Other Housing Resources

HACA is NOT accepting applications for any programs at this time. 

HACA does NOT provide emergency housing.

If you need emergency housing assistance, or need information about any health or human services provider in Alameda county, contact Eden Information & Referral.

Other Housing Authorities

Most Housing Authorities open their wait lists for only brief periods of time.  Regardless, one or more may be accepting applications now. Here are the other Bay Area, and Northern and Central California Housing Authorities: (click on H.A. name to see their web site)

Contact information for housing authorities across the nation is available here.

Bay Area Non-Profit Affordable Housing Developers and Developments

• Bridge Housing
• Eden Housing
• Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition
• East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
• Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
• Satellite Housing (primarily for seniors and disabled adults of all ages)
• DAHLIA San Francisco Housing Portal (listing of affordable housing opportunities in SF)

Other Non-Profit Affordable Housing

In addition to housing assistance provided by the housing authorities and Bay Area non-profit developers listed above, other affordable housing is available in Northern California, and in other states and regions for senior citizens and people with disabilities, as well as for families and individuals.

Contact apartment complexes directly to inquire about unit availability, eligibility criteria, application process, and rents. Since most complexes have a waiting list, you may want to contact more than one, and place your name on more than one waiting/interest list.

• To search for affordable housing throughout California by County, go to California’s Affordable Rental Housing Directory
• To search for affordable housing in Alameda County, go to the Alameda County Housing Portal (acgov.org) or Housing Choices for Alameda County
• To search for privately owned subsidized housing anywhere in the U.S., go to https://apps.hud.gov/apps/section8/index.cfm
• For privately owned subsidized housing in Fremont, go to the City of Fremont, Directory of Affordable Rental Housing.
  
• For organizations with an interest in affordable and equal opportunity housing, visit www.affordablesearch.com.
• National affordable housing and housing assistance directory: www.apartmentsmart.com
• For access to Alameda County’s Housing Portal visit https://housing.acgov.org/
• In an effort to expand resources for households experiencing homelessness with a household member at high-risk for complications if infected with COVID-19, Alameda County is implementing the Safer Ground Hotel Voucher Program.  This program allows eligible households and their service provider(s) to apply for financial resources to pay for stays in non-congregate housing (typically a hotel) for up to 90 days. For more information, click here.
• Find food assistance, help paying bills, and other free or reduces cost programs, including new programs for the COVID-19 pandemic: https://findhelp.org/

Frequently Asked Questions