Housing Resources

Affordable Housing Resources: Information and Referral Services

• Landlord Signing Bonus Program
• Emergency Voucher Program
  https://www.ochousing.org/special-housing-programs/emergency-housing-voucher
• Mainstream Voucher Program
  https://www.ochousing.org/special-housing-programs/mainstream-voucher-program
• Orange County Housing Authority Section 8 Program
  https://www.hud.gov/topics/housing_choice_voucher_program_section_8
• Homeownership Program
  https://www.ochousing.org/special-housing-programs/homeownership-program
• Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Homeownership Program Fact Sheet PDF
  https://www.ochousing.org/sites/ocha/files/import/data/files/119642.pdf
• Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program
  https://www.ochousing.org/special-housing-programs/family-self-sufficiency-program-fss
• Family Unification Program
  https://www.ochousing.org/special-housing-programs/family-unification-program-fup
• HUD (Housing and Urban Development Rental Assistance Resource Kit)
  https://www.hud.gov/topics/rental_assistance
• Interactive Search Map for reduced-rent apartments.Privately owned apartments with reduced rents. Contact Apartment management offices listed directly for information.
  https://resources.hud.gov/#search-dialog

Fair Housing Services and Counseling

• Fair Housing Council of Orange County
  https://www.fairhousingoc.org/
• Fair Housing Booklet PDF
  https://www.ochousing.org/sites/ocha/files/2021-06/FHEO_BOOKLET_ENG.PDF
• Fair Housing Council of OC – File a Housing Discrimination Complaint
  https://www.fairhousingoc.org/fair-housing-enforcement/
• Fair Housing OC Housing Counseling free of charge
  https://www.fairhousingoc.org/hud-counseling/
• HUD US Dept of Housing and Urban Development Fair Housing Rights and Obligations
  https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/fair_housing_rights_and_obligations
• The Fair Housing Act Overview
  https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/fair_housing_act_overview
• Fair Housing Act actual text
  https://www.justice.gov/crt/fair-housing-act-2
• California Civil Rights Dept. Housing Discrimination
  https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/housing/
• Tenant Rights and protection is CA
  https://www.hud.gov/states/california/renting/tenantrights

Mortgage Credit Certificates Information

• Orange County Mortgage Credit Certificate Program Page
  https://www.ocgov.com/residents/mortgage-credit-certificate-program
• How does the Mortgage Tax Credit work?
  https://www.fdic.gov/resources/bankers/affordable-mortgage-lending-center/guide/part-2-docs/mortgage-tax-credit.pdf
• MCC Program Q&A with National Council State Housing Agencies
  https://www.ncsha.org/resource/mortgage-credit-certificate-program-qa/
• California Mortgage Relief Program
  https://camortgagerelief.org/
• National Homebuyers Fund, Inc. (NHF) – Down Payment Assistance
  https://nhfloan.org/

Seal Beach Housing Element

• Seal Beach Housing Element in PDF form
  Here
• To Redirect to our Housing Element Updates Page
  Here