EUREKA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & HOUSING

A community cannot flourish without affordable, adequate shelter for its citizens. As California’s housing prices continue to rise, we work to ensure that all residents have access to the variety of housing options needed to thrive and prosper in Humboldt County. Through our Housing Programs, we strive to see that our neighborhoods are well cared for and maintained.

Striving toward affordable housing for all

 All City Housing program elgigible properties must be licated with in the city limits of Eureka. These programs currently include:

Programs for owners of rental properties for economically disadvantaged residents:  This program requires recorded covenants to retrain fair market rents and tenant income restrcitions for the term of the loan.

• Low & Moderate Income Housing Fund - Program funding currently frozen since February 1, 2012 due to the elimination of Redevelopment Agencies statewide.
• State REntal Rehabilitation Loan Program
• LOCAL Loan Program
• Home Program Income (PI) Funds - The City of Eureka receives repayments of previous loans into this program income fund to provide future fudning for owner occupied rehabilitation, residential homebuyer, or affordable housing projects which are allowab le under the HOME Program re-use plan to futher affordible housing within the City limits.

Programs for economically disadvantaged property owners

• Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program

  Offers financial assistance at below-market rates to low-income property owners for health and safty repairs. CalHome, 2012 Community Development Block Gran (CDBG) award and Program Income funds, HOME-PI, and LOCAL funds.

• 2012 CDBG Homebuyer With Rehabilitation Loan Program

  To assist low to moderate income households in realizing the dream of home ownership by providing a deferred payment, second mortgage loan as a down payment to an eligible first mortgage loan (with monthly payments, including property tax and insurance impounding) for qualified homebuyers while funding lasts.

• Lead Based Paint Hazard Evaluation and Mitigation Grants

  Many loan programs include limited grant funds for the evaluation, testing, and mitigation of verified Lead Based Paint Hazards..

Other neighborhood improvement programs

Dumpster Program

To encourage the removal of large pieces of trash and unsightly debris from residential neighborhoods.  The City works in collaboration with the Eureka Police and Fire Departments and Humboldt County Environmental Health for properties located within the city limits of Eureka in need.  Owner occupied residential properties only.  Commercial and rental properties are encouraged to seek clean up as required by property or business owners as these are income properties.

Paint Up/Fix Up Grant Program

Grant funding suspended due to a lack of duning source.  A waiting list is established and will remain active for owner occupants and landlords with low income qualified tenants, who wish exterior repairs to residences, if reactivated.

Demolition Program

This program has been SUSPENDED due to a lack of funds..

Database of Affordable Housing

As required by AB987, all redevelopment agencies must compile a database of "existing, new and substantially rehabilitated" housing units assisted with Low and Moderate Income Housing Funds or used to satisfy the Eureka Redevelopment Agency's replacement housing.

Contact us today to find out more information about how you may qualify for any of these programs.