Nearly $12 Million Available for Community Improvements

August 29, 2009

The County Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) will host 10 meetings throughout the county in September to explain how to apply for more than $11.9 million in federal community development and affordable housing funds.

The funds are from four US Department of Housing and Urban Development programs:

• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): $4.7 million to improve low-income communities for projects such as community centers, parks, water and drainage improvements, and housing rehabilitation loans; administered by HCD for the unincorporated area, Coronado, Del Mar, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove, Poway, and Solana Beach.
  
  
• HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME): $4.2 million for affordable housing programs; administered by HCD for the unincorporated area, Carlsbad, Encinitas, La Mesa, San Marcos, Santee, and Vista.
  
  
• Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG): More than $206,000 to improve the quality and number of emergency shelters and transitional facilities for homeless persons and to help at-risk families or individuals from becoming homeless; administered by HCD for the unincorporated area, Coronado, Del Mar, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove, Poway, and Solana Beach.
  
  
• Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA): $2.7 million for affordable housing and services for low-income households of people living with HIV or AIDS; administered by HCD for the entire San Diego County region.
  
  Meetings dates and locations are as follows:
  
  

  Schedule of Community Meetings
  Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 10:00 a.m.	Campo	Campo Community Center 976 Sheridan Road
  Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:00 p.m	Ramona	Ramona Senior/Community Center 434 Aqua Lane
  Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 10:00 a.m.	Julian	County Sheriff’s Julian Substation 2907 Washington Street (Coalman Creek Circle – Building C)
  Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 2:00 p.m.	Borrego Springs	Borrego Springs Senior Center 580 Circle J Drive
  Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 6:00 p.m.	Lincoln Acres	Lincoln Acres Community Center 2725 Granger Avenue National City
  Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 10:00 a.m.	Lakeside	Lakeside Community Center 9841 Vine Street
  Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 10:00 a.m	Fallbrook	Fallbrook Community Center 341 Heald Lane
  Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 6:00 p.m	Spring Valley	Spring Valley Community Center 8735 Jamacha Boulevard
  Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 6:00 p.m	Casa de Oro	Casa De Oro Library 9805 Campo Rd., #180 Spring Valley
  Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 10:00 a.m.	County Housing & Community Development Headquarters	County Department of Housing and Community Development Downstairs Conference Room 3989 Ruffin Road San Diego (Kearny Mesa)
  SPECIAL WEBCAST Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 2:00 p.m *Limited Audience		For details and login instructions, e-mail your reservation to dawn.marquardt@sdcounty.ca.gov or call (858) 694-8740.

  
  *Public meetings in CDBG participating cities (Coronado, Del Mar, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove, Poway, and Solana Beach) and HOME Consortium cities (Carlsbad, Encinitas, La Mesa, San Marcos, Santee, and Vista) will be held in conjunction with 2010-11 CDBG Program hearings, conducted by the respective city councils. Please contact these cities directly for their meeting schedules.
  
  Additional information and applications are available on HCD’s Web site at www.sdhcd.com or at its headquarters at 3989 Ruffin Road in Kearny Mesa.
  
  The public can also contact Lorene Kellogg at (858) 694-8724 or lorene.kellogg@sdcounty.ca.gov. Deaf and hearing impaired may call (858) 694-4884. Those needing special assistance at the meetings should contact the HCD office at least five days in advance to make special arrangements.
  

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