Governor Newsom announced the release of the
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Round 6 of the
Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Program. The
NOFA makes $760 million available, as appropriated through the
2024 Budget Act, in HHAP Round 6 funds to counties, large cities,
and continuums of care (CoCs). The HHAP Program provides flexible
funding to support regional efforts to address homelessness in
communities across the state. The HHAP Round 6 Allocations can be
found
here.
Counties successfully advocated for a sixth round of funding
under HHAP in the 2024-25 State Budget after additional
homelessness funding was excluded from the Governor’s January
Budget and May Revision. The final budget agreement included $1
billion in total HHAP funding, including the $760 million for
regional allocations included in the newly released NOFA. As
previously reported in a
CSAC update, the HHAP Round 6 includes new requirements
related to program administration, regional plans, funding, and
accountability. Notably, HHAP 6 applicants will be required to
have a compliant housing element and meet previous HHAP rounds
obligation and expenditure deadlines in order to receive
funding.
In addition to the HHAP Round 6 NOFA announcement, the Governor
announced the release of nearly $42 million of HHAP Round 5
funding for five regions that had applications still pending last
fall when the first batch of funding was
announced. These regions include: Butte County, El Dorado
County, Nevada County, Orange County, and the
Colusa/Glenn/Trinity Counties Region. The breakdown of these
awards is available
here. Finally, Governor Newsom announced $118.7 million in
Encampment Resolution Funding to support
14 projects intended to move people out of encampments and
into safe shelter and housing.
Continued Advocacy for Ongoing Funding to Address
Homelessness
CSAC continues to use the AT HOME
framework to guide advocacy efforts to address the state’s
homelessness crisis. As part of ongoing advocacy efforts, CSAC
submitted a joint budget letter this week with the League of
California Cities, Big City Mayors, and the Bring California Home
Coalition requesting ongoing HHAP funding of at least $1 billion
per year, including a seventh round of funding for the 2025-26
Fiscal Year. Although no additional funding was provided in the
Governor’s 2025-26 January Budget proposal, the Governor did call
for additional accountability measures as a condition of any
future state funding, such as a mechanism to claw back funding
from local governments that do not demonstrate adequate
process.
