The City of Sacramento has been awarded a $19,000 grant to assist small developers in building more homes in Sacramento to address the housing shortage.
The “Small Developer Boot Camp Incubator Program” will help create a network of developers and contractors who are familiar with their own neighborhoods and can develop smaller-scale housing solutions to address California’s housing shortage.
“The boot camp is an ideal tool towards having a viable ecosystem of small developers and workers who know their own neighborhoods and can create the type of housing that is needed,” said Greta Soos, the City’s housing planner. “We are excited for this opportunity to support small developers, particularly those historically under-represented in the industry including Black, indigenous, and non-Black people of color, women and others.”
The program will begin in early 2025 and will focus on the following areas:
- Financing small development
- Network building
- Development process and how to obtain the correct permits
The program is funded by the California Housing Systems Innovators Network’s Build it Green, a nonprofit working to change California’s housing system to better serve human and ecological vitality. Additionally, the City will contribute $25,000 from the Neighborhood Development Action Team (NDAT).
The project will be led by PLACE Initiative (PLACE), a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to provide differentiated, place-based implementation tools and strategies that support the integration of environmental, social, built, and economic systems to advance equitable climate solutions for all communities.
Sacramento was the first jurisdiction in California to be certified as “pro-housing” by the state. This designation was earned in part through efforts to remove barriers to building neighborhood-scale multi-unit dwellings, often referred to as “missing middle housing.” This includes duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and cottage courts, which were previously prohibited in single-family zoned areas.
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About NDAT
The Neighborhood Development Action Team is a collaboration between City departments and partner agencies, led by the Office of Innovation and Economic Development and the Planning Division.
NDAT works to revitalize commercial corridors and transit areas in partnership with the community in neighborhoods outside of the central city that have been historically disinvested.
