HUD Grant Programs

Community Development Block Grant

The City of Irvine receives annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) entitlement grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
 

HUD Program Overview Consolidated Plan Action Plan
Citizen Participation Plan

Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI)

Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)

HOME-ARP

Grant Funding Additional Resources

 Contact Information
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Language Access Plan 

Consolidated Plan

The City of Irvine receives an annual allocation of federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs. The Consolidated Plan is a comprehensive assessment of the City’s housing and community development needs for the short and long term, including housing, homelessness, economic development, and public services (e.g. health and human service programs). The Consolidated Plan also includes strategies for addressing the identified needs, which are intended to guide the City’s use of CDBG, HOME and ESG funds over a five-year period.  To continue receiving these funds, the City must prepare and submit a Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan (AAP), and Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER). These documents serve as the City’s strategic framework for allocating federal resources and setting priorities for housing and community development over a five-year period 2025-2029. 

2025-2029 Consolidated Plan

The City is seeking input from residents on how federal funds may be used to address the community’s high priority needs. Join us at a community meeting or take our survey. 

Community Meetings

Wednesday, October 23, 6 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom
To join the meeting, visit bit.ly/4eddjH4.

Thursday, October 24, 10 a.m.
Las Lomas Community Center, 1 Federation Way

2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and 2020-2021 Action Plan as amended November 27, 2020
2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and 2020-2021 Action Plan
Amendment No. 3 to the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan and 2019-2020 Action Plan
Adopted Amendment No. 2 to 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan and 2019-2020 Action Plan
2015-19 Consolidated Plan as Amended June 11, 2019
2015-19 Consolidated Plan

HUD Program Overview

CDBG is the principal federal program providing local governments with grants to improve the physical, economic, and social conditions in their communities. While spending priorities are determined at the local level, the program is primarily intended to provide affordable housing, establish and maintain a suitable living environment, and expand economic opportunities for low and moderate-income residents.

HOME funds are intended to facilitate long-term public-private partnerships in an effort to expand the availability of affordable housing. HOME funds may be used exclusively to create affordable housing for low and moderate-income residents. 

ESG funds may be used for street outreach, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, rapid re-housing and Homeless Management Information System.

These programs allow the City of Irvine to issue grants and loans to local organizations for a wide variety of community development activities that benefit eligible for extremely low, very low, low and moderate-income Irvine residents.

How to Apply for CDBG, HOME, and ESG Funds

Application deadlines are as follows: CDBG & HOME December 20 at 5 p.m., ESG December 20 at 4 p.m. No late applications will be accepted.

NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY (NOFA)

The City of Irvine and MDG Associates presented a PowerPoint regarding the upcoming 2025-2026 Program Year, CDBG, ESG, and HOME funds on November 20, 2024.

NOFA Workshop Presentation
NOFA Workshop Presentation Recording

Language Access Plan

As a recipient of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds, the City of Irvine (“City” or “Irvine”) 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

A Language Access Plan was then developed, focused on the provision of translation and interpretation services to LEP individuals who speak the following languages:

  1. Spanish
  2. Persian (Farsi)
  3. Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese)
  4. Japanese
  5. Korean
  6. Vietnamese
  7. Arabic

Action Plan

HUD requires the City to develop an annual funding strategy called an Action Plan, which details the programs and projects to be funded each year. The Action Plan also outlines the proposed outcomes for the funded activities. Each Action Plan covers a single program year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. 

Citizen Participation Plan

This plan sets forth the policies and procedures to encourage citizen participation, especially low- and moderate-income citizens, in the planning, implementation and assessment of HUD-funded programs and projects.

Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI)

This plan identifies impediments to fair housing, conditions in which individuals of similar income levels in the same housing market may have 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 AI reviews public and private policies, practices and procedures affecting housing choice and recommends actions to address any identified potential impediments.

Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)

At the conclusion of each Program Year, the City is required by HUD to report on its progress toward meeting the goals and objectives of the annual Action Plan and five-year Consolidated Plan. The CAPER covers the Program Year that begins July 1 and ends June 30.

Click here for the Final 2023-2024 CAPER

Click here for the Draft 2022-2023 CAPER

Click here for the Draft 2021-2022 CAPER

Click here for the Final 2020-2021 CAPER 

HOME-ARP

HUD allocated $3,524,291 of HOME-American Rescue Plan Act (HOME-ARP) funding to the City of Irvine in September 2021. In order to receive the HOME-ARP allocation, the City is required to develop a HOME-ARP Allocation Plan that will become part of the City’s Program Year 2021 HUD Annual Action Plan by substantial amendment. The HOME-ARP Allocation Plan was approved by City Council on February 28, 2023 and approved by HUD.  

Grant Funding Additional Resources:

The following web sites offer a wealth of information about the HUD grant programs, their rules and regulations, and the ways in which organizations can take advantage of their resources:

Contact Information

For more about the City of Irvine CDBG, HOME or ESG programs, email Irvine CDBG or call 949-724-6114.