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10-23-2025
Item No.2
NOFA and
BMR RFP
Presentations
Nicky Vu, Senior Housing Coordinator
October 23, 2025
FY 2026-27 Notice of Housing Program
Funding Availability (NOFA) and
Below Market Rate (BMR) Request for
Proposals (RFP)
Housing Funding NOFA
Purpose
●Annual request for proposals for eligible capital
housing projects and low-income public
service programs
●Application Period:
●November 3, 2025 – February 3, 2026
Funding Sources
●Below Market Rate Affordable Housing Funds
(BMR AHF)
●Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
●Public Service funding was awarded on a two-
year cycle, all Public Service contracts will
automatically renew
Eligible Funding Activities
Capital Housing Projects (BMR AHF, CDBG)
●Land acquisition
●New construction
●Housing preservation
●Public building/home rehabilitation
●Public infrastructure improvements
Funding Source Amounts (est.)
Capital Housing Funds
Below Market Rate Affordable Housing Fund
(BMR AHF)
$1,100,000
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG)
$280,000
Total $1,380,000
Funding Amounts (est.)
Target Population
●Special needs housing identified in Housing
element: formerly homeless persons, seniors,
disabled persons, transition aged youth,
special needs individuals etc.
●Low- and/or moderate-income persons and
households
Process
●Online Applications:
www.citydataservices.net
●Public Hearings (Spring 2026)
●Housing Commission – Decision
●Housing Commission - Draft
●City Council
citydataservices.net
Login/Password
●Returning Applicants: you
already have one
●New Applicants:
CUP2026/CUP2026
Important Dates
●Housing Commission
Announcement Oct 23, 2025
●Newspaper Posting Oct 10,
2025
●NOFA Opens Nov 3, 2025
●NOFA Closes Feb 3, 2026
●Housing Commission
Decisions March 2026
Nicky Vu, Senior Housing Coordinator
October 23, 2025
FY 2026-27 Notice of Housing Program
Funding Availability (NOFA) and
Below Market Rate (BMR) Request for
Proposals (RFP)
Housing Funding NOFA
Purpose
●Annual request for proposals for eligible capital
housing projects and low-income public
service programs
●Application Period:
●November 3, 2025 – February 3, 2026
Funding Sources
●Below Market Rate Affordable Housing Funds
(BMR AHF)
●Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
●Public Service funding was awarded on a two-
year cycle, all Public Service contracts will
automatically renew
Eligible Funding Activities
Capital Housing Projects (BMR AHF, CDBG)
●Land acquisition
●New construction
●Housing preservation
●Public building/home rehabilitation
●Public infrastructure improvements
Funding Source Amounts (est.)
Capital Housing Funds
Below Market Rate Affordable Housing Fund
(BMR AHF)
$1,100,000
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG)
$280,000
Total $1,380,000
Funding Amounts (est.)
Target Population
●Special needs housing identified in Housing
element: formerly homeless persons, seniors,
disabled persons, transition aged youth,
special needs individuals etc.
●Low- and/or moderate-income persons and
households
Process
●Online Applications:
www.citydataservices.net
●Public Hearings (Spring 2026)
●Housing Commission – Decision
●Housing Commission - Draft
●City Council
citydataservices.net
Login/Password
●Returning Applicants: you
already have one
●New Applicants:
CUP2026/CUP2026
Important Dates
●Housing Commission
Announcement Oct 23, 2025
●Newspaper Posting Oct 10,
2025
●NOFA Opens Nov 3, 2025
●NOFA Closes Feb 3, 2026
●Housing Commission
Decisions March 2026
Nicky Vu, Senior Housing Coordinator
October 23, 2025
FY 2026-27 Notice of Housing Program
Funding Availability (NOFA) and
Below Market Rate (BMR) Request for
Proposals (RFP)
Housing Funding NOFA
Purpose
●Annual request for proposals for eligible capital
housing projects and low-income public
service programs
●Application Period:
●November 3, 2025 – February 3, 2026
Funding Sources
●Below Market Rate Affordable Housing Funds
(BMR AHF)
●Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
●Public Service funding was awarded on a two-
year cycle, all Public Service contracts will
automatically renew
Eligible Funding Activities
Capital Housing Projects (BMR AHF, CDBG)
●Land acquisition
●New construction
●Housing preservation
●Public building/home rehabilitation
●Public infrastructure improvements
Funding Source Amounts (est.)
Capital Housing Funds
Below Market Rate Affordable Housing Fund
(BMR AHF)
$1,100,000
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG)
$280,000
Total $1,380,000
Funding Amounts (est.)
Target Population
●Special needs housing identified in Housing
element: formerly homeless persons, seniors,
disabled persons, transition aged youth,
special needs individuals etc.
●Low- and/or moderate-income persons and
households
Process
●Online Applications:
www.citydataservices.net
●Public Hearings (Spring 2026)
●Housing Commission – Decision
●Housing Commission - Draft
●City Council
citydataservices.net
Login/Password
●Returning Applicants: you
already have one
●New Applicants:
CUP2026/CUP2026
Important Dates
●Housing Commission
Announcement Oct 23, 2025
●Newspaper Posting Oct 10,
2025
●NOFA Opens Nov 3, 2025
●NOFA Closes Feb 3, 2026
●Housing Commission
Decisions March 2026
Login/Password
●Returning Applicants: you
already have one
●New Applicants:
CUP2026/CUP2026
Important Dates
●Housing Commission
Announcement Oct 23, 2025
●Newspaper Posting Oct 10,
2025
●NOFA Opens Nov 3, 2025
●NOFA Closes Feb 3, 2026
●Housing Commission
Decisions March 2026
HC
10-23-2025
Item No.3
BMR Admin
RFP
Presentations
BMR Admin RFP
Purpose
●Request for proposals for eligible consultants to
administer the Below Market Rate Housing
program
●Application Period:
●November 3, 2025 – December 3, 2025
Scope of Work
●General Administration Services
●Lottery and waitlist
●Utilize City guidelines and procedures
●Engage with public and council
●BMR Purchase Program
●Closing documents of resales
●Marketing with realtors
●BMR Rental Program
●Recertify tenants for placement
●Monitor units
Expiring Rental Units
Restrictions
Expire (updated)Property Owner
Aviare 20 1/1/2028 Legacy Partners
Forge
Homestead 15 11/8/2027
De Anza
Properties
Park (City
Center)4 7/31/2026 Prometheus
Hamptons 34 10/20/2027 Irvine Company
Arioso 20 1/29/2028 FPI Management
Biltmore 2 8/30/2029 Prometheus
Aviare 2 7/8/2038 Legacy Partners
Markham 17 11/4/2039 Prometheus
TOTAL 114
Evaluation Process
●Firm and Project Team Qualifications – 30 pts
●Experience
●Pricing and Costs – 30 pts
●Economical
●Work Plan Approach – 30 pts
●Effective
●California/Bay Area Integration – 10 pts
●Efficient
Funding Sources
●City’s General Fund
●April 15, 2025 City Council voted to increase BMR
funding to the Mary Ave project and directed staff
to use a commensurate portion of General Fund for
BMR Program Administration
●Depending on cost proposals received and
available funding, multi-year contracts may be
awarded
Process
●Email applications: housing@cupertino.gov
●Interviews (Winter 2025)
●Public Hearings (Spring 2026)
●Housing Commission – Decision
●Housing Commission - Draft
●City Council
Cupertino Housing Website
●https://www.cupertino.gov/Y
our-
City/Departments/Communit
y-Development/Housing
NickyV@cupertino.gov