Funding Opportunities

Applications for 2024-25 Funding Cycle

Applications for 2024-25 funding through Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) will open in January 2024. More information will be made available in December 2023. Sign-up to receive email updates.

The Marin County Affordable Housing Fund was created to increase the stock of permanently affordable housing units in the County. The Housing Trust provides a local funding source for financial and technical assistance to help affordable housing developers produce and preserve affordable housing. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Please submit applications by email to affordablehousing@marincounty.org. 

• PDF Application | Budget Template
• 2023-24 Super-NOFA Online Application | Application Prep Tool | Sample Pro Forma Spreadsheet
• Implementation Guide
• Governing Documents
  • Resolution 88-53 
  • Ordinance 2572

The Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) program through the CA Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) provides funding to local governments in California for housing-related projects and programs that assist in addressing the unmet housing needs of their local communities. Funding comes from Senate Bill 2 (SB2), which was part of a 15-bill housing package adopted in 2017 aimed at addressing the state’s housing shortage and high housing costs.

We are eligible for non-competitive PLHA funds as an Entitlement Community designated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and because we has an approved Housing Element in compliance with the State Housing Law, at the time of application, and submit Annual Progress Reports approved by HCD.

In 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved a five-year plan for these funds to match Housing Trust funds for predevelopment, development, acquisition, and preservation of multi-family projects, with an emphasis on projects that house those that earn at or under 60 percent Area Median Income (AMI), as stipulated in the PLHA Final Guidelines. 

• 2023 Allocation
  • Applications Received:
    • Bolinas Community Land Trust (BCLT) -140 Maple Road
    • Community Land Trust Association of West Marin (CLAM) - 60 Third Street
    • EAH - 1 Hamilton Drive
    • Eden Housing - Coast Guard
    • Eden Housing - 3301 Kerner
    • Eden Housing - Oak Hill
    • Educational Housing Partners - Educator/County Employee Housing
    • Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco - Redwood Blvd
    • Homeward Bound of Marin - Novato Veterans and Workforce Housing
  • Novato Planning Area Funding Recommendation Public Hearing (April 25, 2023)
    • Agenda and Staff Report
  • San Rafael Planning Area Funding Recommendation Public Hearing (May 1, 2023)
    • Agenda and Staff Report
  • Countywide Priority Setting Committee Funding Recommendation Public Hearing (May 18, 2023)
    • Packet
  • Board of Supervisors Funding Recommendation Public Hearing (June 13, 2023)
    • Board Packet, Resolution 2023-55
• 2022 Allocation
  • Applications Received:
    • Bolinas Community Land Trust (BCLT) - 31 Wharf Rd
    • Canal Alliance - 0 Belvedere
    • EAH - 1 Hamilton Dr
    • Eden Housing - Coast Guard (B2a, B2b, B2c)
    • Eden Housing - 3301 Kerner (B2a, B2b)
    • Eden Housing - Oak Hill (B2a, B2b, B2c)
    • Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco - Redwood Blvd
    • Homeward Bound of Marin - Novato Veterans and Workforce Housing
  • San Rafael Planning Area Funding Recommendation Public Hearing (March 21, 2022)
    • Agenda and Staff Report (City of San Rafael website)
  • Novato Planning Area Funding Recommendation Public Hearing (March 22, 2022)
    • Agenda and Staff Report (City of Novato website)
  • Countywide Priority Setting Committee Funding Recommendation Public Hearing (April 7, 2022)
    • Packet
  • Board of Supervisors Funding Recommendation Public Hearing (May 17, 2022)
    • Board Packet, Resolution 2022-40
• 2021 Allocation
  • Applications Received:
    • Eden Housing - Coast Guard (A, B., B2a, B2b, B2c, C, D)
    • Homeward Bound of Marin - Mill Street Center (A, B, C, D, D1)
    • Homeward Bound of Marin - Novato Veterans and Workforce Housing (A, B, C, D)
  • Countywide Priority Setting Committee Funding Recommendation Public Hearing (September 2, 2021)
    • Packet
  • Board of Supervisors Funding Recommendation Public Hearing (December 7, 2021)
    • Board Packet

The Local Housing Trust Fund (LHTF) program through the CA Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) provides matching funds to local and regional housing trust funds dedicated to the creation, rehabilitation, or preservation of affordable housing, transitional housing and emergency shelters. This funding is provided by the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018 (Proposition 1), adopted by voters on November 6, 2018. Awards are competitive and require a dollar-for-dollar match.

• 2023 Application

  Following approval of funding recommendations by the Board of Supervisors on May 16, 2023, we submitted our competitive LHTF application to HCD on May 17 (Board Packet, Resolution 2023-39, Resolution 2023-40).

  The projects included in our application are:

  • Oak Hill Apartments, Eden Housing: $3,697,482
  • Educator/Workforce Housing (Oak Hill Apartments): Educational Housing Partners: $1,052,518
• 2022 Application

  Following approval of funding recommendations by the Board of Supervisors on May 24, 2022, we submitted our competitive LHTF application to HCD on May 25 (Board Packet, Resolution 2022-45, Resolution 2022-46). Our application was awarded $3,238,500 on October 11, 2022.

  The projects included in our application were:

  • 1 Hamilton, EAH Housing: $500,000
  • 825 Drake Ave, The Pacific West Companies: $1,850,000
  • 31 Wharf Road, Bolinas Community Land Trust: $395,500
  • 3301 Kerner Blvd, Eden Housing: $92,500
  • Pt. Reyes Coast Guard, Eden Housing: $147,000
  • Novato Veterans/Workforce Housing, Homeward Bound of Marin: $253,500

The Federal Grants Division provides Marin communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs. Federal funds are awarded to non-profits which provide community development activities, anti-poverty programs, and affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households throughout Marin County.