REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Fiscal Year 2017-18 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the use of HUD Funds
Report
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara is a participant in the federal CDBG and HOME programs through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD annually provides funding to the City of Santa Clara to be used for social programs, affordable housing developments, and community development projects that benefit low-income persons and households. As a recipient of HUD funding, the City is required to prepare a five-year (2015-2020) strategic plan called a Consolidated Plan (ConPlan). The ConPlan is accomplished through Annual Action Plans, which provide a concise summary of the actions, activities, and the specific federal and non-federal resources that the City will use each year to address its priority needs and specific goals as identified by the ConPlan. At the end of each fiscal year, the City of Santa Clara reports on its accomplishments and progress toward its ConPlan goals in the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).]
DISCUSSION
The attached 2017 CAPER highlights the City's low-income housing and community development activities performed during the 2017 Program Year (PY), along with the amount of funds allocated to those activities, and the number of low-income households assisted.
The City's major accomplishments for PY 2017 include:
* Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA): This program provided rental and deposit assistance to homeless or at risk of being homeless households in Santa Clara with incomes at or below 60% Area Median Income (AMI). Forty-four (44) households, comprising of fifty-nine (59) adults and eighty-six (86) children, were assisted and benefited from rental and deposit assistance. Case management assistance was also provided and funded through the City's special revenue funds.
* Public Services: Eleven (11) nonpr...
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