The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) held its third regional public meeting on the No Place Like Home (NPLH) program this week in Redding (Shasta County). As with the previous workshops, HCD staff provided a detailed overview of the Draft NPLH framing document, which outlines the implementation structure of the program, including funding protocols and data reporting requirements for the program. Staff representatives from several RCRC member counties including Shasta, Butte, Tehama, and Siskiyou participated in the meeting, providing important feedback on the challenges of implementing this program in rural areas of the state.
RCRC will continue collaborative efforts to further address county issues throughout development of the NPLH Program Guidelines, and will engage our rural county stakeholders to provide technical guidance on key provisions moving forward. HCD will be holding three more regional workshops, as well as a webinar on January 26, 2017. The deadline to provide public comment to HCD on the proposed framework document is January 31, 2017.
Detailed information on the NPLH program and regional meetings can be accessed here.