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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The City of Santa Ana is the recipient of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS ( HOPWA) funds.' The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awards these funds to the City on a formula basis. As a recipient of these funds, the City is required to prepare a five -year strategic plan that identifies housing and community needs, prioritizes these needs, identifies resources to address needs, and establishes annual goals and objectives to meet these needs. This five -year strategic plan is known as the Consolidated Plan. In addition to updating the Consolidated Plan on an annual basis, via an annual Action Plan, the City of Santa Ana is required to provide the public and HUD with an assessment of its accomplishments utilizing these funds at the end of each fiscal year. This annual assessment is known as the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). This document provides a review and evaluation of the City's performance for the 2011 -2012 Fiscal Year (or report period), the second year of the 2010 -2014 Consolidated Plan cycle. The 2011 -2012 report period began July 1, 2011 and ended June 30, 2012. This report summarizes the City's accomplishments for the CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOPWA programs and includes a summary of the progress the City has made to meet the Consolidated Plan's five -year goals. The CAPER also incorporates a summary of public comments received by the City during a 15 -day comment period held from August 6, 2012 through August 20, 2012. Also included in this document are reports generated by HUD's Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS). These HUD reports provide information that has been entered into the national database and summarize the City's accomplishments for the 2011 -2012 report period. During the 2011 -2012 report period, the City continued its efforts to address the priority housing and community needs identified in the 2010 -2014 Consolidated Plan. For example, the City's supply of affordable housing was expanded and upgraded during the report period. Funding from various federal, state and local sources was used to complete the rehabilitation of 14 owner - occupied housing units.2 Additionally, HUD's American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI) was ' As Orange County's most populous city, Santa Ana is the recipient of HOPWA funds on behalf of the entire Orange County region. Z 14 units were rehabilitated with CDBG and no units were rehabilitated with HOME. 08/23/2012 1 19C -9