Job Opening – Housing and Community Development Specialist III
Provisional Position on the Asset Management Team in HCD’s Housing Finance Division. Application Open until Filled, see the job description at this link to get started.
Housing & Community Development Department
Michelle Starratt, Housing Director
Provisional Position on the Asset Management Team in HCD’s Housing Finance Division. Application Open until Filled, see the job description at this link to get started.
Alameda County is engaging in an assessment of what the highest housing needs are throughout the county. As a part of this process, we have created a website (www.housingneedsac.org), held community feedback sessions, given presentations to community and stakeholder groups and will be presenting our findings in our report to the Board of Supervisors to … Read more
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The Alameda County Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) from organizations interested in serving as the System Administrator for the Alameda County Mobile Home Rent Registry. View the RFP. Applications are due by 5pm on October 21, 2024. FAQ will be released Monday, October 14. Interested applicants must … Read more
HCD announces the release of up to $7,000,000 in Measure A1 Innovation and Opportunity funds to support emerging developers with predevelopment funding for activities related to the new construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing units. Anticipated awards are approximately $500,000 and will advance projects towards eventual construction. Applications are due by 5pm on Monday, December 2. … Read more
Round 3 of the Alameda County Housing Provider Small Grant Recovery Program is NOW OPEN and the grant amount has increased to $10,000! Housing Providers operating units in the Unincorporated County may be eligible for grants of $10,000 with no use restrictions and no expectation of grant repayment. Applications are due by 5 pm on … Read more
Do you live in Alameda County and are you concerned about housing discrimination or equal access to housing? The Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) is a county-wide study of fair housing concerns. Take our online survey here: https://bit.ly/acfairhousing24 to directly impact housing policy and help us protect the right to fair housing (and get … Read more
On August 1, 2024, Alameda County Housing and Community Development released the newly produced 10-Year Housing Plan to drive the County’s investments in housing affordability for the next decade. The Housing Plan will serve as a policy and planning framework for implementing efforts to address the housing and homelessness crisis impacting Alameda County. The Housing … Read more
By Christine Mai-Duc, Wall Street Journal Only a few dozen people have built housing under a law allowing them to construct duplexes alongside single-family houses When California legislators voted in 2021 to eliminate zoning laws that require neighborhoods to have only single family homes, supporters celebrated it as a tool to alleviate the state’s crippling housing shortage. Opponents … Read more
By Paulette Perhach, New York Times Either by choice or because they are priced out of the market, many people plan to never stop renting. Building wealth without home equity requires a different mind-set. As in any other market, predicting the future of rent charges is impossible. Rents could deflate as they did during the pandemic … Read more