Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John L. Maltbie, County Manager
Subject: No Place Like Home Technical Assistance Grant Application
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution delegating authority to the County Manager, or his designee, to apply for and receive, on behalf of the County, No Place Like Home Program Technical Assistance grant funds and to execute, amend, or terminate a Grant Agreement with the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development for No Place Like Home Technical Assistance Grant Funds in the amount of $150,000.
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BACKGROUND:
On July 1, 2016, Governor Brown signed legislation enacting the No Place Like Home (NPLH) program, dedicating up to $2 billion in bond proceeds to finance the acquisition, design, construction, rehabilitation, preservation, and capitalized operating reserves of permanent supportive housing for individuals living with a serious mental illness who are homeless, chronically homeless, at-risk of homelessness, or at-risk of chronic homelessness. The bonds are to be repaid by funding from the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). The NPLH statutes (AB 1618, Chapter 43, Statutes of 2016 and AB 1628, Chapter 322, Statutes of 2016) authorize the California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) to issue the bonds and contract with the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to provide grants or loans to counties for permanent supportive housing for the target homeless population.
The NPLH program divides bond proceeds into two programs: 1) $200 million for an "over the counter" non-competitive program for counties; and 2) $1.8 billion for a competitive program, which includes an alternative allocation process for counties with at least five percent of the State's homeless population. Based on its population size and proportional homeless count, the San Mateo County will be eligible to apply ...
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