Additional Housing Resources
- Down Payment and Loan Assistance
CALHFA (California Housing Finance Agency)
This agency provides low-interest loans to qualified, first-time homebuyers through various participating lenders.
Contact: (916) 322-3991 or (916) 324-8088
Or please visit their website at www.calhfa.ca.gov
FHA
FHA provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders throughout the United States and its territories.
Please visit their website at www.fha.com
Coastal Housing Partnership: www.coastalhousing.org
- Rental Housing & Section 8
The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara
This is a local public agency that provides affordable housing as well as supportive services to eligible persons whose incomes are insufficient to afford market-rate rents. The Housing Authority owns and manages hundreds of units throughout the City and also offers rent subsidies to eligible households (when available).
808 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 965-1071
www.hacsb.org
Monday-Thursday 7:30am-5:30pm
CLOSED: Jan:11,25 Feb 8,18,22 Mar: 7,21 Apr: 4,18 May: 16,26,30 Jun: 13,27
July: 4,11,25 Aug:8,22 Sept: 1,5,19 Oct: 3,17,31 Nov: 11,14,27,28 Dec: 12,25,26
The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara
**ALL OFFICES CLOSED FRIDAYS**
Similar to the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara, this agency owns and manages affordable housing throughout the County of Santa Barbara.
Contact:
Goleta Housing Office
5575 Armitos Avenue, Goleta 93117
(805) 967-3402
Mon.-Thurs. 7:30am-11:30am & 12:15pm-4:30pm
Lompoc Housing Office
917 W. Ocean Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436
(805) 735-8351
Mon.-Thurs. 7:30am-11:30am & 12:15pm-4:30pm
Santa Maria Housing Office
200 W. Williams St., Santa Maria, CA 93454
(805) 925-4393
Mon. Tues. & Thurs. 7:30am-11:30am & 12:15pm-4:30pm
Guadalupe Housing Office
1050 Escalante, Guadalupe, CA 93434
(805) 343-1224
Mon. Tues. & Thurs. 7:30am-11:30am & 12:15pm-4:30pm
Or please visit their website at www.hasbarco.org
Peoples' Self Help Housing Corporation
PSHHC owns and manages hundreds of affordable housing units throughout Santa Barbara County.
26 E. Victoria Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 962-5152
www.pshhc.org
Santa Barbara Community Housing Corporation
This group owns and manages several affordable housing projects throughout Santa Barbara County.
11 E. Haley Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 963-9644
www.chcsb.com
Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm
Mercy Housing California
Mercy Housing has developed thousands of affordable housing units through the State of California. They own and operate two projects in Oxnard and are recently completed a large project for low-income families and seniors in Santa Barbara.
For more information, visit their website at www.mercyhousing.org
Lompoc Housing & Community Development Corporation
LHCDC develops, owns and manages several affordable rental projects in the City of Lompoc.
604 E. Ocean Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436
(805) 740-1561
- Affordable Home Ownership Opportunities
Habitat for Humanity
South County
6725 Hollister Avenue, Suite 110, Goleta, CA 93117
(805) 692-2226
www.sbhabitat.org
North County
2053 Preisker Lane Ste B&C, Santa Maria, CA 93456
(805) 928-5399
City of Santa Barbara
630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 564-5461
www.santabarbaraca.gov
Monday-Thursday 7:30am-5:30pm
CLOSED: Jan:11,25 Feb 8,18,22 Mar: 7,21 Apr: 4,18 May: 16,26,30 Jun: 13,27
July: 4,11,25 Aug:8,22 Sept: 1,5,19 Oct: 3,17,31 Nov: 11,14,27,28 Dec: 12,25,26
City of Carpinteria
5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA 93013
(805) 684-5405, ext. 451
Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
www.carpinteria.ca.us
- Homebuyer Financial Assistance (mortgage)
Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara
Contact: (805) 735-8351 or please visit their website at www.hasbarco.org
US Department of Housing & Urban Development
Please visit their website at www.hud.gov
Coastal Housing Partnership
Please visit their website at www.coastalhousing.org
- Cities within the County of Santa Barbara
For information on affordable rental and home-ownership opportunities within the city, please call:
Buellton: (805) 686-0137
Carpinteria: (805) 684-5405
Guadalupe: (805) 343-1340
Lompoc: (805) 736-1261
Santa Barbara: (805) 564-5461
Santa Maria: (805) 925-0951
Solvang: (805) 688-5575
Peoples’ Self-Help Housing Corporation
26 E. Victoria Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 962-5152
www.pshhc.org
California Housing Finance Agency
(916) 322-3991 or (916) 324-8088
www.calhfa.gov
Foreclosure Help & Hope
(888) 995-hope
www.foreclosurehelpandhope.org
US Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Please visit their website at www.hud.gov
- Tenant/Landlord Assistance & Disputes
Rental Housing Mediation Task Force
Contact (805)564-5420
US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Contact (800) 669-9777
- Youths Transitioning From Foster Care
Family Care Network
This agency provides transitional housing services to youth ages 16 to 24 that were formerly or are currently in the foster care system and provide services designed to develop life skills that teach these youths how to live successfully on their own.
Santa Barbara
351 S. Hitchcock Way, Ste. B110, Santa Barbara, 93105
(805) 845-5763
Santa Maria
1660 S. Broadway, Ste. 101, Santa Maria, 93454
(805) 349-9600
Or please visit their website at www.fcni.org/about/services/transitional-housing
- Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP)
Lompoc Area/ North County
Good Samaritan Shelters, Inc.
731 S. Lincoln St., Santa Maria, CA 93458
(805) 346-8185
South County
Transition House
425 E. Cota St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 966-9668
Legal Aid Foundation
301 E. Canon Perdido St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 963-6754
- Emergency Housing / Shelters
2-1-1 Santa Barbara County
This is a service provided by Eden I&R, which offers free, confidential, 24-hour information to help you find affordable housing, after-school programs, tenants' rights assistance, emergency shelters, public assistance programs, and more. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Contact:
If calling from a local land line, simply dial 2-1-1
If calling from a cellular phone, dial (800) 400-1572
Or please visit their website at www.211sbcounty.org
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