Down Payment Assistance Loan Programs - Sept 27 Webinar/Meeting

Santa Rosa residents looking to buy their first home may be eligible for up to $175,000 in down payment loan assistance. An informational webinar, with an in-person location to view the webinar, will be held Sept. 27 at 6 p.m.

Point-in-Time Count Shows 30% Fewer Residents Experiencing Homelessness in Santa Rosa

Results from the 2023 Sonoma County Homeless Count and Survey show the City of Santa Rosa, in coordination with the Sonoma Continuum of Care, is successfully addressing homelessness. During this year’s count conducted in January, 22% fewer resid...

Caritas Homes Phase One Opens in Downtown

On Thursday, Aug. 24, the City of Santa Rosa and its Housing Authority joined Burbank Housing and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa in celebrating the opening of Caritas Homes Phase 1 — a new 64-unit affordable housing complex in the City’s ...

Ordinance Governing Camping on Public and Private Property

Update: Aug. 9, 2023

On Tuesday, Aug. 8, the Santa Rosa City Council approved a recommendation by the Housing and Community Services Department that Council introduce an ordinance repealing and replacing Chapter 11-22 of the Santa Rosa City Code (Camping o...

Housing Authority Awards $8.5M in NOFA Funds for Four Affordable Housing Projects

The Santa Rosa Housing Authority has approved approximately $8.5 million in conditional loan commitments of 2023-24 loan funds to four Santa Rosa housing developments, which will help create up to 158 new units of affordable housing and rehabilitate and p...

New Affordable Homes for Farmworker Families in Rincon Valley

Construction framing has begun on MidPen Housing's new Mahonia Glen development. Local and state support helped make the project possible, including $4.9 million from the Santa Rosa Housing Authority.

Downtown Homeless Services Center to Extend Operating Hours

The homeless services center in Downtown Santa Rosa is extending its hours of operation beginning July 1, 2023. The Caritas Drop-In Center, which is funded by the City of Santa Rosa and operated by Catholic Charities, will no longer have reduced hours and...

City of Santa Rosa Awarded Nearly $3.9M in State Funding to Resolve Encampments

The City of Santa Rosa has been awarded nearly $3.9 million in funding from the State of California’s Encampment Resolution Funding Program (ERF). The grant monies will be used to address encampments in the Southwest and Southeast regions of San...

Safe Parking Program Completes Successful First Year of Operation

The City’s Safe Parking Program, which opened in March 2022, has successfully helped to reduce vehicle encampments and homelessness in Santa Rosa. The City Council received an update this week following the program’s first year of oper...

Caritas Village Receives $5 Million Thanks to Assemblymember Jim Wood's Efforts

On May 19, 2023, Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) presented Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa with a check for $5 million from the state of California to help launch Caritas Center in its first year. Assemblymember Wood secured the funding for Cathol...

Deadline Extended to Apply to the Waitlist for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

Update: July 6, 2023

Waitlist Lottery Application Deadline Extended to July 14, 2023

The deadline to apply to participate in the lottery for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Waitlist has been extended to July 14, 2023. Beginning June 1, 2023 and...

City Proclaims Affordable Housing Month, Emphasizes Fairness, Inclusion, and Justice in Housing

Access to safe, stable affordable homes is critical to create strong, thriving, equitable communities. That's why during the month of May, the Santa Rosa City Council and the Santa Rosa Housing Authority are joining with community partners and experts in ...

Leasing of New Affordable Apartments at Former Journey's End Mobile Home Park Site

Residents of the Journey's End Mobile Home Park who were displaced by the 2017 Tubbs Fire can apply now for residency at the new "Laurel at Perennial Park" affordable apartment complex, which is located at the site of the former mobile ...

Construction to Begin on New South Park Commons Affordable Apartment Complex

Construction of South Park Commons, a new affordable housing complex at the former Bennett Valley Senior Center site, is set to begin. Financing for the project was completed last week, including the investment of the City-owned parcel at Bennett Valley R...

Leasing to Begin for New Affordable Housing Complex in Downtown Santa Rosa

Burbank Housing has opened the interest list for prospective tenants at its new Caritas Homes affordable housing complex to be located on 7th Street in downtown Santa Rosa. Caritas Homes - Phase One, which is currently under construction, will create a br...

Draft Annual Action Plan to Distribute 2023/24 Federal HUD Funds

The City of Santa Rosa would like your input on how it plans to distribute federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investments Partnership Program (HOME), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds it will receive for Fis...

500 Housing Quality Inspections Completed in March to Ensure Safe, Decent, and Sanitary Housing

As part of the Santa Rosa Housing Authority’s commitment to ensure safe, decent, and sanitary housing in Santa Rosa, City staff recently completed housing quality inspections of more than 500 housing units with Housing Choice Vouchers through the City’s R...

The City of Santa Rosa Awarded $20.6M California Infill Infrastructure Grant

The City of Santa Rosa has been awarded a $20.6 million Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG) from the State of California to assist with six housing projects in the greater downtown area, including an affordable housing complex to be constructed on the site ...

Affordable Housing Development Opportunity in Downtown Santa Rosa - March 24 Deadline

The City of Santa Rosa is reminding interested applicants of the Notice of Availability deadline of March 24 for three key parcels for affordable housing. In December 2022, the City Council declared three City-owned parking sites as non-exempt surplus lan...

City Council Approves Submittal of $2.7M HOME-ARP Allocation Plan to HUD

City Council Approves Submittal of $2.7M HOME-ARP Allocation Plan to HUD

The City Council has authorized submittal of the Housing and Community Services Department's proposed Allocation Plan for use of a one-time $2.7 million allocation of federal...

A Success Story: From Homeless to Home Sweet Home

The following local success story of one man's journey out of homelessness and into housing is taken from Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa's 2021-2022 Annual Report (see page 5). Catholic Charities is the City of Santa Ros...

City Council Authorizes 5-Year Homelessness Solutions Strategic Plan

The Santa Rosa City Council voted unanimously on Tues., Nov. 15, 2022, to adopt a five-year strategic plan to address the critical concern of homelessness in the city. The Homelessness Solutions Strategic Plan provides key strategies and actions to improv...

‘Housing Heroes’ Can Open Doors to Affordability

The following message to the community was penned by Sonoma County Supervisor Chris Coursey and Santa Rosa City Councilmember Tom Schwedhelm and published in The Press Democrat 'Close to Home' opinion section on Sunday, November 6, 2022: Read in ...

City Prepares Warming Center in Advance of Extreme Weather Conditions

The City of Santa Rosa, in partnership with Catholic Charities, is preparing for the onset of extreme weather conditions that will trigger the opening of a drop-in Warming Center for residents who need a place to go to get warm. The City’s Extre...

Grand Opening of Linda Tunis Senior Apartments

On October 25, Pep Housing celebrated the completion and grand opening of Linda Tunis Senior Apartments, an affordable housing development in Rincon Valley. The City of Santa Rosa is proud to have partnered with PEP housing on the project as part of a reg...