- California State Housing Programs
- Federal Housing Programs
- HUD Programs
- Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)
- Consolidated Plans
- HOME Investment Partnerships Program
- Homeless Assistance
- HUD Subsidized Multifamily Programs
- Public Housing | Conventional Housing
- Public Housing Authority (PHA) Plans
- Section 8 Homeownership
- Section 8 Tenant-Based Housing Choice Voucher Program
- Project-Based Section 8
- Section 8 Enhanced | Preservation | Conversion Vouchers
- Shelter Plus Care
- USDA | Rural Housing Services
- Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
- HUD Programs
- Rental Project Search Tools
California State Housing Programs
- California Housing and Community Development (HCD)
- CalHome Single-family Program Regulations (25 CCR § 7715-7756) - the whole regulatory enchilada in a PDF file.
- California Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)
- California HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)
- Federal Plans and Reports - federal plans for California, including Consolidated Plan, CAPER, HAP (Section 8) Administrative Plan, and PHA Plan.
- Housing Element Compliance Report (Status List)
- List of Affordable Rental Housing Developments
- Loans, Grants, and Enterprise Zone Programs
- Proposition 1C and Proposition 46 awards
- Uniform Multifamily Regulations (25 CCR § 8300-8316) - the whole regulatory enchilada in a PDF file.
- California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA)
- CalHFA Project Search by County
- CalHFA Multfamily Property Manager's Handbook - 62-page manual for multi-family rental housing financed by CalHFA.
- CalHFA Statutory Eviction and Grievance Provisions (go to Health & Safety Code § 51066)
- CalHFA Statutory Relocation Provisions (go to Health & Safety Code § 51063)
- CalHFA Model Lease (updated 2/08)
- California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC)
- Description of CTCAC Programs
- Projects Receiving Tax Credits
- Low Income Tax Credit Regulations (4 CCR §§ 10300 et seq.)
Federal Housing Programs
- Empire Justice Center (formerly GULP) - quick links to key federal laws, regulations, notices and policies governing federal housing programs.
- Wait a Minute: Slowing Down Criminal Activity Eviction Cases to Find the Truth - originally pubished at 41 Clearinghouse Review 55 (May/June 2007), definitive article by Larry McDonough, adjunct law professor and Managing Attorney at Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, on practical steps to defending evictions based on alleged criminal activity in most major federal housing programs, including Public Housing and Section 8 programs.
- Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Housing Rights Outline for Advocates by NHLP
- HUD Programs
- Programs of HUD 2005: Major Mortgage, Grant, Assistance, and Regulatory Programs - omnibus 133-page guide to HUD programs with program descriptions, eligibility criteria, which department administers the program and the legal authority upon which the program is based, including where to find information on the web about the program.
- General HUD Program Regulations (24 CFR § 5) @ e-CFR
- Regulations for Programs Administered by Public and Indian Housing (PIH)
- Consolidated Plans
- Community Planning and Development Program Formula Allocations for FY 2007
- Consolidated Planning Process - links to consolidated plan regs, executive summaries, and other con plan info.
- Consolidated Plan Regulations
- Executive Summaries of Con Plans in California - look here for official summary of your city's and/or county's Consolidated Plan.
- State and Local Consolidated Plans
- Homeless Assistance
- Homeless Assistance Programs
- Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS)
- HMIS.info - developed by HUD's National HMIS Technical Assistance Initiative as a central location for communities to get current information, publications and HUD resources related to HMIS.
- HMIS Final Rule
- HUDHRE.info (Homeless Resource Exchange) - one-stop information and resource center for providers who assist the persons who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
- HUD Subsidized Multifamily Programs
- Evictions from Multifamily Housing Regulations (24 C.F.R. § 247 et seq.)
- HUD Descriptions of Multifamily Programs
- HUD Elderly and Disabled projects in California
- HUD Handbook 4350.3 (Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs)
- HUD Subsidized Project Search (California)
- Preservation of At-Risk Housing
- Housing Preservation @ National Housing Law Project
- See Preservation of HUD-Subsidized Multifamily Housing for California authorities and resources.
- Section 202 and Section 811 Programs Regulations (Supportive Housing for Elderly | Disabled) (24 CFR § 891)
- Tenant Participation in Multifamily Programs Regulations (24 CFR § 245)
- Public Housing | Conventional Housing
- Advocates' Guide to the Public Housing Community Service / Self-Sufficiency Requirement in California (30 pages) - prepared by Bay Area Legal Aid and the National Housing Law Project.
- Earned Income Disregard
- Earned Income Disregard (EID) Packet @ National Housing Law Project
- HUD FAQs and training examples - from NHLP's EID packet, above.
- LSNC Earned Income Disregard PowerPoint - web-based PowerPoint Presentation adapted from NHLP packet; also available to download as a PowerPoint *.ppt file.
- HOPE VI: Revitalization and Demolition of Severely Distressed Public Housing @ NHLP
- HUD Guidance/Information on Public Housing
- Lease and Grievance Procedures Regulations (24 C.F.R. § 966 et seq.)
- Public Housing Admission and Occupancy Regulations (24 C.F.R. § 960 et seq.)
- Public Housing Authority Profiles - list for all 50 states, with info about local PHA's, including basic data re number of units, fiscal year, and score on HUD's "report card."
- Public Housing Occupancy Guidebook
- Public Housing Reform Overview - helpful HUD information on the application of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act.
- Tenant Participation/Opportunities Regulations (24 C.F.R. § 964 et seq.)
- Public Housing Authority (PHA) Plans
- HUD Guidance, Policy, Instructions, Templates and Forms
- Public Housing Authority Profiles - list for all 50 states, with info about local PHA's, including basic data re number of units, fiscal year, and score on HUD's "report card."
- PHA Plan Regulations (24 CFR § 903 et seq.)
- Sample Analyses of PHA Plans
- LSNC Comments re SHRA Plan (November 2, 1999) - detailed, 38-page analysis of substantive and procedural deficiencies in the proposed SHRA Comprehensive Agency Plan.
- Pearson's PHA Data | Resources Checklist (1999) - reality checklist for analyzing Public Housing Authority Annual Plans.
- Section 8 Homeownership
- Section 8 Homeownership Program @ National Housing Law Project
- Homeownership Vouchers @ HUD
- Homeownership Regulations (Go to: 24 CFR § 982.625 et seq.)
- Section 8 Homeownership Final Rule
- Section 8 Homeownership Downpayment Assistance Grants and Streamlining Amendments Final Rule
- Section 8 Tenant-Based Housing Choice Voucher Program
- Housing Choice Voucher Regulations (24 C.F.R. § 982 et seq.)
- HUD Guidance | Information on Voucher Programs
- See also, Revision of the Project-Based Voucher Statute (2001) @ Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- HUD Housing Choice Voucher Guidebook
- Project-Based Section 8
- Project Based Regulations (24 C.F.R. § 983 et seq.)
- HUD Guidance | Information on Project-Based Vouchers
- Section 8 Enhanced | Preservation | Conversion Vouchers
- HUD Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook
- HUD Notice re Conversion of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers to Enhanced Vouchers (PIH 2001-10)
- HUD Notice re Section 8 (Enhanced and Regular Vouchers) for Housing Conversion Actions - Policy and Processing Guidance (PIH 2001-41)
- Overview of Enhanced | Preservation Vouchers @ National Housing Law Project (NHLP)
- Shelter Plus Care
- General Requirements (42 U.S.C. § 11403 et seq)
- Moderate Rehabilitation Assistance for Single-Room Occupancy Dwellings (42 U.S.C. § 11407 et seq.)
- Project-Based Rental Assistance (42 U.S.C. § 11405 et seq.)
- Sponsor-Based Rental Assistance (42 U.S.C. § 11406 et seq.)
- Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (42 U.S.C. § 11404 et seq.)
- Shelter Plus Care Regulations @ e-CFR
- USDA Rural Development
- Multifamily Rental Projects
- Locate Units for Rent - Multi-Family Housing (All States)
- Locate Units for Rent (Northern California Counties)
- Locate Units for Rent (Southern California Counties)
- Multifamily Housing Asset Management Handbook (3560)
- Chap 6: Project Occupancy (3560)
- Multifamily Housing Occupancy Regulations (7 CFR § 3560.151 et seq.)
- Locate Units for Rent - Multi-Family Housing (All States)
- Single Family Housing
- Adverse Decisions and Administrative Appeals (7 CFR § 1900.51 et seq.)
- National Appeals Division (NAD) Rules of Procedure (7 CFR § 11.1 et seq.)
- Section 502 and 504 (Homeownership Loan Program) Regulations (7 CFR § 3550)
- Single Family Loan and Grant Foreclosure Procedures and Protections (7 CFR § 3550.201 et seq.)
- California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC)
- CTCAC Compliance Manual Order Form
- California Developments That Received a Tax Credit Allocation (1987-2004)
- Description of CTCAC Programs
- "Good Cause" Documents - single PDF file includes "A Resident Notification Letter," "Lease Rider" and a "Notice - Good Cause Protection" that tax-credit owners must issue to tenants to ensure compliance with LIHTC "good cause" lease termination/renewal protections.
- IRS Form 8823 and Guide - contains comprehensive guide on tax-credit program compliance
- IRS Guidance: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
- IRS Revenue Ruling 2004-82 - see Section C) re "good cause" requirement, inter alia.
- LIHTC Federal Statute (26 U.S.C. § 42)
- LIHTC Federal Regulations (26 CFR § 1.42-5 et seq.)
- LIHTC Maximum Income and Rent Query (determine maximum incomes and rents for LIHTC projects in your county)
- MOU Between HUD and Treasury Department re Enforcement of Fair Housing Act
- HUD Notice re Prohibition of Discrimination Against Families with Housing Choice Vouchers by Owners of Tax Credit and Home Projects (PIH 2001-2)
- HUD Notice re Units with Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Allocations Combined with Housing Choice Voucher Assistance under the Tenant-Based and Project-Based Programs (PIH 2002-22)
- HUD Notice re Project Based Voucher Units with Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocations (PIH Notice 2006-16)
- Updated HUD LIHTC data sets - for projects placed in service between 1987 - 2004.
Rental Project Search Tools
- Apartment Rental Information @ California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA)
- CADA Apartment Map - map and address locator for Capitol Area Development Authority in Sacramento.
- California Projects Receiving Low Income Housing Tax Credits @ California Treasurer
- HUD Subsidized Rental Search
- List of Affordable Housing Properties in Sacramento and Surrounding Areas @ Sacramento Housing Alliance (SHA)
- List of Affordable Rental Housing Developments @ California Housing & Community Development (HCD)
- Multi-Family Housing - Locate Units for Rent @ USDA Rural Housing Services (RHS)
- SHRA Affordable Housing Listing - inventory listing of affordable units in the Sacramento area, maintained by the Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency.
- Search for affordable housing - tool for locating by project name, city, zip, rent level, and number of bedrooms.