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Homes for LA Affordable Housing 2026 Notice of Funding Availability (Homes for LA NOFA) / Round 2

Council File 25-0690-S1

Pending — the city's affordable housing funding announcement for Round 2 is waiting on Housing Committee review before the full council can formally adopt it, clearing the way for developers and nonprofits to apply.

Introduced
2026-09-04
Last changed
2026-09-11
Status
open
Expires
2028-09-11
Committee
Housing Committee
Initiated by
Mayor

Brief

The Mayor's office has released the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Round 2 of Homes for LA, the city's competitive grant program for affordable housing development. The LA Housing Department submitted the funding announcement to the City Council on September 4, 2026. The Housing Committee has scheduled a committee meeting for September 16, 2026, to review the NOFA framework and funding details. The file remains open and pending committee action.

Full summary

The Homes for LA program is the city's primary affordable housing funding mechanism, and this file initiates Round 2 of the 2026 funding cycle. The Los Angeles Housing Department submitted a report dated August 16, 2026, that establishes the formal Notice of Funding Availability—the document that announces available funds, application deadlines, scoring criteria, and program requirements to prospective applicants (developers, nonprofits, and public agencies). The NOFA typically specifies eligible uses (new construction, rehabilitation, preservation), target populations (extremely low-income, very low-income, or mixed-income households), geographic priorities, and other conditions that shape where and how the city's affordable housing dollars flow. The file was submitted by the Mayor on September 4, 2026, and referred to the Housing Committee on September 8, 2026. It is currently pending committee review and action. The file's expiration date is September 4, 2028, giving the council two years to act. No committee hearing date or vote has been scheduled or recorded in the log yet. Once the Housing Committee approves the NOFA, it will return to the full City Council for adoption. Approval of the NOFA is largely procedural—it formalizes the administration's allocation strategy and opens the application window—but it is substantive in that the criteria, timeline, and funding targets embedded in the NOFA determine which projects and neighborhoods will compete for resources in this funding round.

Activity (3)

  • 2026-09-11 Housing Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 16, 2026.
  • 2026-09-08 Los Angeles Housing Department document(s) referred to Housing Committee.
  • 2026-09-04 Document submitted by the Mayor, Los Angeles Housing Department report dated August 16, 2026.

Documents (1)

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