DATE: September 11, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Housing and Neighborhood Services Department
TITLE: 2023-24 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE & EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER) FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP FUNDS
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve the 2023-24 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report (CAPER) and direct staff to submit the CAPER to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
As a designated U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") entitlement community, the City of Oceanside receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) funds, collectively known as "HUD funds" to meet identified housing and community development needs of the City's low/moderate-income residents. HUD requires entitlement communities receiving these funds to annually review and publicly report on the expenditure of its HUD funds in carrying out activities described in its Annual Action Plan ("AAP") towards those goals outlined within the City's Five-Year (2020-2024) Consolidated Plan (the "Con-Plan"). This report of expenditures and performance, the CAPER, has been prepared for the Program Year (PY) covering July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 and is attached as Exhibit A for review and approval. The CAPER is required to be submitted to HUD within 90 days of the close of the program year (September 28, 2024).
The 2023-24 CAPER reports on the expenditures of HUD funds and completed projects for the program year utilizing the HUD CAPER template and data from HUD's online reporting system, known as IDIS. This CAPER covers the fourth year of the Con-Plan. For PY 2023-24, the City followed its allocation strategy by funding public services, public facilities, housing activities, homeless prevention activities, and fair housing services to address unmet community needs...
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