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Sonoma County supervisors hear pleas for short-term bridge funding after abrupt HUD funding disruption
Summary
County staff and nonprofit providers told supervisors that 12 HUD-funded homeless projects (about $4.2M/year) serving roughly 209 units and ~250 people are in limbo after a late NOFO change; providers urged short-term bridge loans while the county and coalition develop a January proposal.
County leaders on Friday heard urgent testimony from nonprofits and a county presentation about a sudden federal funding disruption that threatens 12 homelessness projects serving roughly 250 people.
Nolan Sullivan, director of the Department of Health Services, told the Board of Supervisors the Continuum of Care (COC) includes 12 grants totaling about $4,200,000 annually that support about 209 supportive-housing units. He said the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued an abrupt change to its Notice of Funding Opportunity on Nov. 12 and then withdrew the NOFO on Dec. 8 after a court injunction, leaving projects and contractors in “limbo.”
“This changes the time clock from 24 months to 12 months, and some projects are scheduled to start in January 2026,” Sullivan…
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