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homelessness; therefore, all sub-populations including veterans, families with children, and unaccompanied youth are served.
CR-30 - Public Housing 91.220(h); 91.320(j)
Actions taken to address the needs of public housing
There are no public housing developments in the City of Corona. The Corona Housing Authority (CHA) does not administer Section 8 and does not own HUD Public Housing.
For public housing purposes, the City is within the service area of the Housing Authority of the County of Riverside (HACR). The mission of HACR is “to transform and promote healthy, thriving communities, re-ignite hope, and restore human dignity through the creation and preservation of high quality and innovative housing and community development programs which enhance the quality of life and revitalize neighborhoods to foster self-sufficiency.” HACR converted its 469 units of public housing into project-based voucher units through HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration Program on October 1, 2016. The converted units are now owned by Riverside Community Housing Corp, which is the non-profit side of the Housing Authority. The inventory of 469 units includes 37 accessible units. As the population has increased in Riverside County, so has the demand for accessible public housing units.
As of September 2025, the Housing Choice Voucher waiting list had 141,723 registrants, of which more than 32,397 have registered as disabled households and a portion of these registrants may require an accessible unit.
According to the HACR Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan, HACR prioritizes leasing of available accessible units to households requiring such an accommodation. If a non-disabled household occupies an accessible unit, HACR has an established relocation policy that will relocate non-disabled households to standard units and facilitate access to the needed accessible unit for the disabled household. According to HACR, all accessible units are occupied by disabled households who require these units. HACR’s Reasonable Accommodation procedure specifies that any resident may submit a written request for a Reasonable Accommodation to allow full access and participation in the agency’s Housing Choice Voucher program. According to HACR, the most frequently requested reasonable accommodation is for live-in aides to occupy the unit and assist with acts of daily living.
Although there are no public housing developments located in Corona, the City supports the efforts of HACR. HACR administers the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program to provide rental assistance to low-income families, senior citizens, and disabled individuals. In 2023, HACR provided rental assistance to over 502 households in the City of Corona. HACR is well-positioned to increase the supply of affordable housing units in the City of Corona and throughout Riverside County. During FY 25/26, HACR provided Housing Choice Voucher assistance to 410 Corona households. Of the 410 households, 358 were assisted with Item 8.1
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tenant-based vouchers and 52 were assisted with project-based vouchers.
Actions taken to encourage public housing residents to become more involved in management and participate in homeownership
HACR maintains active resident councils at all public housing developments and includes resident members on its Board of Directors. HACR constantly seeks feedback from residents on improvements and planning documents to ensure activities are meeting the needs of residents. HACR receives feedback through distributed resident surveys.
HACR maintains a home ownership program for current public housing tenants through its Homeownership Program. HACR also links its Homeownership Program with its Family SelfSufficiency Program to help households save money for a down payment through an escrow account.
Actions taken to provide assistance to troubled PHAs
Not applicable. HACR is designated as High Performing PHA.
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CR-35 - Other Actions 91.220(j)-(k); 91.320(i)-(j)
Actions taken to remove or ameliorate the negative effects of public policies that serve as barriers to affordable housing such as land use controls, tax policies affecting land, zoning ordinances, building codes, fees and charges, growth limitations, and policies affecting the return on residential investment. 91.220 (j); 91.320 (i) A barrier to affordable housing is a public policy or nongovernmental condition that constrains the development or rehabilitation of affordable housing, such as land use controls, property taxes, state prevailing wage requirements, environmental protection, cost of land and availability of monetary resources.
The 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025-2026 Action Plan incorporated the planned actions from the 2021-2029 Housing Element, summarized below. The actions denoted with an asterisk at the end were taken during the program year. • The City will promote and maintain a balance of housing types and corresponding affordability levels to provide for the community's demands for housing within all economic segments of the City.
• The City will promote and preserve suitable and affordable housing for persons with special needs, including large families, single parent households, the disabled, and seniors and shelter for the homeless.
• The City will maintain high-quality residential development standards to ensure the establishment of livable neighborhoods with lasting safety and aesthetic value, and to promote the maintenance and preservation of historic neighborhoods. • The City will ensure that housing opportunities are available to all persons without regard to the classes protected by federal and State laws. • Identify and coordinate with non-profit developers to identify potential acquisition opportunities to maintain low-and moderate-income housing units. • Amend the Zoning Code to establish an affordable housing overlay zone on infill properties and on properties in the city’s transit priority areas to encourage the construction of higher density residential housing including units for low-and moderate-income households.
• Amend the General Plan to allow 100% residential uses in the Mixed-Use designation on properties that have an affordable housing overlay zone. • Educate affordable housing developers at the city’s predevelopment meetings on the city’s process to request a waiver or deferral of development impact fees. • Create a plan review submittal program that will prioritize or streamline the plan review and permit process for low and moderate-income housing units and residential care facilities.
• Encourage the development of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in high resource areas.
• Promote the City’s by-right urban lot split and two-unit dwelling program in single family residential zones by including information on the permit process on the city’s website.
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• Advertise on the Corona Housing Authority’s website information on Riverside County’s Mortgage Credit Certificate Program and First Time Homebuyer Program for down payment assistance on the purchase of a home.
• Continue to provide tenant-based rental assistance through the Housing Choice Voucher Program administered by Riverside County Housing Authority. • Provide community outreach on the city’s residential rehabilitation program. • Provide information on services provided by Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, such as credit counseling, first time homebuyer resources, and prepurchase counseling with a focus on LMI areas in Northwest Corona, Central Corona, and North Main Street.
• Allocate funding each fiscal year as part of the CDBG/HOME Action Plan to support fair housing services.
Actions taken to address obstacles to meeting underserved needs. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) The primary obstacles to meeting the underserved needs of low- and moderate-income people include lack of funding from federal, state, and other local sources, the high cost of housing that is not affordable to low-income people and the lack of availability of home improvement financing in the private lending industry. To address these obstacles, the City invested CDBG and HOME funds through the 2025-2026 Action Plan in projects that will provide rental assistance to low- and moderate-income residents at risk of homelessness, projects that provide for community facilities rehabilitation, and public services that address special needs populations. To address underserved needs, the City allocated 100 percent of its non-administrative CDBG and HOME investments for program year 2025-2026 to projects and activities that benefit low- and moderate-income people.
Actions taken to reduce lead-based paint hazards. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) The Residential Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (Title X) emphasizes prevention of childhood lead poisoning through housing-based approaches. To reduce leadbased paint hazards, the City of Corona Residential Rehabilitation Program will conduct leadbased paint testing and risk assessments for each property assisted that was built prior to January 1, 1978, and will incorporate safe work practices or abatement into the scope of work as required to reduce lead-based paint hazards in accordance with 24 CFR Part 35.
Actions taken to reduce the number of poverty-level families. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) The implementation of CDBG and HOME activities meeting the goals established in the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and this Annual Action Plan helped to reduce the number of poverty-level families by:
• Supporting activities that increase the supply of housing that is affordable to low- and moderate-income households;
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• Supporting activities that preserve the supply of decent housing that is affordable to low- and moderate-income households;
• Supporting a continuum of housing and public service programs to prevent and eliminate homelessness; and
• Supporting public services for low- and moderate-income residents including those with special needs and those at-risk of homelessness offered by nonprofit organizations receiving CDBG Public Service Grants.
In addition to these local efforts, mainstream state and federal resources also contributed to reducing the number of individuals and families in poverty. Federal programs such as the Earned Income Tax Credit and Head Start provided pathways out of poverty for families who are ready to pursue employment and educational opportunities. Additionally in California, the primary programs that assist families in poverty are CalWORKS, CalFresh (formerly food stamps) and Medi-Cal. Together, these programs provided individuals and families with employment assistance, subsidy for food, medical care, childcare, and cash payments to meet basic needs such as housing, nutrition, and transportation. Other services were available to assist persons suffering from substance abuse, domestic violence, and mental illness.
Actions taken to develop institutional structure. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) The institutional delivery system in Corona is high-functioning and collaborative—particularly the relationship between local government and the nonprofit sector comprised of a network of capable non-profit organizations that are delivering a full range of services to residents.
Strong City departments anchor the administration of HUD grant programs and the housing, community and economic development activities that are implemented by the City. To further develop this structure, the City retained a third party to operate the emergency shelter facility and to operate the tenant based rental assistance program.
Actions taken to enhance coordination between public and private housing and social service agencies. 91.220(k); 91.320(j)
To enhance coordination between public and private housing and social service agencies, the City invited the participation of a wide variety of agencies and organizations involved in the delivery of housing and supportive services to low- and moderate-income residents in Corona—particularly the CDBG Target Areas and as it relates to addressing homelessness.
The City’s Homeless Solutions Manager is actively engaged and involved with the Continuum of Care as its Chair, helping to expand coordination regionally, sub-regionally, and within the City to address the needs of Corona residents.
Identify actions taken to overcome the effects of any impediments identified in the jurisdictions analysis of impediments to fair housing choice. 91.520(a) Pursuant to HUD guidance on March 3, 2025 (90 FR 11020), the Analysis of Impediments Item 8.1
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to Fair Housing Choice is not a current HUD fair housing planning document requirement.
The City takes actions to affirmatively further fair housing, consistent with the current definition of those terms at 24 CFR 5.150. "Fair housing" means housing that, among other attributes, is affordable, safe, decent, free of unlawful discrimination, and accessible as required under civil rights laws. "Affirmatively further" means to take any action rationally related to promoting any attribute or attributes of fair housing.Some of those actions include:
• Providing CDBG funds to the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County to serve Corona residents.
• Providing information on services provided by Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, such as landlord-tenant advisory services, credit counseling, first time homebuyer resources, and prepurchase counseling.*
For additional information concerning the City’s activities pursuant to AB 686, please refer to the Housing Element.
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CR-40 - Monitoring 91.220 and 91.230
Describe the standards and procedures used to monitor activities carried out in furtherance of the plan and used to ensure long-term compliance with requirements of the programs involved, including minority business outreach and the comprehensive planning requirements
To ensure that CDBG and HOME funds are used efficiently and in compliance with applicable regulations, the City provides technical assistance to all subrecipients at the beginning of each program year and monitors subrecipients throughout the program year.
Technical Assistance
To enhance compliance with federal program regulations, the City provided a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) workshop to review the Plan goals, program requirements and available resources with potential applicants. After the Consolidated Plan was approved, a mandatory subrecipient workshop was held to review program regulations in detail, to provide useful forms and resources for documenting compliance and to review the City’s compliance procedures and requirements. Additionally, individualized technical assistance and project management assistance is provided on an as-needed basis throughout a program year.
Activity Monitoring
All activities are monitored, beginning with a detailed review upon receipt of an application to determine eligibility, conformance with a National Objective and conformance with a Plan goal. This review also examines the proposed use of funds, eligibility of the service area, eligibility of the intended beneficiaries and likelihood of compliance with other federal requirements such as the National Environmental Policy Act, the System for Award Management (SAM) debarment list, prevailing wage, Minority and Women Business Enterprise, Section 3 and federal acquisition and relocation regulations, as applicable.
Subrecipients are required to submit an audit and other documentation to establish their capacity, and any findings noted in the audit are reviewed with the applicant. Eligible applications are then considered for funding. Once funded, desk monitoring includes ongoing review of required quarterly performance reports. Monitoring reviews include both a fiscal and programmatic review of the subrecipient’s activities. The reviews determine if the subrecipient is complying with the program regulations and City contract. Areas reviewed include overall administration, financial systems, appropriateness of program expenditures, program delivery, client eligibility determination and documentation, reporting systems, and achievement toward achieving contractual goals. Following the monitoring event, a written report is provided delineating the results of the review and any findings of non-compliance and the required corrective action. Subrecipients normally have 30 days to provide the City with corrective actions taken to address any noted findings. Individualized technical Item 8.1
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assistance is provided, as noted above, as soon as compliance concerns are identified.
For CDBG capital projects, monitoring also includes compliance with regulatory agreement requirements. For HOME funded activities, annual monitoring is undertaken to ensure that for renter occupied units, household income, rents and utility allowances comply with applicable limits pursuant to the affordability covenant. For ownership units, annual monitoring of occupancy is conducted throughout the affordability period. For the TBRA program, on-site monitoring was conducted during the program year using HUD’s checklists.
Citizen Participation Plan 91.105(d); 91.115(d)
Describe the efforts to provide citizens with reasonable notice and an opportunity to comment on performance reports.
In accordance with the City’s adopted Citizen Participation Plan, a public notice was published in the Sentinel Weekly News on August 28, 2026, notifying the public of the availability of the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for a 15-day public review and comment period (August 31, 2026, through September 16, 2026). A copy of the public notice is included in Appendix A.
The CAPER was available at www.CoronaCA.gov/cdbg and at the following locations:
City Hall: City Clerk’s Office
400 S. Vicentia Avenue
Corona, California 92882
Corona Public Library – Reference Desk
650 S. Main Street
Corona, California 92882
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CR-45 - CDBG 91.520(c)
Specify the nature of, and reasons for, any changes in the jurisdiction’s program objectives and indications of how the jurisdiction would change its programs as a result of its experiences.
CDBG funds are making a significant impact on strategies to address the high-priority needs.
As shown in Figure 1 in section CR-05, CDBG funds are contributing to each of the Strategic Plan goals. Should any challenges arise in the implementation of CDBG-funded activities, the City will proactively identify additional opportunities to invest CDBG funds to meet Strategic Plan goals.
Affordable Housing
Using CDBG funds in 2019-2020, the City acquired land for affordable housing at Second and Buena Vista and issued an RFP during 2020-2021 to select a developer for this site. During the 2021-2022 Program Year, a developer was selected but the project was halted due to the pandemic and pandemics impacts to the financial markets and supply chains. In program year 2023-2024, negotiations restarted on the family project and PSH project; these are separate projects. Additionally, the developer started project development activities for both projects, i.e., construction design and engineering, environmental and infrastructure studies, and initiating project entitlement approvals. Negotiations led to an increase in family units from 110 to 115, including 20 units set aside to provide preference to at-risk of- or homeless households, and the PSH project will contain 25 units. During the 2025-2026 program year, the family project closed construction financing and commenced construction. The PSH project continued activities necessary to complete its development funding stack and will proceed as soon as all required funds are committed.
The City also invested CDBG funds in Code Enforcement to identify and compel private property owners to address code violations for housing units located in the CDBG Target Areas.
Public Services
The Fair Housing Council of Riverside provides the City with outreach, education, and enforcement activities, including landlord-tenant matters. This activity served 1,548 residents. To support Services for Low-and Moderate-Income residents, The Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Empire Bigs with Badges program provided a comprehensive mentoring program for 20 Corona youths. The Inspiring HOPE Corona Program assisted 7 youth aging out of foster care during the program year.
The Starting Over “Path to Seed” program assisted 21 residents get back on the track to self-sufficiency. Lastly, 17 foster youths were assisted through the court system via a Court Appointed Special Advocate or (CASA) to ensure their case is heard, followed up on, and results in the base case for the youth.
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Community Facilities
During the 2025-2026 program year, the City completed two park projects – Victoria Park Splash Pad and Sheridan Park Universal Playground. The Victoria Park Splash Pad Project completed its’ construction and held a grand opening ceremony. The Sheridan Park Universal Playground Project created an inclusive space celebrating the City’s unique history. Both completed activities expanded open-space recreational access for low-to -moderate-income families in the City.
Infrastructure
During the 2025-2026 program year, the City utilized CDBG funding to complete the Phase I ADA Compliance Project, specifically targeting barriers to mobility in low-to - moderate-income neighborhoods. The project successfully upgraded local infrastructure by reconstructing and rehabilitating deteriorated walkways and installing 75 new ADA-compliant curb ramps to enhance pedestrian access in low-to -moderate-income neighborhoods.
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CR-50 - HOME 91.520(d)
Include the results of on-site inspections of affordable rental housing assisted under the program to determine compliance with housing codes and other applicable regulations Maintaining HOME-assisted affordable housing is a high priority. During the program year, the City inspected the HOME-assisted property listed below to determine compliance with the housing codes and other applicable regulations. Where any deficiencies existed, the property owner and property management were notified to make repairs and City staff followed up to ensure completion.
• Mission Apartments – 11 units in compliance (1 manager unit) • Meridian Apartments – 7 of 84 units are HOME units in compliance (1 manager unit)
Provide an assessment of the jurisdiction's affirmative marketing actions for HOME units.
92.351(b)
The Meridian Apartments and the Mission Apartments follow an Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan. During monitoring, the annual Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Report and waitlist are reviewed to ensure compliance with HUD requirements to affirmatively further fair housing choice. Accordingly, all 11 HOME units within the Mission Apartments were monitored quarterly during the program year and were all in compliance; all seven of 84 HOME units in Meridian Apartment were monitored during the 24-25 program year, and all units are in compliance.
Refer to IDIS reports to describe the amount and use of program income for projects, including the number of projects and owner and tenant characteristics According to the PR-09 report for the HOME program, a total of $235,915.68 of program income was drawn for the TBRA program that served 81 homeless or at-risk households during the program year.
Describe other actions taken to foster and maintain affordable housing. 91.220(k) In the implementation of the 2025-2026 Action Plan, the City invested HOME funds to assist 81 at risk and homeless households through the TBRA program. The City also preserved and maintained affordable housing through the Residential Rehabilitation Program. One project was completed with HOME funds.
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Fiscal Year 2025-2026
Consolidated Annual
Performance and Evaluation
Report
Karen Roper
Housing & Homeless Solutions Manager
September 16, 2026
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City of Corona
HUD GRANT RESOURES
Fiscal Year 2025 - 2026 CDBG •$1,085,264.00
HOME • $409,306.27
TOTAL • $1,494,570.27
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Program Accomplishments
Affordable Housing
Tenant Based Rental Assistance
Capital Projects
Public Services
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Affordable Housing
• Code Enforcement – brought 131
housing units into compliance with
CMC and housing quality standards
• Residential Rehabilitation Programcompleted three owner-occupied dwellings and initiated additional
projects
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Tenant Based
Rental Assistance Program
• The City’s Tenant Based Rental
Assistance Program assisted 81
low- to moderate-income
households during the program
year
• Funds went towards the
payment of security deposits
and rental assistance for Corona
residents
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Capital Projects
ADA Compliance
Rehabilitation or Reconstruction of:
• Streets
• Sidewalks
• 75 curb ramps for ADA Accessibility
Improvements
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Capital Projects
Victoria Park Splashpad
• Completed the construction of
and paid all project
expenditures for the Victoria
Park Splashpad
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Capital Projects
Sheridan Park Universal Playground
• Construction of the Sheridan
Park Universal Playground was
completed, and all project
expenditures were fully paid
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• Fair Housing Council
Assisted 1,548 residents
• Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Provided mentoring to 20 youth
• Starting Over – Path to Seed Employment Program
21 residents back on the road to self-sufficiency
• Voices for Children (CASA Program)
Assisted 17 foster youth
• Inspire Life Skills
Assisted 7 youth who are aging out of the foster system Public Services
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QUESTIONS?
(951) 847-6348
[email protected]
www.CoronaCA.gov/cdbg
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Corona
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