Developed with extensive local engagement, SHIF is a community-designed and driven source of funding designed to address housing needs within the City of Stockton, supporting activities that work toward alleviating housing insecurity for Stockton residents.
SHIF Grant RFP Closed on May 11, 2026
Stockton Housing Innovation Fund
Stockton Housing Innovation Fund Overview
SHIF was created as a community-designed and community-led source of flexible financing. It is intended to be responsive to local housing needs and invest directly into the Stockton Community with the overall goal of reducing housing insecurity. The Stockton Housing Innovation Fund achieves this goal by supporting local, impactful, and innovative solutions to improve housing access and outcomes. A Community Design Team developed the focus areas for this funding in 2022, which defines what can be funded through this initiative:
- Improving local capacity around affordable housing
- Innovative solutions to address housing insecurity
- Addressing racial disparities in current housing systems
This fund is governed by a Community Oversight Board of local residents with lived and professional experience around housing insecurity and affordable housing initiatives in Stockton. They review, score, and recommend applications for funding annually. SJCF awarded four grants in 2023 and five in 2024 for a total of $550,000 directed to community-led housing solutions. A total of $375,000 is available for funding this year.
For questions regarding this grant, please contact Amy Portello Nelson at anelson@sanjoaquincf.org
Resources that were provided for grant applicants:
- RFP for SHIF Grant Opportunity
- SHIF Scoring Rubric
- SHIF “How To Apply” Webinar Materials: Slides and Recording
- SHIF “Grantmaking 101” Webinar Materials: Slides and Recording
Grantees
2026
Concrete Development, Inc.
$74,369
CDI will utilize SHIF funds to implement the Concrete Guidance, Advocacy, and Prevention Program (GAP). GAP is a sustainable housing pipeline for transitional-age youth (TAY) and adults. The program prioritizes individuals who have been impacted by the justice system and face systemic barriers to securing housing. The primary goal is to reduce housing insecurity by providing participants with housing-readiness education, helping them obtain permanent housing, and preventing evictions through case management.
Main Street Youth & Family Services
$75,000
Main Street Youth & Family Services will launch the Transition-Aged Youth Housing Stabilization Program to support transition-aged youth (18–24) in San Joaquin County who have housing but lack the dedicated services needed to keep it. Through intensive case management, life-skills coaching, landlord support, and connections to employment through our social enterprises, the program will prevent eviction and homelessness — starting with the young adults at Calaveras Quarters and extending to other youth who need it most. By filling this critical gap, we help these young people build stable, independent lives and reduce housing insecurity across San Joaquin County.
Red Rabbit Enterprises
$75,000
The Stockton Housing Security & Stabilization Program addresses a critical gap in San Joaquin County by providing eviction prevention, housing navigation, tenant-landlord mediation, and physical relocation support for vulnerable households at risk of displacement. Red Rabbit Advocacy helps families, seniors, and disabled residents remain safely housed by offering direct support that prevents avoidable homelessness. As one of the only community-based organizations providing hands-on physical relocation services for those unable to move independently, this program meets an urgent unmet need while strengthening housing stability, preserving dignity, and protecting Stockton’s most vulnerable residents.
San Joaquin Regional Housing Fund, Inc.
$75,000
SJRHF will expand access to affordable housing by providing capital funding and policy planning support to help move housing projects towards construction. Building on prior progress, the Fund will continue advancing a growing pipeline of developments while exploring additional approaches to housing production, including ADUs and factory-built housing. SHIF funding will support and expand this work by covering administrative and program support costs, allowing more existing SJRHF resources to support housing production. These efforts will expand housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income residents, including in Stockton, while accelerating housing production and addressing critical housing gaps across the region.
Visionary Home Builders of CA, Inc.
$75,000
The Stockton Housing Stability & Anti-Displacement Initiative (SHADI) will provide emergency rental assistance and housing stabilization services to low- and moderate-income Stockton households at immediate risk of eviction or displacement. Through a proactive, community-centered approach, Visionary Home Builders of California will combine direct financial assistance with HUD-certified housing counseling, financial literacy education, case management, and referrals to supportive resources. SHADI will help vulnerable families remain safely housed, reduce housing insecurity, and prevent homelessness while promoting long-term financial stability and housing retention for residents most impacted by Stockton’s growing affordability crisis.
2024
San Joaquin Council of Governments – $75,000
Fund will be used to hire a fund manager for the San Joaquin Regional Housing Fund (SJRHF) to support a range of housing projects in the San Joaquin County region, including Stockton. 220 units based on project pipeline.
Community Medical Centers – $75,000
Funds will be used for housing assistance and wraparound services for those who don’t typically qualify for housing assistance.
Red Rabbit Enterprises – $75,000
Funds will support the transitional housing support and empowerment program and would cover wages, workshops and training for the participants, fuel expenses for transportation of the participants, operational expenses, household start up and organizational expenses, volunteer stipends and housing rescue funds.
New Birth Community Development – $75,000
Funds will be used to support 20 participants going through additional programming that includes household management, conversations w/realtors
and leaders, and more. Stipends to assist with rent, down payment, or household management. Funds will also be used to support seminars, referrals for outside services and group training sessions for 140 individuals. Funds will also be used to support staff and provide resources and equipment.
San Joaquin Fair Housing – $50,000
Funds will be used to support a housing counselor for one year to support over 1,000 residents in Stockton, preventing displacements, evictions, and homelessness through individual counseling, outreach, education, mediation, and virtual workshops.
2023
Turning Point Community Programs – $50,000
Funds will be used as down payment assistance to purchase a home to provide safe, affordable housing for up to 6 individuals living with mental illness and experiencing homelessness and supporting those individuals with behavioral health, case management, and rehabilitation services.
Delta Community Developers Corporation – $50,000
Funds will be used to assist ready to purchase low- and moderate-income families with downpayment assistance of up to $10,000 after they have gone through the Family Self Sufficiency program and put at least a significant amount in an escrow savings fund.
San Joaquin Fair Housing Foundation – $50,000
Funds will be used to support a housing counselor for one year to support over 1,000 residents in Stockton, preventing displacements, evictions, and homelessness through individual counseling, outreach, education, mediation, and virtual workshops.
St. Mary’s Dining Room – $50,000
Funds will be used for the “Moving” project, which will allow staff to build trust by providing assistance at specific homeless encampments for 6 months to unsheltered individuals to identify housing options, address barriers to housing, and create plans for moving into housing.
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