County Of Santa Clara

County Of Santa Clara's Housing & Development Dept (doing business as CDBG, Home, CoC, HPRP, ESG Division) receives federal grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development as a prime recipient, administering affordable housing and homelessness programs in the San Jose metropolitan area. The entity is a U.S. local government agency—a child division of the County of Santa Clara—with no federal contract footprint and operates entirely within HUD's formula grant and project grant ecosystem.

The department's grant portfolio centers on four core HUD programs: the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Program, the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239), the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), and the Economic Development Initiative Community Project Funding. Work performed includes rehabilitation of owner-occupied housing, homebuyer assistance, acquisition and construction of rental housing, tenant-based rental assistance, permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing for persons experiencing homelessness, transitional housing, supportive services, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) infrastructure, CoC planning and coordination, unified funding agency fiscal administration, and homelessness prevention activities. Recent representative awards include a $803,907.79 HOME formula grant (obligated January 14, 2026, through September 30, 2034) for affordable housing activities across the county; a $1.5 million CoC Program project grant (January 1 through December 31, 2026) for permanent housing, rapid rehousing, and supportive services; a $1.39 million CoC award (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026) supporting the same five CoC program components; a $824,394.66 HOME formula grant (November 6, 2024, through September 30, 2033); and multiple smaller CoC project grants ranging from $124,633 to $944,697 awarded throughout 2025 and early 2026.

HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development is the sole funding agency, accounting for 98% of the department's 60 prime awards and 2% sub-award activity (one sub-award in rapid rehousing administration passed through the County Controller-Treasurer Department). Total obligations across all awards reach $88.3 million. Activity has increased sharply: two awards in both 2022 and 2023, five in 2024, fourteen in 2025, and eight in the first half of 2026. Eleven awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure for the department's grant administration and sub-recipient pass-through functions. The department operates as an entitlement community grantee and participating jurisdiction under HUD's formula allocation methodology, meaning annual funding flows are statutory rather than competitive; however, the department's administration of these funds—fiscal controls, outcome reporting, sub-recipient management, and compliance documentation—remains subject to HUD oversight and performance standards.