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Oxnard housing staff recommends $2.85 million in HUD grants under Ventura County regional consolidated plan
Summary
Brenda Lopez, the City of Oxnard interim housing director, told the City Council that the city must submit a regional consolidated plan, an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and a 2025–26 Annual Action Plan to HUD to receive federal entitlement grants, and she recommended allocations totaling an estimated $2,849,355.
Brenda Lopez, the City of Oxnard interim housing director, told the City Council that the city must submit a regional consolidated plan, an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and a 2025–26 Annual Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to receive federal entitlement grants, and she recommended funding allocations that together total an estimated $2,849,355.
Lopez said the three HUD entitlement grants are the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) and the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG). She told the council the City of Oxnard participated for the first time in the Ventura County regional consolidated plan, led by Ventura County, and that consultant MDG Associates was selected to prepare the 2025–2029 consolidated plan and the Analysis of Impediments after a review of three proposals.
The consolidated-plan process combined qualitative outreach and a market analysis, Lopez said, and 62 Oxnard residents or stakeholders participated in plan development. The Analysis of Impediments drew…
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