HOME Funds

Purpose and Priorities

To expand the supply of decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing for very-low and low-income families and households.

Eligible Applicants

• Public agencies, non-profit, and for-profit developers
• Fifteen percent (15%) of the Contra Costa County Consortium annual HOME allocation must be reserved for affordable housing projects owned, developed, or sponsored by qualified Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO).
  Download the Application for CHDO

Eligible Area

Contra Costa County as the Urban County representative, and the Cities of Antioch, Concord, Pittsburg, and Walnut Creek, are a Consortium for purposes of participation in the HOME Program. HOME funds may be used Countywide. 

Target Population

Lower-Income households, defined and as households within incomes less than than or equal to 80 percent of area median income, as defined by HUD. Low-Income Special Needs Population including:

• Seniors and the frail elderly;
• Large families with children;
• Disabled population;
• Persons with alcohol or drug-abuse problems;
• Female-headed households;
• Farmworkers;
• Victims of domestic violence; and
• Homeless

CDBG FUnds

Purpose and Priorities

The purpose of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program is to develop viable urban communities through the provision of decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanded economic opportunities for persons of very-low and low income. All projects funded with CDBG funds must accomplish one of the following national objectives:

• The project must directly benefit very-low and low-income households;
• The project must aid in the elimination of slums and blight; and/or
• The project must act to eliminate conditions which pose a serious and immediate threat to the community welfare.

Eligible Applicants

• Public agencies, non-profit, and for-profit developers
• CDBG may be used for the new construction of housing affordable to and occupied by very-low and low-income households only when undertaken by a qualified Community Based Development Organization (CDBOs). Download the Application for CDBO. (PDF)
• Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) certified by the County for purposed of participating in the HOME Program automatically qualify as a CDBO if their geographic area of operation is limited to one neighborhood and they have received or are expected to receive HOME Funds. Download the Application for CHDO (PDF)

Eligible Area

Contra Costa County Urban County, which includes all of Contra Costa with the exception of the Cities of Antioch, Concord, Pittsburg, and Walnut Creek. The latter cities are independent entitlement jurisdictions for the purposed of participation in the CDBG Program and receive separate allocations of CBG funds.

Target Population

Lower-Income households, defined and as households within incomes less than than or equal to 80 percent of area median income, as defined by HUD. Low-Income Special Needs Population including:

• Seniors and the frail elderly;
• Large families with children;
• Disabled population;
• Persons with alcohol or drug-abuse problems;
• Female-headed households;
• Farmworkers;
• Victims of domestic violence; and
• Homeless