LA Council Clears Nearly $467M Homes for LA NOFA for Rental Housing Projects

By Mike Joe

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, voted 13-0 to authorize a notice of funding availability of nearly $467 million for construction and preservation of rental units citywide, according to MyNewsLA. Council members Heather Hutt and Tim McCosker were absent. The Housing Department is expected to release the NOFA on Oct. 13, with applications due by December and council awards targeted for April 2027.

The package is Round 2 of Homes for LA, which pools city funding streams (largely Measure ULA, the voter-approved transfer tax often called the mansion t

Housing Committee Chair Imelda Padilla backed quarterly reporting and clearer website guidance so departments and the public can follow the dollars. “This is a significant investment that will help us build new affordable housing and preserve the affordable housing we already have,” Padilla said, according to MyNewsLA. Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado said nearly 70% of her 14th District residents are renters

Never Late News has tracked housing supply fights in Costa Mesa’s Fairview 2,300-homes framework, Salt Lake City’s expanding housing options, Seattle’s MHA fees and Foster holiday, and Jacksonville’s affordable housing trust fund budget. The Los Angeles affordable housing NOFA is the big-city funding-window version of that story.

Why this matters

Nearly $467 million does not build overnight, but Oct. 13 / December / April 2027 dates give renters, developers, and neighborhood groups a calendar. Preservation dollars matter as much as new construction when covenants expire and insurance spikes threaten ex

Never Late News based this report on MyNewsLA coverage published Sept. 22, 2026, including the 13-0 authorization, absent members, ~$467 million NOFA size, Oct. 13 release and December application window, April 2027 award target, Round 1 unit and dollar totals, ULA revenue through April 30, 2026, Padilla and Jurado quotes, Donlin’s statement, and the RAND / Affordable LA critic notes. Primary source: MyNewsLA on the nearly $467M Homes for LA NOFA. We did not invent quotes or independently audit Housing Department ledgers for this draft.

Corrections and reader feedback

If you spot an error in vote tallies, dollar figures, unit counts, dates, program names, or quotes, email editor@neverlatenews.com with the correction and a source link. Never Late News corrects factual mistakes promptly and notes substantive updates when Los Angeles publishes the Oct. 13 NOFA or award results.

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isting affordable buildings. For Discover readers following Measure ULA politics, Tuesday’s vote is the operational next step after Round 1 awards, not another abstract pledge.

How Never Late News reported this

Never Late News based this report on MyNewsLA coverage published Sept. 22, 2026, including the 13-0 authorization, absent members, ~$467 million NOFA size, Oct. 13 release and December application window, April 2027 award target, Round 1 unit and dollar totals, ULA revenue through April 30, 2026, Padilla and Jurado quotes, Donlin’s statement, and the RAND / Affordable LA critic notes. Primary source: MyNewsLA on the nearly $467M Homes for LA NOFA. We did not invent quotes or independently audit Housing Department ledgers for this draft.

and framed Homes for LA as intentional investment with “real dollars, real projects and real homes.”

Measure ULA has raised nearly $1.2 billion from 1,633 transactions as of April 30, 2026, according to the Housing Department figures cited in that coverage. United to House LA coalition director Joe Donlin called the new NOFA proof that ULA is funding unmatched local affordable housing capacity.

Critic notes without the spin cycle

ULA critics argue the tax has slowed commercial deals and apartment construction. A RAND report on ULA’s economic effects found reduced apartment construction, higher rents, and job and service-funding impacts. Sarah Dusseault of the Affordable LA: Mend It, Don’t End It coalition said peer-reviewed research supports practical reforms so the tax better delivers more housing and less homelessness. Those disputes sit beside the council’s 13-0 decision to keep moving Round 2 dollars into applications this fall.

ax) into one application window. City officials describe it as the largest NOFA ever released for LA rental construction and preservation.

What Round 1 delivered and what Round 2 asks

Round 1 awards in April put nearly $361 million toward 5,241 affordable units across 80 projects, including 1,528 newly built units and 3,713 preserved units. The housing department expects to begin executing loan agreements for 4,129 units across 71 projects in October.

Homes for LA programs cover projects with expiring affordability covenants, deferred building-system repairs, and very low rents squeezed by insurance and staffing costs. Other pots support new construction as an alternative to tax-credit strategies. Each funding source still carries its own eligible and ineligible uses.