The Foreclosure Displacement Certificate is an official certificate that you can use to claim a foreclosure preference point in affordable housing lotteries in Berkeley.

Please complete this form to determine if you are eligible for a Certificate. A City-issued Certificate will provide you with prioritization in certain affordable housing lotteries in Berkeley. More information may be requested as needed.

Complete this form if: you or a household member were displaced due to foreclosure in Berkeley since 2005.

You will need:

• Address of the foreclosed property and year of move-out 
• Name of adult(s) who owned the property 
• Notice of Trustee Sale (legal notice of foreclosure) 
• If your name is not on the Notice of Trustee Sale (example: your parents owned the house), you will also need to submit proof that you lived at the property (example: school records). (If you need time to gather these records, you can still apply and send the records by email afterwards).

We will also ask you for demographic information. That information will not affect your eligibility for the Certificate.

This application will take about 15 minutes.

Please allow up to two weeks review time from the time of submitting all documentation. The City will contact you via email (or phone as necessary).