FY2022-2023 CAPER DRAFT.pdf — Fontana City Council, September 12, 2023

2022-2023 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE

AND EVALUATION REPORT
JULY 1, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023

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Table of Contents

CR-05 - Goals and Outcomes ................................................................................................ 1 CR-15 - Resources and Investments 91.520(a) .....................................................................11 CR-20 - Affordable Housing 91.520(b)...................................................................................17 CR-25 - Homeless and Other Special Needs 91.220(d, e); 91.320(d, e); 91.520(c) ...............19 CR-30 - Public Housing 91.220(h); 91.320(j) .........................................................................22 CR-35 - Other Actions 91.220(j)-(k); 91.320(i)-(j) ................................................................... 23 CR-40 - Monitoring 91.220 and 91.230 ..................................................................................28 CR-45 - CDBG 91.520(c).......................................................................................................30 CR-50 - HOME 91.520(d) ......................................................................................................31 CR-60 - ESG 91.520(g) (ESG Recipients only) .....................................................................33 CR-65 - Persons Assisted .....................................................................................................35 CR-70 – ESG 91.520(g) - Assistance Provided and Outcomes .............................................38 CR-75 – Expenditures ...........................................................................................................39

Appendices

Appendix A – Public Notices ...................................................................................................... A Appendix B – Summary of Citizen Participation Comments ....................................................... B Appendix C – IDIS Reports ........................................................................................................ C

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City of Fontana 2022-2023 CAPER 1
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CR-05 - Goals and Outcomes
Progress the jurisdiction has made in carrying out its strategic plan and its action plan.

91.520(a)

The 2022-2023 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) is the City of Fontana’s report to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) describing the use of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds. The CAPER reports on the first program year of the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan period, covering July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.

The City receives CDBG, HOME and ESG funds from HUD on a formula basis each year, and in turn, implements projects and awards grants and loans to individual households and nonprofit, for-profit or public organizations for projects in furtherance of the adopted Consolidated Plan. In addition to the formula grants, this CAPER includes data related to special allocations awarded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act for the CDBG and ESG programs. These programs are respectively titled CDBG-CV and ESG-CV.

The activities reported in this CAPER were determined and planned in the City’s 2022 -2023 Annual Action Plan. The Annual Action Plan was approved at a Public Hearing on June 14, 2022.

Following the approval of the Annual Action Plan, the City completed two non-substantial amendments and a substantial amendment to the plan. A substantial amendment was made to 2020 Action Plan to account for the ESG -CV3 allocation. The non- substantial amendment s address minor budget modifications . The first substantial amendment was to add HOME American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to the Action Plan. to increase affordable rental housing. It was approved at a public hearing on September 13, 2022. The second substantial amendment added ESG-CV allocation round three for street outreach and temporary emergency shelter to the Action Plan. In accordance with notice CPD- 21-08 this amendment was not subject to consultation and citizen participation requirements and went into effect following a five-day public comment period during which time no comments were received.

For the 2022-2023 program year, the City received $1,995,010 of CDBG funds and $119,833 in unallocated resources; $758,888 of HOME funds, and $2,030,486 in prior year resources; and $179,126 in ESG funds for a total investment of $5,083,343. In FY2020 The City received $2,467,484 in CDBG-CV Funds and $2,343,005 in ESG-CV funds. As of June 30, 2023, the City of Fontana had disbursed 80 percent of CDBG-CV and 77 percent of ESG-CV. In FY2021 the City received $2,633,568 of HOME ARP funds and $1,171,502 of ESG-CV3 funds.

The investment of CDBG, HOME and ESG funds was a catalyst for positive change in the community. Together with other federal, state, and local investments, HUD resources allowed the City and its partners to provide low- and moderate-income households with the services which follow:
• Fair Housing services to 85 individuals,
• Public Safety services to 59,140 individuals,
• Recreational scholarships to 191 seniors and 2 youth,

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• Acquisition and rehab of 6 single family homes
• Rehab of 11 homeowner housing units,
• Assistance to 124 people experiencing homelessness, and During the 2022-2023 Program Year, the City utilized CDBG-CV and ESG-CV funding to support the following programs:
• Short-term housing assistance (CDBG-CV) to 33 households • Hotel/ motel vouchers (CDBG-CV) to 14 households
• Emergency shelter services to 62 people
• Homelessness Prevention services to 183 people
• Rapid Re-Housing services to 2 people, and
• Street Outreach services to 99 people.

In FY2022 the City worked to develop p rocedures and identify next steps for HOME ARP implementation.

Tables 1a – 1d provide a summary of the five-year and one-year accomplishments for the period ending June 30, 2023, arranged by each of the Strategic Plan Goals included in the 2020 -2024 Strategic Plan of the Consolidated Plan.

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Comparison of the proposed versus actual outcomes for each outcome measure submitted with the consolidated plan and explain, if applicable, why progress was not made toward meeting goals and objectives. 91.520(g)

Table 1.a - 5-Year 2020-2024 Forecasted Budget
Goal Description Category 2020-2024 Source/
Amount
Affordable Housing Preservation Owner occupied rehabilitation Affordable Housing CDBG: $2,818,250 Affordable Rental Housing
Development
Single family acquisition rental
rehabilitation and multi-family
rental development
Affordable Housing
CDBG: $3,213,800
HOME: $3,935,685
CDBG and HOME Program
Administration Program administration Administration
CDBG: $1,924,496
HOME: $357,289
Public Facilities Improvements TBD Non-Housing Community Development CDBG: $1,000,000
COVID-19 Response
Mortgage and rental
assistance and homelessness
prevention and rapid
rehousing
Non-Housing Community
Development
Prevent, prepare, and respond to
COVID-19
CDBG-CV: $2,467,484
ESG-CV: $3,514,507
Fair Housing Services Fair housing and tenant and
landlord mediation services Other CDBG: $175,000
Homeless Assistance Homelessness prevention and
rapid rehousing
Non-Housing Community
Development
Prevent, prepare, and respond to
COVID-19
ESG: $898,375
Public Services for low-income
families
Senior and youth scholarships
and public safety services
Non-Housing Community
Development CDBG: $1,578,886

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Table 2.b - 1-Year 2022 Budget
Goal Description Category 2022 Source/ Amount
Affordable Rental Housing
Development
Single family acquisition rental
rehabilitation and multi-family
rental development
Affordable Housing
HOME: $2,809,347
CDBG: $1,296,757
CDBG and HOME
Program Administration
Program administration
Administration
CDBG: $361,502
HOME: $75,888
Fair Housing Services Fair housing and tenant and
landlord mediation services Affordable Housing CDBG: $37,500 Homeless Assistance
Homelessness prevention and
rapid rehousing
Non-Housing Community
Development
Prevent, prepare, and respond to
COVID-19
ESG: $179,126
Public Services for low-
income families
Senior and youth scholarships
and public safety services
Non-Housing Community
Development
CDBG: $299,251

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Table 3.c - Cumulative and 1-Year Accomplishments
Goal Indicator Unit of
Measure
Strategic Plan: 2020-2024 Annual Outcomes: 2022
Expected
(2020-
2024)
Actual (2020-
2022)
Percent
Complete
Expected Actual Percent
Complete
Affordable
Housing
Preservation
Homeowner
Housing
Rehabbed
Household
Housing
Unit
100 30 19% 0 11 0%
Affordable
Rental
Housing
Development
Rental units
constructed
Household
Housing
Unit
22 8 36% 11 0 0%
Rental units
rehabbed
Household
Housing
Unit
7 9 129% 2 6 300%
City of
Fontana
CDBG and
HOME
Program
Admin
Other Other 5 3 30% 1 1 100%
Fair Housing
Services Other Other 450 864 192% 90 85 94%
Homeless
Assistance
TBRA / Rapid
Rehousing
Households
Assisted 250 6 2% 6 6 100%

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Goal Indicator Unit of
Measure
Strategic Plan: 2020-2024 Annual Outcomes: 2022
Expected
(2020-
2024)
Actual (2020-
2022)
Percent
Complete
Expected Actual Percent
Complete
Homelessness
Prevention
Persons
Assisted 500 210 42% 116 118 101%
Public
Services for
low-income
families
Public service
activities other
than LMI
Housing
Benefit
Persons
Assisted
100,000 177,861 177% 2,200 59,230 2,692%

Table 4.d – CDBG-CV and ESG-CV Goals and Accomplishments Goal Indicator Unit of
Measure
Strategic Plan: 2020
Expected Actual (2020-2022) Percent Complete
COVID-19
Response
Public service
activities other than
LMI Housing Benefit
Persons
Assisted 200 266 133%
Tenant-based rental
assistance (TRBA) /
Rapid Rehousing
Households
Assisted 5 7 140%
Homeless Person
Overnight Shelter
Persons
Assisted 1175 198 67%

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Homelessness
Prevention
Persons
Assisted 300 323 207%

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Assess how the jurisdiction’s use of funds, particularly CDBG, addresses the priorities and specific objectives identified in the plan, giving special attention to the highest priority activities identified.

The 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan identified seven high priority goals of the city. During the 2022- 2023 program year t he city made progress toward meeting these goals while working in an environment which continues to be impacted by the effects of the pandemic.

Preservation of the supply of affordable housing, specifically existing affordable housing stock occupied by low - and moderate-income households, was achieved through the city’s housing rehabilitation program s. In program year 202 2-2023, the housing rehabilitation programs rehabilitated 11 housing units.

The city worked to expand the supply of affordable housing in partnership with housing developers. CDBG and HOME funds may be leveraged in support of the development of new rental housing units affordable to households earning less than 30, 60, or 80 percent of Area Median Income (AMI), including units reserved for residents with special needs. In addition, the City may use CDBG and HOME funds to acquire and rehabilitate existing single family and multi- family housing units to increase the supply of affordable rental housing for its lower -income households. In program year 2021, CDBG funds were leveraged to acquire and reh abilitate six single family homes which were affordable to low - and moderate -income households . The Courtplace Apartment Project continues to make progress. It is anticipated this project will bring 11 new units of affordable housing to market the 2024-2025.

Ensuring equal access to housing opportunities by affirmatively furthering fair housing choice through the provision of fair housing education, counseling, anti -discrimination, and landlord- tenant mediation services is a high priority goal for the city. In program year 2022 -2023 Inland Fair Housing & Mediation Board served 85 low- and moderate-income residents of Fontana.

Prevention and eliminat ion of homelessness is a high priority goal for the city. Fontana supports a continuum of services to prevent and eliminate homelessness including but not limited to homeless prevention programs, emergency shelter and transitional housing. In program year 2022-2023 homeless prevention services were provided to 124 people.

Providing a range of public services to low-income residents to prevent homelessness and ameliorate the effects of poverty is a high priority to the city . Through the 2022 public safety program CDBG funds supported the City's Multiple Enforcement Team (MET), which provided a balanced approach in traditional law enforcement services, along with conducting outreach, education and providing resources to the homeless population. The MET worked directly with the homeless to reduce crime relating to homelessness, calls for service, resources to medical professionals and city staff. The City also provided funding for the recreational scholarship program which benefitted 191 low-income seniors and 2 youth.

Improving city public facilities and infrastructure to benefit low - and moderate- income residents or those presumed under HUD regulations to be low - and moderate-income such as

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the elderly and disabled adults is a high priority goal. Infrastructure projects have a long ramp up period. Funds were not allocated in the 2022-2023 program year.

In program year 2022 -2023 the city continued effort s to prevent, prepare and respond to COVID-19 through on-going CDBG-CV and ESG-CV funded programs.

CDBG-CV funded the Emergency Housing Assistance Program which provided subsistence payments in the form of rent and mortgage relief to low- and moderate-income households. This program was funded with $1,973,988 in program year 2020-2021. In 2020-2021, 151 households were assisted; in 2021-2022, 66 households; and in 2022-2023, 33 households were assisted.

Due to the declining rate of need for this type of assistance $340,000 in CDBG-CV funds were reallocated from the Emergency Housing Assistance Program to the Hotel/ Motel Voucher homeless services operations program. In program year 2022-2023, 14 households were assisted by the Hotel/ Motel Voucher program. ESG-CV funded programming included street outreach, shelter, homeless prevention, rapid re -housing, data collection, and administration. The city allocated $2,343,005 to these activities in program year 2020-2021. In program year 2022-2023, these accomplishments were achieved:
• Emergency shelter to 62 people,
• Homelessness prevention to 183 people,
• Rapid re-housing served a total of 2 people,
• Street outreach which served 99 people, and
• Rehab of a temporary emergency shelter.

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CR-10 - Racial and Ethnic composition of families assisted Describe the families assisted (including the racial and ethnic status of families assisted).

91.520(a)
Table 5 – Table of assistance to racial and ethnic populations by source of funds Race CDBG HOME ESG
White 127 64
Black or African American 39 60
Asian 10 0
American Indian or American Native 2 0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0
Total 178 0 124
Hispanic 124 80
Not Hispanic 96 44
Total 220 0 124

Narrative
Table 2 provides an aggregate of race and ethnicity data for the combined number of people, families, households or housing units reported as complete during the program year based on accomplishment data from all CDBG , HOME, and ESG activities reported in HUD’s Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS). Based on this information , an array of persons, families, households or housing unit occupants benefitted from CDBG, HOME, or ESG funded housing, and public service projects during the program year. It should be noted that 24 CDBG participants identified as other, 16 as Black/ African American and White; and two as American Indian/ Alaska Native and Black/ African American.

CDBG-CV served a total of 47 individuals. The racial and ethnic composition of those served is a follows: White (26 individuals); Black or African American (13 individuals); Asian (2 individuals);; Black/ African American and White 1 Other multi-racial (5 individuals); Hispanic (22 individuals).

ESG-CV served a total of 346 individuals. The racial and ethnic composition of those served is a follows: White (187 individuals); Black or African American (29 individuals); Asian (2 individuals); American Indian or American Native (3 individuals); Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (125 individuals); Hispanic (76 individuals); and Non-Hispanic (124 individuals).

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CR-15 - Resources and Investments 91.520(a)
Identify the resources made available

Table 3 - Resources Made Available
Source of Funds Resources
Made
Available ($)
Amount
Expended During
Program Year ($)
CDBG $2,199,833.47 $2,181,644
HOME $2,885,235 $39,002
ESG $179,126 $167,038
CDBG-CV $2,467,484 $200,805
ESG-CV $2,343,005 $450,517

Narrative

The federal, state, local and private resources available for the implementation of projects during the 2022-2023 program year are identified in Table 3. The CDBG resources included $1,995,010 in formula grant funds, $119,883 in previously unallocated resources, and $84,940 in program income. The HOME resources included $ 758,888 formula funds and $2,030,486 in prior year resources for a total of $2,030486. The ESG resources included $179,126 in formula funds.

The City is prioritizing the investment of HOME funds in support of the Courtplace Apartment project that it is anticipated will expand the supply of affordable housing by 11 units available to 30%, 60% , and 80% AMI households . Significant HOME funds are available to finance this project, which is anticipated to be completed in fiscal year 2024-2025.

In FY2022 all ESG funds were allocated to homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing. The 60 percent threshold for street outreach and emergency shelter was not crossed.

To prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus, the City received a total of $2,467,484 in CDBG-CV funds and $2,343,005 in ESG-CV funds. A total of $5,264,194 of CDBG, HOME, ESG, funds was available for projects in the 2022-2023 Program Year.

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Identify the geographic distribution and location of investments

Table 4 – Identify the geographic distribution and location of investments Target Area
Planned
Percentage of
Allocation
Actual
Percentage of
Allocation
Narrative Description
Citywide 85% 85% Public services mostly serve low- and
moderate-income areas.

Low- and
Moderate-Income
Areas
10% 12%
There were no capital projects in the
program year. Only the public safety
program was restricted to low- and
moderate-income areas.

Narrative
The actual percentages of allocation in the table above reflect the City’s CDBG formula allocation excluding the City’s planned administrative costs. For Program Year 2022-2023, the City identified one activity to exclusively benefit its low- and moderate-income areas. That was its public safety program to which $2 40,000 was allocated. This amounted to 1 percent of the City’s CDBG allocation not including program administration or CV funds.

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Leveraging
Explain how federal funds leveraged additional resources (private, state and local funds), including a description of how matching requirements were satisfied, as well as how any publicly owned land or property located within the jurisdiction that were used to address the needs identified in the plan.

In planning and implementing all HUD funded activities, the City regularly works to identify and leverage other funding streams to maximize the impact of the CDBG, HOME, and ESG activities.

Cities receiving HOME Program funds are generally required to provide a HOME match of 25% of their annual allocation. The City of Fontana has qualified for a HOME match reduction of 100% due to COVID-19. Therefore, the City is not required to provide any match as part of the HOME Program. The ESG program requires a dollar-for-dollar match requirement. The City of Fontana requires its ESG subrecipients to meet the match requirement. This is done through a mix of cash and in-kind match as allowed under 24 CFR Part 576. In accordance with State law and local priority, the City consistently looks to leverage state and locally owned property to achieve its annual goals.

Table 5 – Fiscal Year Summary - HOME Match Report
Fiscal Year Summary – HOME Match

1. Excess match from prior Federal fiscal year $18,305,025

2. Match contributed during current Federal fiscal year $0

3. Total match available for current Federal fiscal year (Line 1 plus Line 2) $0

4. Match liability for current Federal fiscal year $0

5. Excess match carried over to next Federal fiscal year (Line 3 minus Line 4) $18,305,025

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Table 6 – Match Contribution for the Federal Fiscal Year Match Contribution for the Federal Fiscal Year
Project
No. or
Other ID
Date of
Contrib
.

Cash
(non-
Federal
sources)
Forego
ne
Taxes,
Fees,
Charge
s
Apprais
ed
Land/R
eal
Propert
y
Requir
ed
Infra-
structu
re
Site
Prep.,
Const.

Material
s,
Donate
d labor
Bond
Financi
ng
Total Match
None N/A $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Table 7 – Program Income
Program Income – Enter the program amounts for the reporting period Balance on hand
at beginning of
reporting period
Amount received
during reporting
period
Total amount
expended during
reporting period
Amount
expended for
TBRA
Balance on hand
at end of
reporting period
$95,861 $1,676 $0 $0 $97,538

HOME MBE/WBE report

The City has a policy that requires formal outreach to minority and women-owned businesses as part of the City’s HOME Program . It is an integral part of the City’s contracting practices. All developers funded by the City make a good faith effort to outreach to minority- and women-owned businesses, when soliciting goods and services to support CDBG-funded projects or activities.

Minimal HOME funds were expended during Program Year 2022-2023, therefore, there were no MBE/WBEs beneficiaries during the Program Year.

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Minority Business Enterprises and Women Business Enterprises – Indicate the number and dollar value of contracts for HOME projects completed during the reporting period Table 8 – Minority Business and Women Business Enterprises Total
Minority Business Enterprises
White
Non-
Hispanic
Alaskan
Native
or
America
n Indian
Asian or
Pacific
Islander
Black
Non-
Hispanic
Hispanic
Contracts
Number 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dollar Amount $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Sub-Contracts
Number 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dollar Amount $0 $0 N/A $0 $0 $0
Total Women Business
Enterprises Male
Contracts
Number 0 0 0
Dollar Amount $0 $0 $0
Sub-Contracts
Number 0 0 0
Dollar Amount $0 $0 $0

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Minority Owners of Rental Property – Indicate the number of HOME assisted rental property owners and the total amount of HOME funds in these rental properties assisted Table 9 – Minority Owners of Rental Property
Total
Minority Property Owners
White
Non-
Hispanic
Alaskan
Native or
America
n Indian
Asian or
Pacific
Islander
Black
Non-
Hispani
c
Hispanic
Number 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dollar Amount $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Relocation and Real Property Acquisition – Indicate the number of persons displaced, the cost of relocation payments, the number of parcels acquired, and the cost of acquisition

Table 10 – Relocation and Real Property Acquisition
Parcels Acquired 0 $0
Businesses Displaced 0 $0
Nonprofit Organizations Displaced 0 $0
Households Temporarily Relocated, not
Displaced 0 $0

Househol
ds
Displaced
Total
Minority Property Enterprises
White
Non-
Hispanic
Alaskan
Native or
American
Indian
Asian or
Pacific
Islander
Black Non-
Hispanic Hispanic
Number 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cost $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

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CR-20 - Affordable Housing 91.520(b)
Evaluation of the jurisdiction's progress in providing affordable housing, including the number and types of families served, the number of extremely low -income, low-income, moderate-income, and middle-income persons served.

Table 11 – Number of Households
One-Year Goal Actual
Number of homeless households to be provided
affordable housing units 50 0
Number of non -homeless households to be
provided affordable housing units 13 17
Number of special -needs households to be
provided affordable housing units 0 0
Total 63 17

Table 12 Number of Households Supported
One-Year Goal Actual
Number of households supported through rental
assistance 50 0
Number of households supported through the
production of new units 0 0
Number of households supported through the
rehab of existing units 11 11
Number of households supported through the
acquisition of existing units 2 6
Total 63 17

Discuss the difference between goals and outcomes and problems encountered in meeting these goals.

City staff, subrecipients and contractors continued to be impacted by the pandemic and global issues far beyond local control. While workflows and access to clientele normalized some, labor and material costs continue to be impacted by limited supply. City staff and partners’ efforts were focused on assisting the community to prevent, prepare and respond to the coronavirus and expand opportunity for low- and moderate-income residents.

According to the one-year goals in the 2022 Action Plan the City forecasted providing affordable housing to 63 low- and moderate- income households. Due to the pandemic HOME projects timelines have been delayed about a year. T he anticipated 11 units from the Courtplace Apartment projects will likely be pushed out to fiscal year 2024-2025.

In the 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan the City forecast ESG would provide rental assistance to 50 households. In the 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan the City forecast ESG-CV would provide rental

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assistance to 60 households, and CDBG-CV would provide emergency housing assistance (rental and mortgage) to 200 households. In FY2022, 33 households received rental assistance through CDBG-CV.

Discuss how these outcomes will impact future annual action plans.

The City will continue to work to make affordable housing and programming resources available to low and moderate income households and those at -risk of and experiencing homelessness.

Progress will continue to be made on the Courtplace project which will bring on 11 new units of affordable housing.

Include the number of extremely low-income, low-income, and moderate-income persons served by each activity where information on income by family size is required to determine the eligibility of the activity.

Table 13 – Number of Families or Households Served
Number of Households Served CDBG Actual HOME Actual
Extremely Low-income 194 -
Low-income 6 -
Moderate-income 11 -
Total 211 -

Narrative Information
The table above (Table 13) includes the CDBG funded owner-occupied rehab, acquisition rehab and scholarship programs. To address what HUD defines as “worst case housing need” – low- income residents who pay more than 50 percent of their income for housing costs —the City provided funds in the 2022-2023 Action Plan through the ESG, ESG-CV and CDBG-CV programs to provide rental, mortgage and utility assistance to low - and moderate-income households – including those who are defined as experiencing worst case housing needs and hotel/ motel vouchers to those experiencing homelessness. Subsistence payments assisted 6 extremely low- income, 8 low-income, and 19 moderate-income residents. Homeless operations support in the form of hotel/ motel vouchers funded with CDBG -CV assisted 14 extremely low- income households. Further, the City continues to pursue the development of additional low - and moderate-income housing opportunities through the CDBG, HOME and other federal and state programs.

Through all programs, the City ensures that assistance is targeted and made available to individuals experiencing disabilities to ensure they have equal access to affordable housing programs. Where possible, homeless service providers leverage County programs for supportive housing activities and refers clients to such programs.

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CR-25 - Homeless and Other Special Needs 91.220(d, e); 91.320(d, e); 91.520(c) Evaluate the jurisdiction’s progress in meeting its specific objectives for reducing and ending homelessness through:

Reaching out to homeless persons (especially unsheltered persons) and assessing their individual needs
To address incidences of homelessness in Fontana and to prevent extremely low-income Fontana families from becoming homeless, the City places a high priority on programs that work to prevent homelessness or rapidly connect homeless individuals with housing and supportive services. To address this need, the City has supported a continuum of services in the Fontana utilizing its ESG and ESG-CV funds, and though the San Bernardino County Continuum of Care (CoC) to prevent and eliminate homelessness; including, but not limited to, H omelessness Prevention programs, Emergency Shelter programs and transitional housing. Using ESG-CV funds, the City invested in Homelessness Prevention, Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter and Rapid Re-Housing programs directly and through the Water of Life, which served a total of 346 persons in the 2021- 2022 program year.

In 2022 the San Bernardino Office of Homeless Services orchestrated the first homeless Point- in-Time (PIT) count since 2020. The Office of Homeless Services was granted an exception by HUD to not complete PIT Homeless count in 2021, due to health and safety concerns coupled with those about accuracy . Since 2020 the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness increased 28 percent from 116 to 149, while the number of people experiencing sheltered homelessness in the City increased from zero to 7. The increase in sheltered homelessness is likely a reflection of ESG-CV emergency shelter hotel/ motel vouchers.

Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons The ultimate solution to ending homelessness is transitional and permanent housing closely aligned with supportive services that ensure housing stability can be maintained. However, because the demand for affordable housing far outpaces the region’s supply, the CoC continues to rely on its emergency and transitional housing system to address the immediate needs of San Bernardino County’s homeless population.

The City of Fontana , through its ESG, ESG-CV, and CDBG-CV allocation, funded the Water of Life Homelessness Prevention Programs , the City’s Hotel/ Motel Voucher Program; the Social Work Action Group’s (SAWG) Street Outreach Program, and the acquisition of a property that will serve as a temporary emergency shelter operated by Water of Life. In addition, the City supported the efforts of the San Bernardino County Continuum of Care (CoC) and its member organizations that address homelessness. As described earlier, the City supported local nonprofit agencies who provide emergency rental assistance and housing counseling to low - and moderate- income residents to prevent homelessness.

City of Fontana 2022-2023 CAPER 20
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Helping low -income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely low -income individuals and families and those who are: likely to become homeless after being discharged from publicly funded institutions and systems of care (such as health care facilities, mental health facilities, foster care and other youth facilities, and corrections programs and institutions); and, receiving assistance from public or private agencies that address housing, health, social services, employment, education, or youth needs
During Program Year 2022-2023, the City connected chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth w ith available resources through the San Bernardino County CoC, which is comprised of a network of public, private, faith-based, for-profit, and non-profit service providers who utilize several federal, state and local resources to provide services for homeless people. The goal was to help unsheltered homeless persons make the transition to permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the period that individuals and families experience homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals and families to affordable housing units.

To supplement HUD-funded efforts, the City supports the collaborative work of Social Work Action Group (SWAG) and Community Outreach and Support Team (COAST ) which connect those experiencing homelessness with housing and needed services to enable them to exit their life on the street. SWAG focuses on case management, while COAST focuses on street engagement.

The cost of these programs was funded in part by the City’s Permanent Local Housing (PLHA) allocation and other non-federal funds.

The nonprofit and faith-based communities play a key role in the current CoC system. Hundreds of agencies throughout the County provided programs ranging from feeding the homeless on the street to creating permanent supportive housing opportunities. These services were available to homeless families with children, and single men and women. The nonprofit and faith- based community also served special needs populations, such as victims of domestic violence, veterans, the disabled and youth.

The City provided ESG and ESG-CV funds to Water of Life t o prevent individuals and families who were recently homeless from becoming homeless again and to prevent individuals and families who are at risk of homelessness from experiencing it. This assistance helped low- and moderate-income individuals and families who were currently housed but faced circumstances beyond their control that made it infeasible to stay current on their rent. Additionally, Water of Life aids through a Hotel-Motel Voucher system for low- and moderate-income individuals that do not currently have housing.

The City of Fontana funds the Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board to provide fair housing, tenant/landlord mediation and legal services for residents through attorney consultations and preparation of legal documents for the residents to represent themselves in family law and landlord/tenant actions. Some of these services are provided to prevent undue evictions that could lead to homelessness.

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The Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino provides Section 8 rental assistance to extremely low- and very low -income households located within the City limits. The Section 8 program gives priority to households that are at risk of becoming homeless or currently residing in inadequate housing.

Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans and their f amilies, and unaccompanied youth) make the transition to permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the period of time that individuals and families experience homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals and families to affordable housing units, and preventing individuals and families who were recently homeless from becoming homeless again The San Bernardino County CoC Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness included a goal to more rapidly identify and assess people experiencing homelessness. The CoC is working with 2 -1-1 to create a Coordinated Entry System (CES) for persons at risk or experiencing homelessness within the CoC. The activities include street outreach, a universal assessment, intake, referrals and transportation t o resources. The CES will include a database, housed in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), using real time data entry to match clients to appropriate service providers. Collectively these strategies minimize duplication of effort and better connect the most vulnerable individuals and families, chronically homeless, and people at risk of becoming homeless to appropriate resources.

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CR-30 - Public Housing 91.220(h); 91.320(j)
Actions taken to address the needs of public housing
The City of Fon tana Housing Authority was formed in 1994 under State of California Housing Authority Law to actively improve existing neighborhoods and develop affordable housing opportunities using local, state and federal resources. The Fontana Housing Authority does not administer a Section 8 Program and does not own HUD Public Housing; however, the City is within the service area of the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino (HACSB) for the purposes of Section 8 and Public Housing.

The HACSB currently manages an active portfolio of 8,689 tenant-based and project -based Section 8 Moving to Work Housing Choice vouchers serving 20, 106 individuals. Of the 20,106 individuals, 12,603 are adults (including 3,643 seniors) and 7,503 are children. There is still a great need in Fontana for additional subsidized housing with nearly 1,14 0 applications from Fontana families on the waiting list. Currently, there are 681 families Countywide receiving tenant-based rental assistance, while 98 families are receiving project-based rental assistance.

Actions taken to encourage public housing residents to become more involved in management and participate in homeownership
HACSB has continued to encourage residents to be actively involved in the community and in the management of public housing developments through resident councils and numerous opportunities for feedback such as community meetings and surveys. HACSB and the City of Fontana also continue to actively encourage and promote public housing residents t o explore homeownership opportunities and programs through HACSB’s Homeownership Assistance Program targeted at current Public Housing Authority (PHA) residents. HACSB also encourages and supports residents in participating in homebuyer counseling programs and recommends residents use the family self-sufficiency escrow account to save money towards homeownership.

Actions taken to provide assistance to troubled PHAs
Not applicable. HACSB is considered a 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. Barriers to affordable housing are distinguished from impediments to fair housing choice in the sense t hat barriers are lawful and impediments to fair housing choice are usually unlawful.

The primary barriers to affordable housing in Fontana continue to be housing affordability and the lack of monetary resources necessary to develop and sustain affordable housing. The two barriers are related in the sense that demand for affordable housing exceeds the supply and insufficient resources are available to increase the supply of affordable housing to meet demand. Fontana continues to deal with the ramifications of the State of California’s elimination of local Redevelopment Agencies which were a crucial resource for the development and preservation of affordable housing. This was the most significant public policy change impacting affordable housing and residential investment. While there are mechanisms whereby certain affordable housing assets tied to the former Redevelopment Agencies may be utilized today, these resources are finite and scarce. Although the City no longer has access to Redevelopment Housing Set-Aside funds, the City will continue to leverage its CDBG and HOME funds to attract private and other available public resources, including land conveyed to the City for the purpose of affordable housing, to facilitate affordable housing development. This strategy will increase the supply of affordable housing and preserve existing affordable housing in the City.

To address housing affordability and the lack of monetary resources for affordable housing, the Strategic Plan of the 20 20-2024 Consolidated Plan called for the investment of a significant portion of CDBG and HOME funds for the construction of 20 new affordable rental housing units, seven rental units acquired and rehabbed and the preservation of 100 existing affordable housing units. From fiscal year 2020 through 2022 eight units have been constructed, nine units have been acquired and rehabilitated, and 30 affordable housing units have been preserved.

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, CDBG-CV, ESG and ESG-CV funds in Program Year 2021-2022 in projects that provide grants to low- and moderate-income hom eowners and renters for emergency mortgage and rent assistance, projects that provide public and neighborhood services to low- and moderate-income people and those with special needs, and projects that prevent homelessness. To address underserved needs, the City allocated 100 percent of its non- administrative CDBG and 100 percent of its HOME investments in Program Year 202 1-2022 to projects and activities that benefit low - and

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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 lead- based paint hazards, the rehabilitation of housing units built prior to January 1, 1978 included a lead-based paint testing and risk assessment process. Whe n lead-based paint wa s identified, the City ensured that developers and contractors incorporate safe -work practices and depending on the level of assistance, abate the lead-based paint as part of the scope of work to effectively reduce lead-based paint hazards to children in accordance with 24 CFR Part 35.

Actions taken to reduce the number of poverty-level families. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) The City’s CDBG-CV and ESG-CV maintained safe and adequate housing for many residents. 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, provide 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, child- care and cash payments to meet basic needs such as housing, nutrition and transportation. Other services are 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 Fontana is high-functioning and collaborative—particularly the relationship between local government and the nonprofit sector comprised of a network of capable nonprofit 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 support and enhance the existing institutional structure, the City of Fontana continued to collaborate with affordable housing developers and nonprofit agencies receiving CDBG and HOME funds through the 2022-2023 Action Plan to ensure that the needs of low- and moderate- income residents were met as envisioned within the 2020 -2024 Consolidated Plan - Strategic Plan.

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 continued consulting with and inviting 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 Fontana—particularly in the low-and moderate-income areas.

Identify actions taken to overcome the effects of any impediments identified in the jurisdiction’s analysis of impediments to fair housing choice. 91.520(a)

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During Program Year 2022-2023, the City of Fontana Housing Department and the Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board affirmatively furthered fair housing choice. The City is following the recommendations laid out in the prior Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI). As explained in the most recent AI conducted in 2020, the will City continue to address the previous impediments even though progress has been made. No new impediments were identified in the 2022-2023 Program Year.

Impediment: Lending Practices: Discrimination by Race
The previous AI revealed that loan approval rates were generally higher in 2009 for Asians (55%) and Whites (55%) than for Hispanics (48%) and African Americans (40%) in the City. According to the 2020-2024 Analysis, the approval rate in 2017 has increased substantially for all groups to include 65% for African Americans , 79% for Whites, 74% for Asians and 76% for Hispanics , although showing a decline for all group since 2015.

Action: The City is working with Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board (IFHMB) to provide written outreach to lending institutions regarding the City commitment to eliminate racial discrimination in lending patterns; to encourage attendance of all staff at IFHMB workshops; and to provide flyers regarding FTHB education, including IFHMB FAQ on the City website. IFHMB is continuing to offer Fair Housing education as part of the FTHB courses; as well as provide outreach regarding IFHMB programs targeted to census blocks identified by City staff.

IFHMB staffed a fair housing workshop at the Fontana Senior Center in October 2019 that provided information about fair housing laws and the duty to affirmatively further faith housing.

As a result of continuing education efforts, the City did not identify any neighborhoods where it believes disparate lending patterns exist. There were no reports of any significant HMDA data findings for IFHMB to further investigate and enforce. However, IFHMB and the City will continue to work together to ensure that the City continues to meet their obligations to affirmatively further fair housing under the Fair Housing Act.

Impediment: Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities Based on an increase in complaints to the fair housing service provider, the previous AI noted that there was a lack of understanding and sensitivity of the fair housing rights of the disabled by the housing industry. Half of the fair housing complaints were from those with disabilities.

Action: The City is working with IFHMB to provide recommendations of properties believed to be discriminatory in their practices as information is received; facilitate accessibility reviews of multi- family properties; and distribute design and construction inform ation to all who inquire about building permits. IFHMB is continuing to focus investigation efforts on tips and complaints regarding disability; review properties built within the last five years for accessibility compliance; and provide the City with literature regarding the Fair Housing Act seven design and construction requirements.

Over 4,000 Fair Housing and Accessibility Brochures were distributed within the City of Fontana during the program year. IFHMB has received federal funding to do accessibility testing for the seven design and construction requirements of the Fair Housing Act. IFHMB will continue to seek and identify properties to conduct such design and construction testing and will follow -up with developers and the City as appropriate.

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Impediment: Lack of Awareness of Fair Housing Laws
There was a general lack of knowledge in the community of fair housing rights and responsibilities.

Action: The City is continuing to work with IFHMB to provide opportunities for conducting Fair Housing workshops in the City and p roviding IFHMB outreach materials as a part the City newsletter and utility bill mailings. IFHMB is continuing to collaborate with local realtors; providing recurring education to members of the Inland Valleys Association of Realtors; offering no- cost Fair Housing workshops; and developing a fair housing FAQ for the City website.

The City has a fair housing link to the Services page of the City of Fontana website, as well as on the Housing Authority page. IFHMB participated in providing fair housing material at several community events including a City meeting with local community -based organizations, Citrus Head Start Resources Fair, a Housing Rights and Responsibilities workshop and Health Resources Fair at the Fontana Senior Center. IFHMB released cable bulletins via the City Community Channel for recruiting testers , familial status, general housing discrimination and domestic violence at various times during the program year. Over 4,000 brochures on fair housing were distributed during the period between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020 in various apartments, nonprofit organizations, public offices, and local stores in the City of Fontana. IFHMB will continue its efforts to work with the City on addressing awareness of fair housing laws and affirmatively further fair housing.

Impediment: Transit Access
The elderly and low -income are dependent upon public transportation. The AI identified two underserved areas of the City: 1) Falcon Ridge/Summit Avenue Job Center; 2) Southwest Industrial Job Centers.

Action: The City has worked with Omni Trans to provide a bus route with new stops in the Northern areas of the City (Route 82: Rancho Cucamonga- Fontana-Sierra Lakes). The City of Fontana continues to work with Omni Trans on bus routes throughout Fontana. That process includes evaluating current and potentially future lines (based upon anticipated development).

The current priorities include identifying locations for the installation of bus turnouts and bus shelters. Future Omni Trans services will be dictated by both demand (ridership) and by new single-family development (in both Central and North Fontana).

Impediment: Reasonable Accommodations
The AI noted that much of the housing stock in Fontana was built before accessibility standards were enacted. Modifications to these units may be needed to allow access by a person with disabilities. The City requires a variance to install features to accommodate persons with disabilities that may be prohibitive to many lower income persons.

Action: A request for a fee deferral or cost reduction fo r securing a minor variance for projects that include reasonable accommodation improvements is under consideration by the City. Until a revision can be made to the City Development Code, an internal memo has been distributed to all Housing and Planning sta ff regarding the City process for waiving minor variance fees for applications that include reasonable accommodation improvements. A statement on the City reasonable accommodation policy has been made available to the public.

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Impediment: Multi-Family Civil Rights Compliance
According to the City Section 109 Voluntary Compliance Agreement, the City must examine Federal and contractual civil rights compliance requirements on all City -owned multi -family residential properties.

Action: The City is working with IFHMB to review all civil rights compliance requirements and current affirmative marketing plans; and to show what efforts have been undertaken to accomplish the identified impediments, including any updates to the civil rights compliance requirements to date. The City provided IFHMB with an update on City-owned housing in F all 2019 as part of updating its Analysis of Impediment to Fair Housing during the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan.

Impediment: North Fontana Affordable Multi-Family Development According to the Voluntary Compliance Agreement, the City must examine opportunities for the creation of new affordable multi -family housing to be distributed equitably throughout the City, particularly in North Fontana.

Action: The City continues to actively seek developers for areas zoned multifamily housing and continues to preserve the zoning designation of such areas in Northern Fontana. The City adopted the Westgate Master Plan in North Fontana, which included several key properties to be set aside for multifamily housing developments. The City’s Courtplace Apartment project has been delayed, but is still anticipated to be completed in the following 2024-2025 Program Year.

Impediment: Lack of Awareness of Housing Services and Facilities in the City According to the Voluntary Compliance Agreement, the City must publish and distribute a brochure written in Spanish which describes housing services and facilities within the City.

Action: The City has information regarding discrimination and fair housing laws available on their website, along with contact information and office hours for IFHMB Ontari o office and all the IFHMB services are available in both English and Spanish during all office hours.

Impediment: Transitional and Supportive Housing
State law requires cities to identify adequate sites, appropriate zoning, development standards and a permitting process to facilitate and encourage development of transitional and permanent supportive housing. The City Zoning Ordinance does not currently provide such zoning and development standards.

Action: On October 28, 2014, the City enacted Ordinance 1708, which established an Emergency Shelter Overlay District in Light Industrial land use designations.

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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 CDBG , ESG, HOME, CDBG -CV, and ESG -CV funds were used efficiently and in compliance with applicable regulations, the City provided technical assistance to all subrecipients at the beginning of the program year and monitored the progress of its subrecipients throughout the program year.

Technical Assistance
To enhance compliance with federal program regulations, the City provides an annual Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) workshop to review the Plan goals, program requirements and available resources with potential applicants. Subsequent to approval of the Annual Action Plan, City staff reviews program regulations in detail with any subrecipients and City Departments to provide useful forms and resources for documenting compliance and to review the City’s compliance procedures and requireme nts. Additionally, individualized technical assistance is provided on an as-needed basis throughout the 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 requir ements 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. For CDBG public service and ESG activities, an on-site monitoring is conducted once every two (2) years, or more frequently as needed to ensure compliance. These 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 routinely 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 visit, a written report is provided delineating the results of the review and any findings of non-compliance and the required corrective action. Subrecipients and City departments normally have 30 days to provide the City with corrective actions taken to address any noted findings. Individualized technical assistance is provided, as not ed above, as soon as compliance concerns are

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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 are in compliance with applicable limits pursuant to the affordability covenant. For ownership units, annual monitoring of occupancy is conducted throughout the affordability period.

For the HOME -funded activities, annual monitoring is undertaken to ensure that for renter - occupied units, household income, rents and utility allowances are in compliance with applicable limits pursuant to the affordability covenant. For ownership units, annual monitoring of occupancy is conducted throughout the affordability period.

The following is a list of the rental units that were monitored in calendar year 2021 . Extensive technical assistance was provided to all the apartment owners and managers in 2018 regarding incomes, rent levels and lease provisions. All properties were found to be in compliance. Field audits were conducted seven properties shown below.

Property Name Inspection/
Audit Date
Sierra Fountains 2/2023
Hillcrest 2/2023
Toscana 3/2023
Siena 4/2023
Date Street 4/2023
Ceres Ave Phases I & III 6/2023

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 adopted Citizen Participation Plan, a public notice was published in the San Bernardino Sun, Press Enterprise, and El Chicano in English and in Spanish on August 24, 2023, notifying the public of the availability of the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for a 15-day public review and comment period. A copy of the public notices is included in Appendix A . The draft CAPER is made available on the City websi te and posted publicly.

A public hearing before the City Council will be held on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, to solicit comments from residents and interested parties. No written comments were received. Six oral comments were delivered. A summary of oral comments is included in Appendix B.

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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.

In the 2022-2023 program year, the City provided CDBG-funded public services. The City’s CDBG Fair Housing program served 85 unduplicated individuals. The City’s Public Safety Program served 59,140 individuals. The housing assistance program supported 33 low- and moderate- income households to remain safe and in their homes during the pandemic and the hotel/ motel voucher program provided emergency shelter to 14 households experiencing homelessness.

Program year 2022-2023 is the third year of the five-year 2020-2024 Consolidated Planning cycle.

High priority needs identified in the Consolidated Plan – Strategic Plan reflect Fontana’s community. Future expenditures will impact these strategies.

As described in the CR-05 (Goals and Outcomes) section, the City made two non-substantial and a substantial amendments its Annual Action Plan during the program year. These non-substantial amendments were to address a minor budget modifications, while the substantial amendment was to approve the City’s HOME ARP Plan. A substantial amendment was made to the 2020 Action Plan to address the ESG-CV round 3 allocation.

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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 2022-2023 Program Year, the City inspected the HOME-assisted properties 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.

The following is a list of the rental properties that were monitored in calendar year 2022-2023. All units were found to be in compliance. The City conduct field audits for # complexes listed below.

Property Name Inspection/
Audit Date
Sierra Fountains 2/2023
Hillcrest 2/2023
Toscana 3/2023
Siena 4/2023
Date Street 4/2023
Ceres Ave Phases I & III 6/2023

Provide an assessment of the jurisdiction's affirmative marketing actions for HOME units.

92.351(b)
The City certified it made effort to affirmatively further fair housing as a participating jurisdiction that received HOME Program funds. The City used CDBG funds to promote fair housing by contracting with the Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board to provide a variety of fair housing services.

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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, $1,676 of HOME program income was receipted during Program Year 2022-2023 and will be committed for the next City HOME project in the next Program Year.

Describe other actions taken to foster and maintain affordable housing. 91.220(k) The City of Fontana funds the Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board to provide fair housing, tenant/landlord mediation and legal services for residents through attorney c onsultations and preparation of legal documents for the residents to represent themselves in family law and landlord/tenant actions. Some of these services are provided to prevent undue evictions that could lead to homelessness.

The Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino provides Section 8 rental assistance to extremely low- and very low -income households located within the City limits. The Section 8 program gives priority to households that are at risk of becoming homeless or currently residing in inadequate housing.

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CR-60 - ESG 91.520(g) (ESG Recipients only)
ESG Supplement to the CAPER in e-snaps
For Paperwork Reduction Act

1. Recipient Information—All Recipients Complete
Basic Grant Information
Recipient Name FONTANA
Organizational DUNS Number 058728630
EIN/TIN Number 956004770
Identify the Field Office LOS ANGELES
Identify CoC(s) in which the recipient
or subrecipient(s) will provide ESG
assistance
San Bernardino City & County CoC

ESG Contact Name
Prefix Mrs.

First Name Valerie
Middle Name
Last Name Gonzales
Suffix N/A
Title Acting Housing Development Manager

ESG Contact Address
Street Address 1 8353 Sierra Ave.

Street Address 2 N/A
City Fontana
State CA
ZIP Code 92335
Phone Number (909) 350-6625
Extension N/A
Fax Number
Email Address [email protected]

ESG Secondary Contact
Prefix N/A
First Name N/A
Last Name N/A
Suffix N/A
Title N/A
Phone Number N/A
Extension N/A
Email Address N/A

2. Reporting Period—All Recipients Complete
Program Year Start Date 07/01/2022

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Program Year End Date 06/30/2023

3a. Subrecipient Form – Complete one form for each subrecipient Subrecipient or Contractor Name: Water of Life
City: Fontana
State: CA
Zip Code: 92336
DUNS Number: 793842550
Is subrecipient a victim services provider: No
Subrecipient Organization Type: Nonprofit
ESG Subgrant or Contract Award Amount: $165,692

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CR-65 - Persons Assisted

4. Persons Served
4a. Complete for Homelessness Prevention Activities
Number of Persons in
Households
Total
Adults 142
Children 159
Don't Know/Refused/Other 0
Missing Information 0
Total 301
Table 6 – Household Information for Homeless Prevention Activities

4b. Complete for Rapid Re-Housing Activities
Number of Persons in
Households
Total
Adults 4
Children 4
Don't Know/Refused/Other 0
Missing Information 0
Total 8
Table 7 – Household Information for Rapid Re-Housing Activities

4c. Complete for Shelter
Number of Persons in
Households
Total
Adults 44
Children 18
Don't Know/Refused/Other 0
Missing Information 0
Total 62
Table 8 – Shelter Information

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4d. Street Outreach

Table 9 – Household Information for Street Outreach

4e. Totals for all Persons Served with ESG
Number of Persons in
Households
Total
Adults 289
Children 141
Don't Know/Refused/Other 0
Missing Information 0
Total 430
Table 10 – Household Information for Persons Served with ESG

5. Gender—Complete for All Activities
Total
Male 179
Female 166
Transgender 0
Don't Know/Refused/Other 1
Missing Information 124
Total 470
Table 11 – Gender Information

Number of Persons in
Households
Total
Adults 99
Children 0
Don't Know/Refused/Other 0
Missing Information 0
Total 99

City of Fontana 2022-2023 CAPER 37
OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)

6. Age—Complete for All Activities

Table 12 – Age Information

7. Special Populations Served—Complete for All Activities Number of Persons in Households
Subpopulation Total Total
Persons
Served –
Prevention
Total
Persons
Served –
RRH
Total
Persons
Served in
Emergency
Shelters
Veterans 16 6 2 8
Victims of
Domestic Violence 0 0 0 0
Elderly 40 16 1 23
HIV/AIDS 2 0 0 2
Chronically
Homeless 39 4 34
Persons with Disabilities:

Severely
Mentally Ill 48 8 3 37
Chronic
Substance Abuse 10 0 0 10
Other Disability 87 26 2 59
Total
(Unduplicated if
possible) 145 34 5 106
Table 13 – Special Population Served
Total
Under 18 109
18-24 19
25 and over 218
Don't Know/Refused/Other 0
Missing Information 124
Total 470

City of Fontana 2022-2023 CAPER 38
OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)
CR-70 – ESG 91.520(g) - Assistance Provided and Outcomes

8. Shelter Utilization
Number of New Units – Rehabbed N/A
Number of New Units – Conversion N/A
Total Number of bed - nights available N/A
Total Number of bed - nights provided N/A
Capacity Utilization N/A
Table 14 – Shelter Capacity

9. Project Outcomes Data measured under the performance standards developed in consultation with the CoC(s)
The City did not directly control bed stock but provided vouchers for ESG-CV eligible individuals to stay in a hotel or motel housing unit. In FY21, the City acquired a property to serve as an emergency shelter. It is currently under rehab and is expected to be operational in FY23.

City of Fontana 2022-2023 CAPER 39
OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)
CR-75 – Expenditures

11. Expenditures
11a. ESG Expenditures for Homelessness Prevention*
Dollar Amount of Expenditures in Program
Year
2020 2021 2022
Expenditures for Rental Assistance 244,850 346,599 100,419 Expenditures for Housing Relocation and
Stabilization Services - Financial
Assistance
84,450 161,028
Expenditures for Housing Relocation &
Stabilization Services - Services 0 0 116,158
Expenditures for Homeless Prevention
under Emergency Shelter Grants Program 0 0
Subtotal Homelessness Prevention $329,300 $507,628 $216,577 Table 15 – ESG Expenditures for Homelessness Prevention

11b. ESG Expenditures for Rapid Re-Housing*
Dollar Amount of Expenditures in Program
Year
2020 2021 2022
Expenditures for Rental Assistance 3,772 6,998 55,477
Expenditures for Housing Relocation and
Stabilization Services - Financial
Assistance
43,199 49,934
Expenditures for Housing Relocation &
Stabilization Services - Services 0 0 23,781
Expenditures for Homeless Assistance
under Emergency Shelter Grants Program 0 0
Subtotal Rapid Re-Housing $46,972 $56,932 $81,993
Table 16 – ESG Expenditures for Rapid Re-Housing

City of Fontana 2022-2023 CAPER 40
OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)
11c. ESG Expenditures for Emergency Shelter
Dollar Amount of Expenditures in Program
Year
2020 2021 2022
Essential Services 107,437 835,612 1,463
Operations 0 0 43,317
Renovation 0 0 97,502
Major Rehab 0 0
Conversion 0 0
Subtotal $107,437 $835,612 $142,301
Table 17 – ESG Expenditures for Emergency Shelter

11d. Other Grant Expenditures
Dollar Amount of Expenditures in Program
Year
2020 2021 2022
Street Outreach 30,025 108,068 127,838
HMIS 15,680 18,396 26,718
Administration 14,743 37,132 617,556
Table 18 - Other Grant Expenditures

11e. Total ESG Grant Funds

Table 19 - Total ESG Funds Expended

11f. Match Source
2020 2021 2022
Other Non-ESG HUD Funds 0 0
Other Federal Funds 0 0
State Government 0 0
Local Government 0 0
Private Funds 123,461 114,967 167,038
Other: Employee Salaries/Volunteer
Hours
0 0
Fees 71,894 0
Program Income 0 0
Total Match Amount 195,355 114,967 167,038
Table 20 - Other Funds Expended on Eligible ESG Activities

11g. Total
Total ESG Funds
Expended
2020 2021 2022
544,157 1,563,768 617,556

City of Fontana 2022-2023 CAPER 41
OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)
Total Amount of
Funds Expended on
ESG Activities
2020 2021 2022
Total 739,512 1,678,735 784,594
Table 21 - Total Amount of Funds Expended on ESG Activities

City of Fontana 2022-2023 CAPER 42
OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)
City of Fontana

2022-2023