Edona Evans
2/13/2026
City of Menifee
20-PLHA-15551, Am. 3 (Rev. 12/2025)
EXHIBIT A
Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program – Grant NOFA Date: (RD 1) 02/26/2020, (RD 2) 05/03/2021 (RD 3) 08/17/2022 (RD 4) 12/29/2023, (RD 5) 10/15/2024
Approved Date: 10/05/2020
Prep. Date: 12/12/2025
AUTHORITY, PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF WORK
1. Authority
Pursuant to Part 2 Chapter 2.5 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code (commencing with Section 50470) Statutes of 2017 (SB 2, Atkins), which created the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund and the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (“PLHA”) Program (“Program”), this Standard Agreement along with all its exhibits (the “Agreement”) is entered under the authority of and in furtherance of the Program.
Pursuant to Health and Safety Code, Section 50470 (b), the California Department of Housing and Community Development (referred to herein as “HCD” or “Department”) has issued a Notice of Funding Availability (the “NOFA”), dated December 29, 2023 and amended October 15, 2024, to govern administration of the fund and carry out the Program.
2. Purpose
In accordance with the authority cited above, an application was made to the State (the “Application”) for assistance from the Program for the purpose of making funding available to eligible local governments in California for housing related projects and programs that assist in addressing the unmet housing needs of their local communities.
By entering into this Agreement and thereby accepting the award of the PLHA grant funds (the “Grant”), the Contractor (sometimes referred to herein as the “Applicant”) agrees to comply with the terms and conditions of the NOFA, this Agreement, the representations contained in the Application, and the requirements of the authorities cited above.
3. Definitions
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning of the definitions set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 50470 and Section 101 of the Guidelines.
4. Scope of Work
A. The scope of work (“Work”) for this Agreement shall consist of one or more of the following eligible uses:
1) The predevelopment, development, acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of multifamily, residential live-work, rental housing that is affordable to extremely low-, very low-, low-, or moderate-income households, including necessary Operating subsidies.
City of Menifee
20-PLHA-15551, Am. 3 (Rev. 12/2025)
EXHIBIT A
Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program – Grant NOFA Date: (RD 1) 02/26/2020, (RD 2) 05/03/2021 (RD 3) 08/17/2022 (RD 4) 12/29/2023, (RD 5) 10/15/2024
Approved Date: 10/05/2020
Prep. Date: 12/12/2025
2) The predevelopment, development, acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of Affordable rental and ownership housing, including Accessory dwelling units (ADUs), that meets the needs of a growing workforce earning up to 120 percent of AMI, or 150 percent of AMI in high- cost areas. ADUs shall be available for a term of no less than thirty days.
3) Matching portions of funds placed into local or regional housing trust funds.
4) Matching portions of funds available through the Low- and Moderate- Income Housing Asset Fund pursuant to subdivision (d) of HSC Section 34176.
5) Capitalized Reserves for Services connected to the preservation and creation of new Permanent supportive housing.
6) Assisting persons who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness, including, but not limited to, providing rapid rehousing, rental assistance, supportive/case management services that allow people to obtain and retain housing, operating and capital costs for navigation centers and emergency shelters, and the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional housing.
a) This Activity may include subawards to Administrative Entities as defined in HSC Section 50490(a)(1-3) that were awarded California Emergency Solutions and Housing (CESH) program or Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) funds for rental assistance to continue assistance to these households.
b) Applicants must provide rapid rehousing, rental assistance, navigation centers, emergency shelter, and transitional housing activities in a manner consistent with the Housing First practices described in 25 CCR, Section 8409, subdivision (b)(1)-(6) and in compliance with WIC Section 8255(b)(8). An Applicant allocated funds for the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of Permanent supportive housing shall incorporate the core components of Housing First, as provided in WIC Section 8255, subdivision (b).
City of Menifee
20-PLHA-15551, Am. 3 (Rev. 12/2025)
EXHIBIT A
Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program – Grant NOFA Date: (RD 1) 02/26/2020, (RD 2) 05/03/2021 (RD 3) 08/17/2022 (RD 4) 12/29/2023, (RD 5) 10/15/2024
Approved Date: 10/05/2020
Prep. Date: 12/12/2025
7) Accessibility modifications in Lower-income Owner-occupied housing.
8) Efforts to acquire and rehabilitate foreclosed or vacant homes and apartments.
9) Homeownership opportunities, including, but not limited to, down payment assistance.
10) Fiscal incentives made by a county to a city within the county to incentivize approval of one or more Affordable housing Projects, or matching funds invested by a county in an Affordable housing development Project in a city within the county, provided that the city has made an equal or greater investment in the project. The county fiscal incentives shall be in the form of a grant or low-interest loan to an Affordable housing Project. Matching funds investments by both the county and the city also shall be a grant or low interest deferred loan to the Affordable housing Project.
B. A Local government that receives an allocation shall use no more than five percent of the allocation for costs related to the administration of the Activity(ies) for which the allocation was made. Staff and overhead costs directly related to carrying out the eligible activities described in Section 301 are “activity costs” and not subject to the cap on “administrative costs.” A Local government may share any funds available for administrative costs with entities that are administering its allocation.
C. Two or more local governments that receive PLHA allocations may expend those moneys on an eligible jointly funded project as provided in Section 50470 (b)(2)(B)(ii)(IV). An eligible jointly funded project must be an eligible Activity pursuant to Section 301(a) and be located within the boundaries of one of the Local governments.
D. Entitlement Local governments may use the flow of PLHA funds to incentivize private lender loans and to guarantee payments for some or all public agency bond financings for activities consistent with the uses identified in Section 301 “Eligible Activities”. This loan guarantee Activity must be identified and fully explained in the Applicant’s “Plan”.
City of Menifee
20-PLHA-15551, Am. 3 (Rev. 12/2025)
EXHIBIT A
Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program – Grant NOFA Date: (RD 1) 02/26/2020, (RD 2) 05/03/2021 (RD 3) 08/17/2022 (RD 4) 12/29/2023, (RD 5) 10/15/2024
Approved Date: 10/05/2020
Prep. Date: 12/12/2025
5. Department Contract Coordinator
The Department’s Contract Coordinator for this Agreement is the Division of Financial Assistance, Grant Management Section PLHA Manager or their designee. Unless otherwise informed, any notice, report, or other communication required by this Agreement shall be mailed by first class to the Department Contract Coordinator at the following address:
California Department of Housing and Community Development Attention: Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA)
651 Bannon Street, 6th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95811
PO Box 952054
Sacramento, CA 94252-2054
6. Contractor Contract Coordinator
The Contractor’s contract coordinator for this Agreement is the Authorized Representative listed below. Unless otherwise informed, any notice, report, or other communication required by this Agreement may be mailed by first class mail, or sent through a commercial courier to the Authorized Representative at the following address:
Authorized Representative Name: Armando G. Villa
Authorized Representative Title: City Manager
Agency Name: City of Menifee
Address: 29844 Haun Road
Menifee, CA 92586
Phone No.: (951) 672-6777
Email Address: [email protected]
7. Effective Date, Term of Agreement, and Deadlines
A. This Agreement is effective upon approval by the Department, which is the date executed by all parties (such date, the “Effective Date”).
B. This Agreement shall terminate on June 30, 2030.
City of Menifee
20-PLHA-15551, Am. 3 (Rev. 12/2025)
EXHIBIT A
Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program – Grant NOFA Date: (RD 1) 02/26/2020, (RD 2) 05/03/2021 (RD 3) 08/17/2022 (RD 4) 12/29/2023, (RD 5) 10/15/2024
Approved Date: 10/05/2020
Prep. Date: 12/12/2025
C. Except for predevelopment expenses for construction projects funded by PLHA and costs to develop and prepare the Plan and the PLHA application, no costs incurred more than one year prior to commitment by the Local government may be paid from PLHA funds. Reimbursement of expenses to prepare the Plan and the PLHA application are subject to the cap on administrative fees.
D. Any Grant funds which have not been expended by the expenditure deadline shall be disencumbered and revert to the Department. The expenditure deadline is fifty-eight months from the date of the budget appropriation for each year of funds included in this Agreement.
City of Menifee
20-PLHA-15551, Am. 3 (Rev. 12/2025)
EXHIBIT E
Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program – Grant NOFA Date: (RD 1) 02/26/2020, (RD 2) 05/03/2021 (RD 3) 08/17/2022 (RD 4) 12/29/2023, (RD 5) 10/15/2024
Approved Date: 10/05/2020
Prep. Date: 12/12/2025
PROGRAM-SPECIFIC PROVISIONS AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS
1. Program-Specific Provisions
The following are project-specific terms and conditions (referred to as enumerated provision(s) for ease of reference in prior exhibits) and shall inform the references made to project-specific information not contained in those prior exhibits.
Budget Detail:
Contractor has been awarded the following grant activity amounts for 2019: $251,604 Contractor has been awarded the following grant activity amounts for 2020: $391,071 Contractor has been awarded the following grant activity amounts for 2021: $430,361 Contractor has been awarded the following grant activity amounts for 2022: $215,698 Contractor has been awarded the following grant activity amounts for 2023: $165,325 Estimated five-year allocation may not exceed: $1,509,624 Payees:
A. The authorized Payee(s) is/are as specified below:
Name: City of Menifee Amount: $1,454,059
Plan:
Activity 9 - The City of Menifee will allocate 95 percent of the PLHA funds for direct homeownership assistance to eligible households by providing down payment assistance on a first-come, first-served basis to persons not exceeding 80 percent of the HUD-adjusted area median income. The program will provide down payment assistance as a silent-second loan in the amount of up to $15,000. If the property is no longer maintained as the principal residence of the buyer or is sold prior to the end of the fifteenth (15) year affordability period, all PLHA direct subsidy funds must be repaid.
City of Menifee
20-PLHA-15551, Am. 3 (Rev. 12/2025)
EXHIBIT E
Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program – Grant NOFA Date: (RD 1) 02/26/2020, (RD 2) 05/03/2021 (RD 3) 08/17/2022 (RD 4) 12/29/2023, (RD 5) 10/15/2024
Approved Date: 10/05/2020
Prep. Date: 12/12/2025
Funding Allocation Year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Type of Homeowner
Assistance Homebuyer Assistance
Percentage of Funds
Allocated for Each Activity 95% 95% 95% 95% 95%
Area Median Income
Level Served 80% 80% 80% 80% 80%
Administrative Costs 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
2. Special Conditions
The following Special Conditions are applicable to this Standard Agreement:
None.