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CDBG

Community Development Block Grant

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The City of Thousand Oaks receives an annual entitlement in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

2025-26 CDBG Program — Needs Assessment (Community Development and Public Services)

Between November 21, 2024 and January 15, 2025, the City of Thousand Oaks is inviting interested parties to assist in identifying the unmet needs of lower-income persons and households in Thousand Oaks that could potentially be addressed with a portion of the City’s annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or by using other Federal resources depending on the priority of need and the availability of funds.

Non-profit housing and community development organizations are also invited to apply for a share of the City’s CDBG funding for an activity that primarily serves low-income people. The fiscal year runs from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. In addition to available CDBG funds from prior years, the City estimates a portion of $623,000 in CDBG allocation for community development projects and public services (limited to 15% of the annual grant amount).

On Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 6:00 PM, a “Needs Assessment Public Hearing” will be held in the Boardroom at City Hall (2100 Thousand Oaks 3rd Floor). Applicants for the CDBG grants, as well as other interested parties, are encouraged to attend. The Administrative Hearing Agenda will be post below 72-hours before the hearing and will describe meeting details and options to participate via teleconference.

Please view the 2025-26 CDBG Documents and Application posted in the section in the middle right-hand corner of this webpage.

For more information, please contact Lynn Oshita at LOshita@toaks.gov in the City’s Community Development Department.


CDBG Needs Assessment (Federal Funds)

Each year, the City invites public comments on the unmet needs of lower-income persons and households. The City considers these comments before drafting a spending plan for its annual Community Development Block Grant (CDGB) entitlement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). These Federal funds are used for community development activities and public/social services primarily benefiting lower-income households. CDBG Application, when open, will be posted here.

CDBG Needs Assessment Administrative Hearing Meeting Notes:

  1. PY 2024-2025
  2. PY 2023-2024

For historical purposes, previous reports are available in the City's Imaging System.

These federal funds are used for community development projects and public/social services that primarily benefit lower-income households. The Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) documents the City's actual expenditures of CDBG funds during the prior program year (July 1 through June 30). The CAPER report is prepared each September for submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.


Public Review and Comment Opportunity –

Closed

PREVIOUS CAPER REPORTS

  1. PY 2023 CAPER - July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024: CDBG $864,191.34
  2. PY 2022 CAPER - July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023: CDBG $465,744.00 and CDBG-CV $250,545.16
  3. PY 2021 CAPER - July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022: CDBG $506,459.78 and CDBG-CV $207,335.02
  4. PY 2020 CAPER - July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021: CDBG $659,818.43 and CDBG-CV $661,239.82 
  5. PY 2019 CAPER - July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020: $929,549.46 
  6. PY 2018 CAPER - July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019: CDBG $460,946.16


CDBG and Ventura County HOME Consortium Action Plan

This report describes the City's planned expenditures of Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Since 2020, the Ventura County HOME Consortium Action Plan includes the City's CDBG Action Plan.

  1. PY 2024 Action Plan - July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025: $607,042 CDBG 
  2. PY 2023 Action Plan - July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024: $614,380 CDBG
  3. PY 2022 Action Plan - July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023: $557,972 CDBG
  4. PY 2021 Action Plan - July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022: $581,545 CDBG
  5. PY 2020 Action Plan - July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021: $577,907 CDBG
  6. PY 2019 Action Plan Amended: CDBG-CV Minor Amendment (6/29/2022)
  7. PY 2019 Action Plan Amended: CDBG-CV Substantial Amendment (5/26/2022)
  8. PY 2019 Action Plan Amended: $340,016 + 779,104 = $1,119,120 CDBG-CV (11/19/2020)
  9. PY 2019 Action Plan Amended: $340,016 CDBG-CV (6/25/2020) 
  10. PY 2019 Action Plan - July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020: $593,053 CDBG
  11. PY 2018 Action Plan - July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019: $580,240 CDBG

THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT

Updates will be posted on this webpage and sent to the email address you provided.

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Other Resources

2020-2024 Citizen Participation Plan

The City’s revised Citizen Participation Plan describes how the public can participate in the City’s CDBG program-related Consolidated Plan process. Exhibit A describes the City’s Residential Anti-displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan to minimize the displacement of persons from their homes due to HUD-funded demolition or rehabilitation projects.


Ventura County Regional Consolidated Plan

Required HUD document was prepared on a regional basis with the County of Ventura as lead agency. To view the consolidated plans, please visit the County of Ventura HUD Plans and Reports website here.


Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice

As part of the HUD Consolidated Plan Process, the City collaborated with the County of Ventura and other county cities to conduct an analysis of the regional housing market and report on conditions that affect housing affordability and availability. To view the City's actions and activities to address housing impediments identified in this report, see "Housing Issues, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" section of the City's CAPER report.


Section 3 Plan

The City’s Section 3 Plan ensures that employment and other economic opportunities generated by certain HUD financial assistance shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed to low—and very low-income persons, particularly recipients of government assistance for housing and business concerns that provide economic opportunities for low—and very low-income persons. View Fair Housing information here.

2025-26 CDBG Documents

Program Year 2025-26 Needs Assessment Letter (11/14/2024) | Click here to open
Notices: Needs Assessment, Administrative Public Hearing, & Funding Applications | Click here to open
Administrative Hearing Agenda | Click here to open
Ventura County Regional Plan priority needs (Draft), City of Thousand Oaks General Plan Housing Element goals, Low to Moderate Income Area Map | Click here to open
Sample CDBG Contracts | Click here to open
Application Instructions and Grant Requirements | Click here to open
CDBG Application | Click here to open

CONTACT INFORMATION

For information about these funds and the programs funded, contact the Community Development Department at (805) 449-2500 or CDBG@toaks.gov.