{"id":495105,"date":"2026-01-05T22:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/495105\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T22:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:58:13","slug":"chula-vista-receives-1m-in-housing-grants-from-city-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/495105\/","title":{"rendered":"Chula Vista receives $1m in housing grants from city, state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Third-Avenue-in-Downtown-Chula-Vista-Courtesy-of-Downtown-Chula-Vistas-X-account.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Third-Avenue-in-Downtown-Chula-Vista-Courtesy-of-Downtown-Chula-Vistas-X-account.jpg\" alt=\"Third Avenue in Downtown Chula Vista\" class=\"wp-image-283266\"  \/><\/a>Third Avenue in Downtown Chula Vista. (File photo courtesy Downtown Chula Vista)<\/p>\n<p>The California Department of Housing and Community Development Monday awarded $500,000 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chulavistaca.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chula Vista<\/a> through a matching grant program intended to increase housing supply in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcd.ca.gov\/funding\/lhtf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Local Housing Trust Fund<\/a> program grant will be matched with a $500,000 contribution from the city, which established a local housing trust fund in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis award is a testament to staff\u2019s ongoing commitment to securing and leveraging funding to increase the supply of affordable housing in the city of Chula Vista,\u201d said Tiffany Allen, city manager. \u201cCombined with other available funding, the city will have another $4 million to invest into our community in the new year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chula Vista will use $1 million in local housing trust funds to build affordable housing, awarded through a competitive qualifying project proposal. According to the city, projects will be selected based on location, developer experience and level of affordability, among other factors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHCD is committed to combating homelessness and expanding access to safe, affordable housing at all income levels,\u201d said HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese awards highlight the importance of state collaboration with dedicated local partners like the prohousing city of Chula Vista to strengthen communities and ensure all Californians have a place to call home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Third Avenue in Downtown Chula Vista. (File photo courtesy Downtown Chula Vista) The California Department of Housing and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":495106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,222812,16214,7065,3549,7264,15186,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-495105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-california-department-of-housing-and-community-development","12":"tag-chula-vista","13":"tag-housing","14":"tag-san-diego","15":"tag-sandiego","16":"tag-south-bay","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115844972847416175","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}