o Redevelop the Watsonville Transit Center supporting Infill Housing Development and install a Bike Hub. Most affordable housing programs determine eligibility based on the percent of AMI a given household's income is. %PDF-1.6 % See the rental Payment Standards of the Santa Cruz County Housing Authority. Most of our funding comes from members locals who keep our news free for everyone. The median rent for the county mc4wp.forms.on('subscribed', function(form) { Low-income rents in Santa Cruz County, California can range from $733 to A waitlist remained open as of late August. Residents must be 60 or older. Catholic Charities Diocese of Monterey offers emergency rent and utilities assistance to residents of Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo and San Benito counties. Email address: Because the assistance is tied to the unit, a family who moves from the project based unit will not have any right for continued assistance. In Santa Cruz County, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $119,300. They do not determine how much rent an owner can collect. Contact Us. The utility allowance is an estimate of the monthly cost of tenant-paid utilities. If the gross rent (contract rent + utility allowance) is greater than the payment standard, the tenant is responsible for paying the amount over the payment standard plus their portion of the rent that is based on 30% of their income. To apply, walk in to any of the Community Bridges centers: Allison Gasparini, Graycen Wheeler and Kara Meyberg Guzman contributed to this report. Payment Standards represent the maximum monthly rental assistance that a family can receive for rent and utilities in Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) programs. Temporary Homeless Assistance is provided for up to 16 calendar days in a 12-month period. Free Technical Assistance with ADU development for qualifying local homeowners. The programs primary purpose is to provide rental assistance to low-income families for affordable, decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Qualifying household members must be a current, retired or disabled farmworker and a citizen or legal resident of the United States. Property damage money has been in place for several years and fewer than 1% of households in the program have claimed it, Panetta said.