75A - PH CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN UPDATE

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EXHIBIT 1 The City determines that the person is not displaced as a direct result of the acquisition, rehabilitation, or demolition for the project and the HUD field office concurs in the determination. 2. Anti -Displacement Policy The City will take reasonable steps to minimize displacement occurring as a result of its CDBG activities. This means that the City will: • Consider if displacement will occur as part of funding decisions and project feasibility determinations; • Assure, whenever possible that occupants of buildings to be rehabilitated are offered an opportunity to return; • Plan substantial rehabilitation projects in "stages" to minimize displacement; and • Meet all HUD notification requirements so that affected persons do not move because they have not been informed about project plans and their rights. The City seeks to minimize, to the greatest extent feasible, the displacement, whether permanently or temporarily, of persons (families, individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, or farms) from projects funded with CDBG involving single- or multi- family rehabilitation, acquisition, commercial rehabilitation, demolition, economic development, or capital improvement activities. Projects that the City deems beneficial but that may cause displacement may be recommended and approved for funding only if the City or its subrecipient demonstrates that such displacement is necessary and vital to the project and that they take efforts to reduce the number of persons displaced. Further, they must clearly demonstrate that the goals and anticipated accomplishments of a project outweigh the adverse effects of displacement imposed on persons who must relocate. 3. Displacement Assistance Consistent with the goals and objectives of the CDBG program, the City will take all reasonable steps necessary to minimize displacement of persons, even temporarily. If displacement occurs, the City will provide relocation assistance to all persons directly, involuntarily, and permanently displaced according to HUD regulations. If the City temporarily displaces a low- or moderate -income household, that household becomes eligible for certain relocation payments. The assistance applies to those persons residing in the residence at the time the application is processed and is based on the following procedures: • If the structure and its occupants are determined eligible for temporary relocation assistance, the owner -occupants and tenants are eligible for the City of Santa Ana Citizen Participation Plan I September 2019 Page 23 75A-27