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Board approves $41 million in Affordable Housing Fund awards to nine county projects
Summary
San Mateo County's Department of Housing recommended $41.1 million for nine affordable housing projects across the county, funding 636 homes including supportive units for homeless residents and farmworker housing; supervisors asked for more childcare, district breakdowns and consideration of revolving loan funds.
The Board of Supervisors approved on Oct. 7 funding recommendations from the Department of Housing for Round 13 of the Affordable Housing Fund, authorizing roughly $41.1 million in awards to nine projects that together are expected to produce about 636 affordable homes across San Mateo County.
Director of Housing (presenting) described the package of awards, which includes gap financing and predevelopment grants for projects in Belmont, Moss Beach, Menlo Park, South San Francisco, East Palo Alto, Daly City and North Fair Oaks. The recommended awards include a mix of supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness, senior units, family units and farmworker housing. "Through the first 12 rounds the county financed a total of 4,939 affordable homes," staff told the board, explaining the leverage and the mix of funding sources used to assemble awards.
Supervisors pressed staff on program details: Supervisor Spear urged including childcare in family housing and requested the county review impact‑fee policy; Supervisor Corzo asked for a district column to monitor geographic distribution; Supervisor Mueller described a pilot to purchase coast produce for county feeding programs as a separate but related local food access initiative. Staff said the NOFA scoring prioritized leverage, priority populations and geographic spread.
The board voted to approve the resolution authorizing the funding awards by roll call (motion passed with one supervisor absent). Staff said several projects would proceed to tax‑credit applications and construction in the coming year, while smaller awards are intended to support predevelopment work and future NOFA rounds.
