The County of San Diego's Mental Health Services Act Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Affordable Housing Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and New Construction released on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 is suspended until further notice. The action comes as the result result of a California Department of Mental Health Community Services and Supports clarification notice published on March 12, 2008. This applies only to applications for the $3.24 million county NOFA, not the state MHSA funds through CalHFA.

 

Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC) is sponsoring a public workshop Thursday, April 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. focusing on parking management case studies of other major downtowns and their potential applications in downtown San Diego.  Input from this workshop will guide CCDC's Comprehensive Parking Plan development. The Plan will address all aspects of parking, including on-street parking, public and private structures, and parking management. The workshop will be held in the Silver Room, San Diego Concourse, 202 C Street. Send an email to events@ccdc.com to reserve a place.

 

The Urban Land Institute Real Estate School will be held May 28 until June 9 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.  Several two to four-day courses are offered including sessions in multifamily development, construction fundamentals, real estate finance and others. For a full program and registration, click here.

 

 

The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is sponsoring a series of workshops on the application and NOFA for the Multifamily Housing Supportive Housing Program. The San Diego workshop will be Tuesday, April 22 from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at 1350 Front Street, San Diego 92101. HCD has changed the format for the new NOFA Supportive Housing Application Workshop and will have breakout groups to allow for interaction and questions. 

 

The following day they will offer a hands-on technical workshop for applications that are in process.  This is the first time HCD has done this and it is expected to be valuable for anyone planning to submit an application.

 

A "Smart Money" Summit is being held Saturday, April 12 to assist those in need of foreclosure assistance, to prequalify those needing down payment assistance to prequalify for homeownership, and to provide free tax assistance on the Earned Income Tax Credit.  Sponsored by the City/County Reinvestment Task Force, City Councilman Tony Young, and County Supervisor Ron Roberts, the program is free and runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the San Diego City Concourse, 202 C Street, San Diego, 92101. 

 

The San Diego Housing Federation office will be closed Monday to commemorate the Cesar Chavez holiday.