Habitat for Humanity builds affordable homes in partnership with local low income families.

Offers the Habitat Home Ownership Program that provides an opportunity for local, low income families to purchase a simple, decent, affordable home in Nevada County. 

Families are chosen based on three basic eligibility criteria:
1. Need - family income is between 30% to 80% of the median income in Nevada County.
2.  Ability To Pay - verify that the family does have steady income in order to successfully pay the monthly mortgage payments.
3. Willingness To Partner with Habitat - family agrees to do 500 "sweat equity" hours helping build their home or providing other service to the organization.  

The NC Habitat Homeowner selection committee carefully reviews applications, conducts interviews, and makes home visits in order to ensure that the families selected have the greatest need and likelihood of success as homeowners.

Offers a Housing Services Program to low-income households by administering government funds for:

• First Time Home Buyer Down Payment Assistance.
• Community Services Programs.

The Nevada County Housing and Community Services Program is a partner of the Homeless Outreach and Medical Engagement (HOME) Team, created in June 2019.
 
The HOME Team is a partnership between Nevada County, Hospitality House, Turning Point Community Programs and AMI Housing.
 
County staff can contact the HOME team to connect someone they think may need additional help or services. Staff can also direct customers experiencing homeless to the team directly by having them either call or email the team directly. The team can be reached Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. by calling (530) 470-2686 or emailing home@co.nevada.ca.us
 
With one phone call (during business hours) someone can be reached who can work to connect the person to a variety of services including treatme… [read more]

The Children’s Community Chest Program is a discretionary emergency fund of last resort to meet the needs of children ages 0-18 in Nevada and Sierra County families for whom no other community support is available or who find themselves in a situation that requires a timely response. The eligibility area includes parts of the Tahoe-Truckee region that are in Nevada County or Sierra County. 

A variety of hardships are funded, such as: emergency rental assistance, transportation needs, utility payment to avoid shut-off, car repairs, medical related costs, counseling services, and summer camps.

This is truly a funding of last resort. Requests for Children’s Community Chest must be submitted by local public and nonprofit agencies. Application & Guidelines here: http://www.sncs.org/PDFs/Forms/Community_Chest_Application.pdf. SNCS needs proof of how the money will be spent before they'll provide the funds. For example: a written price quote, bill, etc. Requests for Children’s Co… [read more]

Hospitality House offers a year-round, temporary, overnight emergency shelter for homeless residents of Western Nevada County who have lived in the county for 45 days or more. ID not required.

Services available to those who are staying at the shelter include:

• Emergency shelter
• Food
• Clothing
• Showers
• Laundry
• Job training
• Customized case management
• Mental health counseling
• Enrichment classes
• Transportation
• Housing assistance

Intakes

• 7 days a week (based on availability)

Animals

• Hospitality House accepts approved pets. Contact Hospitality House or ask a 211 call agent for details of the pet policy.

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NOTE: 211 gets inquiries about the apartments behind Safeway. Brunswick Commons is the apartment complex  on Old Tunnel Rd behind the Safeway, etc in Grass Valley. Members of the general public cannot apply for units because the complex is entirely devoted to people who are clients of Hospitality House, Turning Point, or Nevada County Behavioral Health. People who ma… [read more]

Sierra Community House can provide rental assistance to qualifying individuals and households who live in Tahoe and Truckee.

Screening and Applications
Sierra Community House will screen households to assist each community member who may qualify. If households qualify, Sierra Community House will go through the application process with them so that the household may receive assistance with their rental payments.

Locations
The rental assistance scope includes anyone in Placer or Nevada counties who specifically resides in Tahoe and Truckee areas.
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This is a Ready to Grow (R2G) resource. Ready to Grow is a First 5 Nevada County program to connect children 0-5 with services and information that support their well-being. Organizations with programs that have this R2G tag may have additional programs of interest to families.

USDA Rural Development services include:

• Helping rural residents buy or rent safe, affordable housing and making health and safety repairs to their homes.
• Loans, grants, and loan guarantees to help create jobs and support economic development and essential services such as housing; health care; first responder services and equipment; and water, electric, and communications infrastructure.
• Technical assistance and information to help agricultural producers and cooperatives get started and improve the effectiveness of their operations.

See a comprehensive list of of programs in the document called USDA Rural Development Summary of Programs.

The document has program information for:

• single family housing
• multifamily house
• community programs
• energy and electric programs
• telecommunications programs
• water and environmental programs
• business and cooperative programs

Web pages

• USDA Rural Development Summary of Programs - https://www.rd.usda.gov/sites/default/files/RD_ProgramMatrix.pdf
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The Tenant Power Toolkit (TPT) is a multi-organization collaborative effort designed to keep people in their homes, fight evictions, fight rent debt, and build the collective power of tenants.

This is how it works: You answer some questions about your eviction and debt situation. TPT helps you fight your eviction and your rent debt, links you with legal resources and tenants’ rights groups, and their housing justice work including collective action campaigns. 

• Tenant Resources & Know Your Rights - 
  https://tenantpowertoolkit.org/know-your-rights.html
• Learn how to use the Tenant Power Toolkit - Attend one of the free online Toolkit Trainings. The trainings are aimed at helping California tenant organizers, counselors, lawyers and tenants themselves on how to use the Toolkit to keep renters in their homes. https://tenantpowertoolkit.org/index.html
• FAQs - https://tenantpowertoolkit.org/faqs.html

Departments for different aspects of housing are listed below and on this web page: https://www.bcsh.ca.gov/housing/index.html. Programs with services available directly to the public are in bold italic type.

Housing and Community Development
The Department of Housing and Community Development administers State and Federal housing and community development loan and grant programs. These programs develop and rehabilitate rental and supportive housing, promote homeownership, provide emergency rent relief, and assist in creating housing for farm workers, people with disabilities, and people experiencing homelessness. The Department also administers the Community Block Grant Program that funds housing activities, public works, community facilities, and public service projects serving lower-income people in rural communities.

• Community Block Grant Program - For rural cities and counties
• No Place Like Home Program - For counties
• Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Program&n…

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211 offers COVID-19 information resources organized by level of government: County, State, and Federal. Below is information from the County of Nevada and the Nevada County Public Health Department (NCPHD).

General Guidance

• Nevada County Public Health COVID-19 info - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/2924/Coronavirus
• Business Resources - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/3143/Business-Resources
• COVID-19 compliance complaints - https://nevadacountyca.portal.iworq.net/
• Mental health - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/2965/Lets-Talk-Nevada-County
• COVID-19 Rental, Mortgage, and Utility Assistance - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/3634/Rental-Mortgage-and-Utility-Assistance. This program is now closed. Keeping in this listing in case people ask about it.
• As of 3/1/23 - People can call the Nevada County Public Health COVID-19 Nurse Line at 530-265-7258 for guidance about resources, testing, isolation, and treatment for COVID-19. NCPH may be able to provide groceries…

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211 offers COVID-19 information resources organized by level of government: County, State, and Federal. Below is information from the State of California.

Holidays and COVID-19 - https://covid19.ca.gov/holidays/

Check Your County's COVID-19 Community Level (aka COVID-19 County Check)-https://covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/

State of California - key agency websites

• California Department of Public Health
  • https://www.cdph.ca.gov/
• COVID19.ca.gov
  • https://covid19.ca.gov/
• Department of Industrial Relations (includes Cal/OSHA)
  • https://www.dir.ca.gov/
• MyTurn.ca.gov - COVID-19 vaccine scheduling website
  • https://myturn.ca.gov/

General Guidance

• Business
  • Financial help for businesses - https://covid19.ca.gov/business-and-employers/
  • COVID-19+ sick leave and other financial help - https://covid19.ca.gov/get-financial-help
  • Interactive tool to help COVID-19+ people assess what work leave options are available - https://saferatwork.covid19.ca.gov/covi…

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