Homeowner Hurricane Assistance
The Homeowner Hurricane Assistance (HHA) Program will launch on November 17, 2025.
Homeowners may apply online or by calling the Housing Information Line at (813) 307-5555.
Applications will be accepted Monday through Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., beginning November 17 and closing December 12, 2025.
Rental and Move-In Assistance Program
The City of Tampa’s Rental and Move-In Assistance Program (RMAP) is temporarily paused as preparations are made for the next phase of assistance. The program is projected to reopen for new applications on Monday, February 2, 2026.
We sincerely appreciate the community’s patience and continued support during this transition. Your partnership helps us strengthen services and ensure that vital housing resources remain available to Tampa residents in need.
Security/Utility Deposit, Rental Subsidy, and Eviction Prevention Assistance in Tampa
Security/Utility Deposit, Rental Subsidy, and Eviction Prevention Assistance is available for eligible rental housing units in the City of Tampa limits. For more information contact:
- Metro Inclusive, Linkage Navigators, 727.321.3854
A public hearing will be held by Tampa City Council to receive public comments on the draft Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report or CAPER as follows:
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Time: 5:01 PM
Location: Old City Hall, City Council Chambers
315 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33602
A copy of the draft Annual Performance Report or CAPER will be available where it may be examined by the general public during regular business hours for 15 days starting on December 1, 2025, and to end on December 16, 2025 at:
Housing & Community Development
City of Tampa
2555 E Hanna Ave. 2nd Floor
Tampa, FL 33610
A copy of the draft Annual Performance Report or CAPER is available HERE
Please see a copy of the full notice of public input HERE:
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
For Redevelopment of the Royal Street Parking Lot and Army/Navy Store Site in the
Downtown Community Redevelopment Area
25-P-00399
For more information, please click the link to the full document and Instructions.
The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 1:30 pm. The meeting is held in our Harbor and Bay Conference Room at 2555 E. Hanna Avenue, Tampa Florida 33610. The Harbor and Bay Conference Room is located on the 3rd floor of the City Center building. Everyone is invited to attend. You will be required to provide picture identification.
AHAC serves as the advisory review board to periodically evaluate established policies, procedures, ordinances, land development regulations, and the local government comprehensive plan, and reports its finding to the Mayor and City Council with recommended changes.
The upcoming 2/19/25 AHAC regular meeting will include the review of the proposed 2025-2027 Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP) for the City of Tampa for submission to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to include Strategies for the expenditure of State SHIP funding allocated to the City. To view the LHAP Draft please click the document link below.
2025 - 2027 LHAP City of Tampa DRAFT
Building Tampa's Equitable Tomorrow
Mayor Castor and the City of Tampa have made the development of Workforce and Affordable Housing a strategic priority of the Mayor’s ‘Transforming Tampa’s Tomorrow’ vision. The details of that strategy can be found here: https://www.tampagov.net/t3/housing-affordability
There are many continuing and new opportunities to invest in our community’s future and to be part of Tampa’s tomorrow. We want to ensure that all partners and stakeholders can align their efforts with the City’s housing affordability strategy.
Watch the Video Now to learn more about:
- The City’s Housing Affordability Strategy and Recommendations
- The City’s Community Land Trust (CLT)
- Workforce and Affordable Housing projects on the horizon
- New policies and partnership opportunities
- Longer-term strategies, including use of Opportunity Zones
Improving Lives and Communities Across Tampa
The Housing and Community Development Division (HCD) plays a lead role in the development of housing and citizen support programs to serve the city's low and moderate income households, homeless, and disabled populations. HCD maintains and expands housing opportunities for low and moderate income persons and families in the city by:
- Preserving the city's housing stock through rehabilitation and repair assistance programs.
- Expanding the supply of affordable housing for lower income renters and owners, including first-time home buyers.
- Serving the needs of the homeless community and partnering with homeless service providers.
- Providing impartial, unbiased investigation services for discrimination complaints in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodation to any person who believes they have been discriminated against.
- Providing outreach activities by offering employment, housing and public accommodations seminars / workshops to keep the public informed about their civil rights.