On January 15, 2025, the San Mateo County Department of Housing (DOH) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for applicant teams seeking to apply to be considered a co-applicant with San Mateo County for Homekey+ funding. Applicant teams may also propose specific Homekey+ opportunity sites for County review.
The County of San Mateo invites Teams to submit applications to qualify for one or both of the following roles:
- Co-applicant for Homekey+ funding for the development, management, and operation of a County-identified Opportunity Site as permanent supportive housing for the Target Population, if a site is found to be feasible, as determined by the County. (Concurrently with this RFP, the County is assessing the feasibility of County-identified Opportunity Sites for Homekey+ funding.)
- Co-applicant for Homekey+ funding for the development, management and operation of an Opportunity Site proposed by the Team and approved by the County, as permanent supportive housing for the Target Population.
Deadlines
Team Applications must have been received by 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time on February 5, 2025
Supplemental Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time on February 12, 2025
Technical Assistance & 1:1 Meetings
A TA session was held on January 23, 2025. DOH staff reviews the application requirements and answers questions. You can find this recording on our YouTube page at: https://youtu.be/1UIoZ6yxbZQ?si=IdQLHfG4CWv1z8SY.
A copy of the slide deck from the presentation is available below in “Related Documents”.
A pre-application meeting between RFP interested respondents and DOH staff was required and was held on January 31, 2025.
Qualified Teams that have been invited to negotiate an MOU will be notified after February 21, 2025. Teams who have been invited to become a co-applicant may continue to propose Opportunity Sites to the County on a rolling basis until the County determines, in its sole discretion, that there is not sufficient time or matching funds remaining to support any further Homekey+ applications to the state.
Key Dates
(*Subject to change-check the DOH website regularly.)
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November 26, 2024 |
State Homekey+ NOFA released. |
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January 15, 2025 |
San Mateo County RFP released.
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January 23, 2025, at 1p.m. (Pacific Time) |
An RFP Technical Assistance (TA) Session was held. |
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January 31, 2025 |
Mandatory individual pre-application meetings. |
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February 5, 2025, by 4 p.m. (Pacific Time) |
Deadline for Applications from Organizations—Proposals were due to County DOH. |
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February 10, 2025, by 4p.m. (Pacific Time) |
Deadline for Organization’s Supplemental Application for Opportunity Sites—due to County DOH by emailing a Dropbox link and access information to Maryann Sargent at: msargent@smchousing.org |
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February 21, 2025 |
DOH invites one or more qualified Teams to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the intent to develop a Homekey+ application for a specific County-approved Opportunity Site (either identified by the County or proposed-by the Team and accepted-by the County). |
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March 25, 2025 |
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors meeting where DOH staff will propose and request approval of application(s) to the Homekey+ Program, and if available, approval of an Enforceable Funding Commitment. |
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Expected April 2025 and following on a rolling basis until May 30, 2025. |
DOH submits one or more Homekey+ applications with one or more qualified Teams for County-approved Opportunity Sites for HCD Homekey+ funding. |
Updates
Note that future Q&A Docs and RFP updates will be posted here as they are available.
Websites & Other Resources
Homekey+ | California Department of Housing and Community Development
The Center on Homelessness | County of San Mateo, CA