A draft of guidelines for the State's Housing-Related Parks Program has been released by HCD.  The program is designed to encourage cities and counties to develop new residential housing by rewarding those jurisdictions that are in compliance with State housing element law and that approve housing affordable to lower-income households.

 

Housing starts for new affordable housing units that meet the affordability requirements for extremely low, very low- or low-income households determine a jurisdiction's eligibility. Minimum grants are $75,000 and are based on the number of units of affordable housing that are created. Bonus points and additional grant funds are determined by neighborhood park deficiency, progress on achieving RHNA goals, the level of affordability, and infill projects. Grant funds must be used to create or rehab parks or to purchase park equipment. Comments on the draft guidelines are due by July 28.

One Economy Corporation, the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF), and the San Diego Housing Federation (SDHF) have announced the San Diego Bring IT Home California workshop. This half-day workshop will offer members of the affordable housing community a comprehensive introduction to the provision of Internet access as a service amenity. The program will include workshops on funding broadband provisions, public policy issues, and different options for providing low-cost internet.  It will be held July 30 at the SD County Office of Education in Linda Vista from 9 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. Click here to register. The program is free and lunch will be provided.