Highlights from Q3 (July through September 2023) include:

• Behavioral Health Community Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) funds were awarded to purchase a property on Sutton Way to be used as a day center and navigation center. Staff are currently working to pull down grant funding and plan for renovations. The building is currently occupied with limited staff. 
• Empire Mine Courtyard has made substantial progress towards 19 units of permanent housing for homeless individuals. Of those units, 19 are occupied or in the process of selecting an occupant . The office space/case management area has been renovated. 
• The Ranch House:  No Place Like Home Round 2 funding in the amount of $1,412,000  is being used to convert an existing three-bedroom, two bath County owned property into six individual units of permanent supportive housing with estimated completion of January of 2025. The project received  $2,700,000 in additional funding for construction from the Community Care Expansion grant. Construction is set to begin in October 2023. Estimated completion is in September 2024. 
• Pacific Crest Commons is a collaboration between HCS staff,  Regional Housing Authority, developer The Pacific Companies (TPC), and the Town of Truckee to secure financing for the California Highway Patrol surplus site in Truckee. Round 4 No Place Like Home funding has been awarded. The project will incorporate 10 supportive housing units into the project. The project has also secured $2M in local soft financing for development costs. The project continues through the entitlement process and applied for federal tax credit in August for awards to be announced in November. 
• Lone Oak Phase II is in planning for 31 units of low income Senior housing. Nevada County awarded funds from the Western Nevada County Regional Housing Trust Fund to developer Pacific West Communities to support the project. The project applied for federal tax credits in August for awards in November.
• The Affordable Workforce and Housing Team is a collaboration between the Community Development Agency and Health and Human Services to advance development of affordable and workforce housing through coordination on projects and policies. The Team meets monthly. 
• A Request for Proposal to identify a developer for owner occupied housing was released in May. Habitat for Humanity was selected to construct an owner occupied home for a low income family. This project aligns with the County's 5 year plan for Permanent Local Housing Allocation funding. 
• Application for the 2023 Local Housing Trust Fund was submitted in May. If awarded, the application could provide $3.4 million in funding for the development of affordable housing, including owner occupied construction. 
• The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) CV1 subsistence grant provided rent, mortgage, or utility assistance to 37 households. Of the 37 households served to date, 28 households had pay or quit notices or evictions or foreclosure processes threatening and were able to remain in their homes. A total of $175,453 has been administered.