The Department of Housing and Homeless Services manages several funding opportunities and reporting requirements that allow the City to provide housing services. This includes the administration of state and federal grants as well as completing required reporting to the State, federal government, and other agencies.

Housing Element

Housing and Community and Development programs and policies within the City of Chula Vista are guided by the 2021-2029 Housing Element of the General Plan and the 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan for its HUD entitlement programs.  The City is required to provide the State annual reports on progress towards meeting its identified goals and implementing programs (Annual Housing Element Report)

For more information regarding the Housing Element, please visit the General Plan.

Successor Housing Agency

Pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) x1 26 (Dissolution Act), on February 28, 2012, the City Council elected, by resolution, the Chula Vista Housing Authority to serve as the Successor Housing Agency (SHA) of the former Chula Vista Redevelopment Agency (Agency). Subsequently in June 2012, AB 1484 took effect which provided clean-up language and procedures for the Agency's unwinding process. In accordance with the Dissolution Act and AB 1484, the SHA is responsible for assuming the housing functions of the former Agency and for retaining the Housing Assets. Housing Assets include real property assets acquired for low- and moderate-income housing purposes; encumbered funds that are secured by an enforceable obligation; loan or grant receivables; rents and payments from operations; amounts owed to the Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Fund; mixed-use assets; and housing bond proceeds

Effective January 1, 2014 (Statues of 2013, Chapter 796) requires housing successor entities of former redevelopment agencies to begin annual reporting affordable housing financial activity information. An independent financial audit of Low and Moderate-Income Housing Asset Fund (LMIHAF) shall be conducted within six months after the end of each fiscal year. In accordance with SB 341 and AB 1793, a summary statement of the LMIHAF for the most recent completed fiscal year is available: City of Chula Vista SB 341 Compliance Report - Successor Housing Agency Annual Report

Federal Grants

The City of Chula Vista is an entitlement jurisdiction for federal grant programs. Housing and Homeless Services administers three annual federal grant programs from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):

• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
• Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
• Home Partnership Act (HOME)

Federal Grant Programs Summary Sheet

The city utilizes these funds to provide affordable housing opportunities and fund a variety of community development projects that benefit low/moderate income residents. The application to submit proposals for the 2025-2026 funding cycle for CDBG, ESG, and HOME funds will open February of 2025. Please review the 2024-2025 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for more information on the previous year's funding opportunities. Please email Mark Barnard for any questions.

As a recipient of these HUD funds, the City is required to develop and submit four planning documents (collectively, the HUD Plans) to HUD for approval:  Citizen Participation Plan (CPP); Five-Year Consolidated Plan (Con Plan); Annual Action Plan (Action Plan); and, Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER).

• 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan
• 2022-2023 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER)
• 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan (Con Plan)
• Citizen Participation Plan (CPP)

HOME-ARP Allocation Plan

The American Rescue Plan (ARP) provides $5 billion to assist individuals or households who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, and other vulnerable populations, by providing housing, rental assistance, supportive services, and non-congregate shelter, to reduce homelessness and increase housing stability across the country. These grant funds are administered through HUD’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME). As an entitlement jurisdiction for a fiscal year 2021 HOME program allocation, the City of Chula Vista is also eligible to receive a HOME-ARP grant allocation for the fiscal year 2021 program year. The City's HOME-ARP Allocation Plan details how these funds will be used. 

Permanent Local Housing Assistance (PLHA)

In September 2017, the California Legislature approved Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), known as the Building Homes and Jobs Act (Act), which established a $75 recording fee on real estate documents to increase the supply of affordable housing. The Act establishes the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) program administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). The PLHA provides a permanent source of funding to cities and counties to help meet the unmet need for affordable housing and increase the supply of affordable housing units. HCD released its first Notice of Funding Availability for these funds on February 26, 2020.

Under the PLHA, funding is provided through formula grants to entitlement jurisdictions based on the formula prescribed under federal law for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program over a five-year funding period, as well as through a competitive grant program to non-entitlement jurisdictions. The City of Chula Vista is an entitlement jurisdiction and is eligible to receive an estimated $5,000,000 or approximately $1 million annually, over the five-year funding period. In order to receive PLHA funds, the City is required to submit a PLHA Plan (Plan). Chula Vista's PLHA Plan was submitted in July of 2020.

PLHA Summary Sheet