development Policy and Procedures Manual. The Preliminary Commitment application form is posted below:

Application Form for Preliminary Commitment Letters