Robin Hood Homes, LLC purchases post-foreclosure properties across California through the SB 1079 program — turning what was lost into permanently affordable housing. Profits flow back to our home base in Sonoma County to fund community programs.
We're a nonprofit — just not a soft squishy one. Robin Hood Homes acquires and flips post-foreclosure properties — the same way investors do. The difference is what happens to the money. Every dollar we make goes back into building something bigger: permanently affordable housing communities in West Sonoma County. The flip is the means. The mission is the destination.
Robin Hood Homes is built to be profitable. We identify post-foreclosure opportunities, move fast through SB 1079, and maximize returns — because the more we make, the more we can put back into the community.
Individual deed-restricted homes are a start, not a solution. Our goal is to use flip proceeds to fund permanently affordable housing communities — developments that move the needle for West Sonoma County at scale.
Where most investors extract profits and move on, we're rooted here. Every dollar Robin Hood Homes earns flows back to Strategic Solutions, Inc. and is redeployed into Sonoma County — grants, housing projects, and community resources.
Every home we acquire through SB 1079 is deed-restricted as affordable housing for 30 years — ensuring that even individual purchases leave a permanent mark, while we build toward something larger.
California's SB 1079 — the Homes for Homeowners, Not Corporations Act — created a powerful tool for nonprofits. We use it to redirect foreclosed homes away from institutional investors and into the hands of families who need them.
Signed into law in 2020, SB 1079 grants qualified nonprofits, tenants, and owner-occupants a post-auction window to exceed the winning bid and purchase the property — 15 days to file a Notice of Intent, then 30 days to deliver payment in full.
The law was designed to curb bulk buying of foreclosed homes by institutional investors — giving nonprofits like Robin Hood Homes a post-auction window to match the winning bid and take the property instead.
Our team tracks trustee sale notices and auction results across California, identifying properties where we can intervene through SB 1079.
After a property sells at auction, Robin Hood Homes has 15 days to submit a Notice of Intent to purchase. From there, we have 30 additional days to deliver a cashier's check exceeding the auction winning bid — 45 days total from auction day to close.
Every home purchased by Robin Hood Homes is recorded with a 30-year affordable housing covenant — legally binding the property to affordable use for three decades, regardless of future ownership.
Every property is different. Some need a $200,000+ gut renovation before they're ready. Others just need a for sale sign in the yard. Either way, when work needs doing we hire local — putting good people to work fixing up their own communities.
We sell or rent the home to qualified low- or moderate-income households. Any proceeds return to Strategic Solutions, Inc. and are reinvested into our Sonoma County grant programs, housing projects, and community investments. CaStrategicSolutions.org →
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Robin Hood Homes, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Strategic Solutions, Inc., a California nonprofit based in Sebastopol. We purchase post-foreclosure homes statewide through SB 1079, with all profits reinvested back into Sonoma County programs and grants.
12697 Graton Rd.
Sebastopol, CA 95472
Robin Hood Homes is a for-profit LLC — but profit isn't the point. Every dollar we earn flows directly to our parent organization, Strategic Solutions, Inc., and is redeployed into West Sonoma County through grants, affordable housing investments, and a dedicated grant writing position that drives outside dollars into our community.
See exactly how Strategic Solutions, Inc. deploys every dollar — including our inaugural grant recipients and investment strategy.
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