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U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Grants

Each year, the City of Corona receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) funds from HUD. The Community Development Department, Housing Services Division is responsible for administering these funds.

CDBG funds provide resources to improve the physical, economic, and social conditions in the community principally to benefit low- and moderate-income residents. HOME funds are intended to preserve existing affordable housing and to expand affordable housing options in the community.

FOR MORE INFO EMAIL FRANK PEREZ, CDBG CONSULTANT

GRANTS PLANNING DOCUMENTS

Consolidated Plan

To receive CDBG and HOME funds, the City develops a Consolidated Plan every five years. This plan includes a comprehensive assessment of housing, community and economic development needs in Corona and provides a five-year strategy to address identified needs. The current Consolidated Plan was approved by the City Council on June 17, 2020 to cover program years 2020-2021 through 2024-2025.

2020-2024 Consolidated Plan (06/17/20)

Language Access Plan

As a recipient of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds, the City of Corona is required to make reasonable efforts to provide language assistance to ensure meaningful access for Limited English Proficiency (LEP) persons to the City’s programs and activities. Meaningful access is defined as language assistance that results in accurate, timely, and effective communication and is available at no cost to the LEP individual. Executive Order 13166, “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency” (LEP), Title VI of the Civil Right Act of 1964, provides the basis for these requirements.

Language Access Plan (03/15/2024)

Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice

The Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice is a five-year planning document that identifies possible conditions in which individuals of similar income levels in the same housing market may have their housing choice influenced by race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, sex, disability, marital status, familial status, source of income, sexual orientation or similar factors. The Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice reviews public and private policies, practices and procedures affecting housing choice and outlines recommendations to address identified impediments. The current Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice was approved by the City Council on June 17, 2020 to cover program years 2020-2021 through 2024-2025.

Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (06/17/20)

Citizen Participation Plan

The Citizen Participation Plan provides the City of Corona’s procedures for encouraging citizen participation in the grants planning process for HUD-funded programs and projects. The Citizen Participation Plan was approved by the City Council on October 2, 2019. The City updated the Citizen Participation Plan to ensure program language, modifications, and updates for CARES Act funding that City was set to receive was included. The current Citizen Participation Plan was approved by the City Council on June 3, 2020.

Action Plans

The Action Plan is Corona’s annual CDBG and HOME funding strategy that identifies the programs and projects to receive CDBG and HOME funds each year. Each Action Plan covers a single program year beginning July 1 and ending June 30.

HOME-ARP Allocation Plan

The HOME-ARP Allocation Plan is Corona’s grant funding application and planning document for the use of $1,799,854 of HOME-American Rescue Plan Act (HOME-ARP) funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The current HOME-ARP Allocation Plan was approved by the City Council on May 4, 2022. As directed by HUD, the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan becomes part of the 2021-2022 Action Plan.

COVID-19 CARES Act Action Plan

On June 3, 2020, the Corona City Council unanimously approved an amendment to the 2019-2020 Action Plan to formally accept Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) funds in the amount of $734,885  from HUD. The planned uses of funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 may be found in the document linked below.

On November 18, 2020, the Corona City Council unanimously approved an amendment to the 2019-2020 Action Plan (No. 2) to formally accept additional CDBG-CV funds in the amount of $935,657 from HUD. The planned uses of funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 may be found in the document linked below.

On March 16, 2022, the Corona City Council unanimously approved an amendment to the 2019-2020 Action Plan (No. 3). The planned uses of funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 may be found in the document linked below.

On February 15, 2023, the Corona City Council will conduct a public hearing in the City Council Chambers  to consider the draft 2019-2020 Action Plan Amendment No. 4 to reallocate funds between approved Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) projects. Additionally, the Amendment No. 4 is available for public review at the City’s Community Development Department and City Clerk’s Office located at 400 S. Vicentia Avenue, Corona, along with an onsite location of the Corona Public Library, Reference Desk, located at 650 S. Main Street, Corona. 

Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Reports

The Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) provides a summary of progress toward meeting the goals of the annual Action Plan and five-year Consolidated Plan. The CAPER is prepared after the conclusion of each program year. The 2020-2021 CAPER was available for public review and comment until 5:00 PM on September 16, 2021. No comments were received during the public review and comment period or at the public hearing on September 15.

2021-2024 NOFA - HOW TO APPLY FOR CDBG FUNDS

The City of Corona periodically issues Notices of Funding Availability (NOFA) to non-profit organizations and City Departments interested in implementing CDBG public service/human service activities to address needs in the community. The most recent NOFA closed on March 5, 2021. Awards made as a result of this NOFA are included in the 2021-2022 Action Plan and those services are anticipated to run through June 30, 2025. Subject to funding availability from HUD, the City anticipates issuing the next NOFA in late 2024. For more information or to join the interest list for the next NOFA, please email the CDBG Consultant at  Frank.Perez@CoronaCA.gov.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The following websites provide additional information about the CDBG and HOME program rules and regulations:

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