Prohousing Designation Program

What is a prohousing designation?

Increasing the availability of housing statewide is critical to bettering the quality of life of all Californians and to ending homelessness. The 2019-2020 Budget Act in California provided a spectrum of support, incentives, and accountability measures to meet California’s housing goals, and provided for the establishment of the state's Prohousing Designation Program.

What are the benefits of being a prohousing city?

A jurisdiction with a Prohousing Designation may receive priority processing or funding points when applying for several funding programs, including Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC), Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG), Transformative Climate Communities (TCC), Solutions for Congested Corridors (SCCP), Local Partnership Program (LPP), Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP), and Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program (STPG).

Receiving a Prohousing Designation also allows jurisdictions to apply to the Prohousing Incentive Program (PIP). PIP is designed to reward local governments with additional funding to accelerate affordable housing production and preservation.

Sacramento’s Prohousing Designation

The City of Sacramento became the first City in the State to become a Prohousing Designated jurisdiction on February 10, 2022. See the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) announcement .

To maintain this status and remain competitive for key state funding, the City applied to renew its designation in October of 2025.

Sacramento renewed its Prohousing Designation on December 23, 2025, earning 108 points, the highest score in the state (as of June 2026). To see the full list of Prohousing designated jurisdictions, check HCD’s application tracker.

Application

The City’s Prohousing Designation renewal application is available to view via the links below.

• Appendix 1
  Signed Resolution
• Appendix 2 
  Proposed Policy Completion Schedule 
• Appendix 3
  Project Proposal Scoring Sheet | Categories 1-4 
• Appendix 5
  Homeless Encampment Template 
  Supporting Documents
• Appendix 6
  Diligent Public Participation Process and Response to Public Comments Received
  
• Appendix 7
  Table of Contents - Supporting Documentation - Appendix 3
  Homeless Encampment Template – Supporting Documents

Staff contact

Angel Anguiano, Associate Planner
Community Development Department
(916) 808-5519
AAnguiano@cityofsacramento.org