75A - PUBLIC HEARING 5 YR CONSOLITATED PLAN

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Executive Summary ES-05 Executive Summary - 91.200(c), 91.220(b) 1. Introduction The 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan is the City of Santa Ana's Strategic Plan for the investment of annual allocations of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the five year period covered by the Consolidated Plan beginning July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2025. These grant programs are consistent with HUD's national strategy to provide decent housing opportunities, a suitable living environment and economic opportunities —particularly for low - and moderate -income people. In consideration of finite grant resources, the Strategic Plan within this Consolidated Plan outlines the areas and population segments with the greatest level of need for a particular program or activity and intends to invest grant resources in high leverage opportunities where data suggests that the City will be able to maximize the impact of every dollar. The Strategic Plan identifies the City's priority needs, including the rationale for establishing allocation priorities and specific measurable goals to be addressed during the five year period covered by the Consolidated Plan through activities to be implemented as part of the five Annual Action Plans using CDBG, HOME, and ESG funds. This Consolidated Plan also contains a Needs Assessment and Market Analysis that provide insight into the different levels of need in the community and the market in which grant -funded programs will be implemented. The Needs Assessment incorporates national data from the 2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates and the 2011-2015 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data, in addition to HUD program, State of California, and local/ regional data sets. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 created the CDBG Program. The primary objective of the CDBG program is the development of viable urban communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low- -and moderate -income. The CDBG regulations require that each activity meet one of the following national objectives: • Benefit low- and moderate -income persons; • Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight; or • Meet other community development needs having a particular urgency. Each year, the City certifies with the submission of its Annual Action Plan that it has given maximum feasible priority to activities, which meet the first and second objectives above. Additionally, the City Consolidated Plan SANTA ANA 5 OMB Control No: 2506-0117(exp. 06/30/2018) 75A-13