Finding an Apartment

• Affordable Rental Housing List by Type and City
• SMC Housing Search (to be replaced by the new SMCo. DAHLIA system)
• Apartments.com
• ApartmentList.com
• Craigslist.com
• Rent.com
• Zillow.com

Home Sharing

• San Mateo County: HIP Housing Home Sharing Page
• SF, Marin, Contra Costa, Fremont: Covia
• Santa Clara County: Catholic Charities
• Livermore and Pleasanton: Echo Housing

Accessory Dwellings Units (ADU’s)

• HIP Housing: ADU Interest List

Check back. Other opportunities will be posted as they are made available.

Specialty Housing

• Housing for Adult Students with Dependent Children: HIP Housing – SSP
• Unique 1-year program: Housing Industry Foundation (HIF)
• Section 8: Moving to Work Interest List

Find Housing through Nonprofit Affordable Housing Developers with sites in San Mateo County

• Bridge
• Charities
• EAH
• Eden
• First Community
• HIP Housing
• HIP Housing’s Property Compliance Program (coming soon)
• John Stewart
• Mercy
• MidPen
• Palo Alto Housing
• SAHA

Housing under Construction (Look for waitlists)

• Belmont
• Brisbane
• Burlingame
• Colma
• Daly City
• East Palo Alto
• Foster city
• Half Moon Bay
• Menlo Park
• Millbrae
• Pacifica
• Redwood City
• San Bruno
• San Carlos
• San Mateo
• South San Francisco

Help with Home Ownership

• CalHFA
• CalPLUS
• Habitat For Humanity
• HEART
• Landed
• Poppy Loan
• School Teacher and Employee Assistance Program
• Ten Tips for First Time Home Buyers

Advocacy, News and Information

• Learn if your income qualifies for affordable housing
• Housing Leadership Council
• Non-Profit Housing Association
• Housing CA
• California Housing Consortium
• Affordable Housing Income Qualification (rent and income limits) by County