Peoples' Self-Help Housing

The Mission of Peoples' Self-Help Housing is to provide affordable housing and programs leading to self-sufficiency for low-income families, seniors, and other special needs groups on California's Central Coast.

Housing Development Partners

Many of our partners shared in the celebration of the opening of the Villas at Higuera in San Luis Obispo.

• Calvert Social Investment Foundation
• Fannie Mae
• Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• San Luis Obispo County Housing Trust Fund
• State and local departments of Housing and Community Development
• Sustained Excellence Alliance (SEA) Corp.
• USDA Rural Development
• Washington Mutual Foundation
• Wells Fargo Foundation
• City and county redevelopment agencies
• Family foundations
• Local and state banks
• United Way of San Luis Obispo County

Financing Partners

PSHH has a successful track record assembling diverse and complex financing for rental and home ownership affordable housing. Our partners in financing include:

• Federal and State Tax Credits, Direct investor placement with Southern California Edison, PG&E, Fannie Mae Corporation, California Equity Fund, Alliant Capital
• 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Financing – private placements with local banks (Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, Montecito Bank & Trust, Mid-State Bank & Trust)
• State, County and City HOME and CDBG Programs
• State of California Joe Serna Farmworker Housing Grant Program
• Multi-Family Housing Programs
• Department of Developmental Services-Special Needs Housing Program
• Cal Home Program
• California Self-Help Housing Program
• California Housing Finance Agency
• City and County Redevelopment Agency Funds
• Rural Community Assistance Corp Agricultural Worker Health & Housing Loan Program
• Federal USDA Rural Development 514, 515, and 516 Rental Housing Construction Programs
• Federal USDA 502 Single Family Loan Program and 523 Technical Assistance Programs
• Federal HUD 202/811 Rental Construction Programs
• Federal Home Loan Bank Affordable Housing Program
• Housing Assistance Council Self-Help home ownership Program (SHOP)
• Calvert & Fannie Mae Foundation Program Related Investments (PRI, Wells Fargo Bank)
• California Community Reinvestment Corporation
• Private Foundation Grants
• Conventional Construction and Permanent Financing
• Leasehold Interest Financing Transactions
• Washington Mutual
• Wells Fargo Bank
• Mid-State Bank & Trust
• Montecito Bank & Trust
• Bank of the West