2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, 2025
Annual Action Plan, & Analysis of Impediments to
Fair Housing Choice
June 2025
CONSOLIDATED PLAN & ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
• Identifies and prioritizes community development and
housing needs
• Serves as funding application for the Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment
Partnerships Program (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant
(ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
(HOPWA) Program
• Develops a strategy to target federal grant money to areas with greatest needs
PROJECT TIMELINE
• Community engagement and data gathering:
September-December 2024
• Read and comment on the draft plans at FresnoConPlan.org:
March 3 – April 3, 2025
• Finalize Plans and approve: June 2025
2025-2029 ANTICIPATED RESOURCES
Program New Entitlement
Funding- 2025*
Funding- Previous
Year (2024)
Funding- 5 Years (with
program income)
CDBG $7,098,936 $7,013,935 $36,722,680
HOME $2,874,896.70 $2,924,820.20 $17,193,983.50
ESG $616,438 $606,188 $3,082,190
HOPWA $1,074,810 $1,033,153 $5,961,099.41
*Does not include program income or prior year resources. 2025-2029 GOALS
Goal Funding- 5 Years Outcomes
Improve Housing Access and
Quality
CDBG: $8,400,000
HOME: $14,150,340
• Homeowner Housing Rehabilitation: 200
• Rental Units Constructed/
Rehabilitated: 55
• Homeowner Housing Added: 55
Provide Housing and Services for
People Experiencing or At-Risk of
Homelessness
ESG: $2,851,030
HOPWA: $5,799,882.36
HOME: $1,606,200
• Public service activities other than Low/Moderate Income Housing Benefit: 15,000
• Tenant-Based Rental Assistance/Rapid Rehousing: 1,000 Community Services CDBG: $4,875,690 • Public services activities other than Low/Moderate Income Housing Benefit: 5,060
• Micro-enterprise assistance: 180 persons assisted
Infrastructure and Public Facility
Improvements
CDBG: $8,147,555 • Public Facility or Infrastructure Activities other than Low/Moderate Income Housing Benefit: 15,500 persons
assisted
Community Engagement,
Planning, and Administration
CDBG: $7,098,935
ESG: 231,160
HOME: $1,437,443.50
HOPWA: $161,217.05
• Improve administration of funds by enhancing
community engagement and providing fair housing
activities
Section 108 Loan Repayment CDBG: $8,200,500 • Construction of a Senior Activity Center 2025 PROJECTS
Project Funding- 2025 Outcomes
Non-Profit Housing Rehabilitation CDBG: $400,000 12 housing units rehabilitated • Self-Help Enterprises – Housing Rehabilitation Program: $400,000 Housing Rehabilitation Program Delivery CDBG: $365,000 Delivery costs associated with housing rehabilitation targeted to income- eligible households
Senior Exterior Repair Program CDBG: $915,000 25 housing units rehabilitated Affordable Housing Development or
Rehabilitation
HOME: $2,398,833 22 homeowner housing units added
Community Housing Development
Organization (CHDO) Set-Aside
HOME: $431,235 2 homeowner housing units added
Tenant -Based Rental Assistance HOME: $321,240 Tenant-based rental assistance for 20 low-income households • Housing Authority City of Fresno: $321,240
Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) ESG: $616,438 Street Outreach/Emergency Shelter: 750 people assisted • Poverello House – The HOPE Team: $209,589
Rapid rehousing: 30 households assisted
• WestCare California, Inc. – Project Unite: $246,586
Homelessness Prevention: 48 people assisted
• WestCare California, Inc. – Project Unite: $95,548
Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
• Housing Authority City of Fresno: $18,483
Administration
• $46,232
Housing Opportunities for People with
AIDS/HIV (HOPWA)
HOPWA: $1,661,859.41
(including prior year
reprogram funds)
Tenant-Based Rental Assistance: 13 people assisted
Short-Term Rental, Mortgage, and Utility Assistance: 126 people assisted Transitional or Short-Term Housing: 22 people assisted
Supportive Services: 330
Housing Information Services: 330
Permanent Housing Placement: 76
• Community Medical Center - HOPWA: $669,129
• WestCare California, Inc. – The Living Room: $960,487 2025 PROJECTS (continued)
Project Funding- 2025 Outcomes
Non-Profit Public Services CDBG: $975,138 Public service activities: 2,400 people assisted • Boys and Girls Clubs of Fresno County - Boys & Girls Clubs Educate and Inspire Fresno Youth – 2025: $199,942
• Central Valley Justice Coalition - Youth Advocacy and Mentorship Program:
$162,139
• Chinatown Fresno - Chinatown Open for Business: $40,000 • Highway City Community Development Corporation - Continuing Paths to Good Health: $23,057
• Poverello House - Culinary Workforce Development Program: $350,000 • TBD: $200,000
Park Improvements CDBG: $1,337,000 PARCS - Investing in Southwest Fresno: Maxie L. Parks Community Center HVAC System (1,000 persons assisted)
Non-Profit Facility Improvements CDBG: $350,000 Helping Others Pursue Excellence (HOPE) - Critical Repairs to Keep Programs and Services Thriving (800 persons assisted)
Public Infrastructure & Facilities
Improvements
CDBG: $1,582,611 TBD Public Infrastructure and/or Facilities Improvement (900 persons assisted) CDBG Program Administration CDBG: $1,369,787 Grant monitoring and administration, planning, historic preservation, and environmental assessments
Fair Housing CDBG: $50,000 Provide activities for residents and housing providers that promote the advancement of fair housing
HOME Program Administration HOME: $287,488.70 Grant administration and oversight of the program and HOME-funded projects HOPWA Program Administration HOPWA: $32,243.41 Administrative and compliance oversight activities associated with HOPWA- funded projects
ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE
Assesses equal access to housing as set forth by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Fair Housing Act of 1968, which:
“protect a person’s right to own, sell, purchase, or rent housing of his or her choice without fear of unlawful
discrimination”
Recipients of HUD funds are required to take meaningful actions, in addition to combating discrimination, that:
• Overcome patterns of segregation and
• Foster inclusive communities free from barriers that restrict access to opportunity based on protected characteristics:
AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING
‒ Race
‒ Color
‒ National
origin
‒ Religion
‒ Sex (including gender identity
and sexual orientation)
‒ Familial status
‒ Disability
WHAT DOES THE AI INCLUDE?
• Analysis of the local fair housing landscape
• Four specific fair housing issues:
o Integration and segregation
o Areas of poverty
o Access to opportunity
o Housing need
• Fair housing priorities and goals
• Impediments identified and recommendations
for addressing impediments is included in Draft
AI on City website at www.fresno.gov/housing
SEGREGATION/ INTEGRATION
Mapping of residential
patterns by:
• Race/ ethnicity
• National origin
• Limited English
proficiency
• Disability
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY
Mapping + survey data on
access to:
• Education
• Employment
• Transportation
• Healthy Environments
• Low-Poverty
Neighborhoods
IMPEDIMENTS IDENTIFIED
• Housing affordability and quality issues reduce housing choice • Housing problems and limited access to homeownership disproportionately impact protected classes
• Protected classes are disproportionately impacted by barriers to employment, education, and housing choice
• Ongoing need for investment and expanded access to opportunity in areas of concentrated poverty
• Fresno has insufficient accessible housing and supportive services for residents with disabilities
• Insufficient homeless resources disproportionately impact protected class groups • Continued need for fair housing education
• Marketing and communications about planning processes, fair housing education, and housing resources may not adequately reach residents of protected classes
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
• Update of City’s Citizen Participation Plan
• Provide all citizens with an opportunity to participate in the planning, implementation, and assessment of the
City’s CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA programs
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
• Project website: FresnoConPlan.org
• Housing and community needs survey – 237 respondents
• Community workshops – 6 in-person; 2 virtual
• Stakeholder interviews- 17 participants (100+ invitees) • Resident focus groups-CASA of Fresno and Madera
Counties, County of Fresno Department of Behavioral
Health, and Fresno Interdenominational Refugee
Ministries (FIRM)
• 2 pop-up events- River Park Farmers Market during a
trick-or-treat event, and Victory Village, a City-owned emergency shelter, during a cookout
• Advertisements included announcements on the City’s
website and social media, the project website, newspaper articles and public notices, e-mails to community
stakeholders, and door hangers placed at households
within one mile of each community meeting location
PUBLIC HEARING
Read the draft plans at:
FresnoConPlan.org
Contact us:
[email protected]
P .O. Box 170349
Atlanta, GA 31117
(770) 366-7893