DATE: September 16, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Housing and Neighborhood Services Department
TITLE: 2025-26 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 2025-26 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report (CAPER) and direct staff to submit the CAPER to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
As a designated 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 (2024-2029) Consolidated Plan (the “Con-Plan”). This report of expenditures and performance, the CAPER, has been prepared for the Program Year (PY) covering July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 and is included as Attachment 1 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, 2026).
The CAPER being presented covers the first year of the Con-Plan for FY 2025-29 and outlines program performance and expenditure detail. For PY 2025-26, 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.
The CAPER demonstrates that the City adhered to the required HUD regulations governing the grant funds. Specifically, the City expended the grant funds withi...
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