Housing and Community Development

Housing Team

HCD with Mayor Jane Castor

Housing Team

HCD with Mayor Jane Castor

Habitat for Humanity Veteran Build 04082022

Habitat for Humanity Veterans Build 04082022

Candice and Latoya - Habitat Veterans Build 04082022

Abbye and Kayon - Habitat Veterans Build 04082022

Naomi and Todd - Habitat Veterans Build 04082022

Housing Information Line

HOUSING HIGHLIGHTS

UNLAWFUL EVICTION?
LANDLORD TENANT ISSUES?

Are you in the city limits of Tampa and need assistance related to unlawful eviction or landlord-tenant issues? You may qualify to receive free assistance from Bay Area Legal Services. To be prescreened for this service, please contact the Housing Information Line at 813.307.5555.

UNIVERSAL REQUEST FOR APPLICATION (RFA) ANNOUNCEMENT

Funding Source: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

Activity Type: Economic Development and Special Economic Development

Contract Period: FY25/PY24 – FY26PY25

RFA Release Date: December 5, 2024

Click here for detailed requirements for this RFA (updated 12/18/24)

Notice of Updates To RFA - CDBG Economic Development, Effective December 18, 2024

The Application Must Be Completed Using The Neighborly Platform: https://portal.neighborlysoftware.com/TAMPAFL/Participant#

Technical Assistance Workshop: Tuesday, December 10,2024, at 9:00am EST

Location: Tampa Municipal Office Building - 306 E Jackson St, Tampa, FL 33602

Technical Assistance PowerPoint(updated 12/19/24)

Virtual: December 19, 2024 | 9:00 am EST

City staff will be available to review and assist applicants with the application process during the technical assistance workshops.

CDBG Economic Development RFA - Q&A (updated 12/19/24)

Submittal Deadline: January 3, 2025, at 4:00pm EST (updated 12/26/24)

Application Review and Recommendations

January 13, 2024 | 2:00 pm EST

City of Tampa City Center

2555 E Hanna Ave, Tampa, FL 33610

For additional program information, please contact the Housing and Community Development Department at 813-274-7954 or by email at hcdinfo@tampagov.net. Written correspondence may be mailed to: City of Tampa Housing and Community Development 2555 E. Hanna Ave., Tampa, FL 33610.

Job Order Contracting for Residential Rehabilitation and Repair Services

Project ID: 25-P-00039

The City of Tampa is seeking Bids from qualified general contractors to rehabilitate and repair residential single-family homes privately owned by citizens of Tampa, Florida in accordance with the applicable Job Order Proposal Response submitted by Contractor and approved by the City’s Housing and Community Development Department (“HCD”) and Community Redevelopment Agency (“CRA”) through Job Order Contracting (“JOC”).

You may submit a response here: https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/cityoftampa/projects/130658

Pre-Proposal Meeting (Mandatory): December 3, 2024, 9:30am

Hanna City Center, 2555 E. Hanna Avenue, Community Room (bottom floor), Tampa, FL 33610

CITY OF TAMPA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUBMIT

PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS: A public hearing will also be held by Tampa City Council to receive public comments on the draft Annual Performance Report or CAPER as follows:
Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024
Time: 5:01 PM
Location: Old City Hall, City Council Chambers
315 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33602
Agendas: https://tampa.gov/agendas

Click here to view Public Notice.

PY 2023 CAPER Draft

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

City of Tampa Fiscal Year 2024-2025

State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program

Click here to view

PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY SCHEDULE

PY2024 Annual Action Plan (HUD Programs)

All Public Meetings will be held athttps://www.tampa.gov/document/city-tampa-py2024-annual-action-plan-hud-programs-public-comment-opportunity-schedule the HCD office building: 2555 E. Hanna Ave., Tampa FL 33610 Community Room A.

The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) will meet on December 18^th at 1:30 pm. The meeting is held in our Harbor and Bay Conference Room at 2555 E. Hanna Avenue, Tampa Florida 33610. The Harbor and Bay Conference Room is located on the 3rd floor of the City Center building. Everyone is invited to attend. You will be required to provide picture identification.

AHAC serves as the advisory review board to periodically evaluate established policies, procedures, ordinances, land development regulations, and the local government comprehensive plan, and reports its finding to the Mayor and City Council with recommended changes.

AHAC is to annually update or recommend housing strategies to incentivize the production of affordable housing. The AHAC committee will meet and vote on December 18, 2024 on specific incentive strategies to be considered. To view the incentives strategies please click the document link below.

City of Tampa AHAC Incentive Report 2024 Final

Rental Move-In Assistance Program

Due to the high volume of applications received, in combination with the city experiencing Hurricanes Helene and Milton, submission of applications for the City’s Rental Assistance Program (RMAP) will be placed on hold as of December 1, 2024, to allow for processing of existing applications. RMAP will resume accepting and reviewing applications on Thursday, January 2^nd, 2025. If you have any questions, please reach out to our Housing Information Line, Monday-Friday (excluding holidays), 9 am – 3 pm, at (813) 307-5555.

Security Deposit and Utility Deposit Assistance in Tampa

Security and Utility Deposit assistance is available for rental security deposits and utility deposits in the City of Tampa limits. For more information contact:

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Building Tampa's Equitable Tomorrow

Mayor Castor and the City of Tampa have made the development of Workforce and Affordable Housing a strategic priority of the Mayor’s ‘Transforming Tampa’s Tomorrow’ vision. The details of that strategy can be found here: https://www.tampagov.net/t3/housing-affordability
There are many continuing and new opportunities to invest in our community’s future and to be part of Tampa’s tomorrow. We want to ensure that all partners and stakeholders can align their efforts with the City’s housing affordability strategy.

Watch the Video Now to learn more about:

The City’s Housing Affordability Strategy and Recommendations
The City’s Community Land Trust (CLT) – coming soon!
Workforce and Affordable Housing projects on the horizon
New policies and partnership opportunities
Longer-term strategies, including use of Opportunity Zones

Improving Lives and Communities Across Tampa

The Housing and Community Development Division (HCD) plays a lead role in the development of housing and citizen support programs to serve the city's low and moderate income households, homeless, and disabled populations. HCD maintains and expands housing opportunities for low and moderate income persons and families in the city by:

Preserving the city's housing stock through rehabilitation and repair assistance programs.
Expanding the supply of affordable housing for lower income renters and owners, including first-time home buyers.
Serving the needs of the homeless community and partnering with homeless service providers.
Providing impartial, unbiased investigation services for discrimination complaints in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodation to any person who believes they have been discriminated against.
Providing outreach activities by offering employment, housing and public accommodations seminars / workshops to keep the public informed about their civil rights.