TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Erik L. Soliván
SUBJECT: See Below DATE: September 18, 2026
Approved
Date:
9/18/26
SUPPLEMENTAL
SUBJECT:
Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
REASON FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
This supplemental memorandum summarizes comments received at the September 10, 2026, public hearing at the Housing and Community Development Commission on the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND INPUT
The Housing and Community Development Commission reviewed the Fiscal Year 2025- 2026 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report at its meeting on September 10, 2026. In accordance with the City’s Community Participation Plan, the hearing provided an opportunity for Commissioners and the Public to provide commentary and ask questions to Housing Department staff on the CAPER.
Present Mowad, Buchholz, Hoang, Navarro, Cretella, Escher, Mok, Moore, Finn, Jasinsky (10)
Absent Sapirman, Quiroz-Medrano (2)
A full summary of the discussion by the Housing and Community Development Commission is summarized in the section below:
COUNCIL AGENDA: 9/22/26
FILE: 26-977
ITEM: 8.2
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
August 31, 2026
Subject: Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
Commissioner Comments/Questions and Staff Responses
Commissioner Comments/Questions Staff Responses
Vice Chair
Buchholz
On page 5, program outcomes
are discussed for the Citywide
Outreach for Unsheltered
Populations program. 90
individuals transitioned into
one of the City’s Interim
Housing sites, whereas 12
transitioned to permanent
housing, which seems low.
From street outreach
programs, once participants
get into interim housing, does
the City continue to track
individuals’ progress into
permanent housing?
Staff commented that participant
housing destinations are tracked all
the way through the system. Once
they are placed into a permanent
destination (i.e. housing, voucher-
supported opportunities, alternate
forms of permanent placements),
tracking generally ends at that point.
Staff clarified that this report speaks
to the number of participants who
went into permanent housing directly
from an unsheltered location, and
that among the 90 individuals who
had transitioned into a City Interim
Shelter program, a significant portion
of them are expected to move into
permanent locations during their
length of stay. These placements will
be tracked as they occur. Forty
percent of individuals typically
transition out of our interim shelter
system into permanent placements.
Staff further clarified that the 12
transitions from an unsheltered
location directly into permanent
housing represented those served by
federal dollars alone, as opposed to
system-wide.
Commissioner
Escher
In this year’s report, is there
anything surprising to staff
when comparing outcomes to
last year?
Staff reflected that the expenditure of
Construction funds for more unique
capital projects made this year’s
report stand apart from previous
years. New capital projects include
the La Placita Black Box Theater &
Café with the School of Arts and
Culture on the Eastside of San Jose.
Staff were able to use Community
Development Block Grant funds to
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
August 31, 2026
Subject: Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
Commissioner Comments/Questions Staff Responses
push that project into construction.
Staff further noted that the Housing
Department made significant
progress on transportation and public
safety projects, some of which have
been on the Annual Action Plan for
multiple years. Housing was able to
move these projects forward and
draw down funds.
Lastly, staff mentioned the
investments Housing continues to
make into SOMOS Mayfair and the
Sí Se Puede Collective to support the
work they’re doing to expand
affordable housing and further push
neighborhood-based community
development. These were all areas
where there were strategic decisions
made to utilize the funds to advance
community-driven objectives.
Given the commotion in DC,
do you think this money is
going to continue, or is there a
risk?
Staff noted that the federal programs
are currently operated under two
standing orders that stalled litigation
and stalled HUD’s changes to these
federal programs. The proposed
Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development Bill for next year has
been wrapped up into the global
continuing resolution that just passed
to get us through December. In
December, Congress’
reconsideration of that budget would
ultimately determine the
disbursement of new funding. Staff
noted that Housing is strategically
conservative with holding on to
reserves, maintaining a contingency
plan to ensure we can complete our
table of existing projects if the federal
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
August 31, 2026
Subject: Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
Commissioner Comments/Questions Staff Responses
government does not continue overall
program funding.
Commissioner
Hoang
In reference to Table 6, what
does the City do with federal
funds that have not been
spent?
Staff noted that for Veggielution’s
Field to Farmstand program, the
expenditure of funds were not yet
significant due to the NEPA (National
Environmental Policy Act)
environmental review requirements
currently in progress. After upcoming
completion of necessary
environmental review, the project will
be able to move forward with drawing
down their allocated capital dollars to
build out facility space.
For the Departments of
Transportation and Public Works
projects funded by Community
Development Block Grant dollars,
many of the projects are at or nearing
completion, but the CAPER is unable
to formally note the funds as
expended at the time of publication
due to the mechanical bureaucracy
involved in marking it down as
expended. The CAPER submitted to
HUD on September 28, 2026, will
reflect additional expenditures made
during FY 2025-2626 that were not
yet captured in this iteration.
Commissioner Finn With respect to the Overall
Race Demographic Data
represented on page 16 of the
report, the first five Race
categories are self evident.
The rest of the categories are
mixed races. How is someone
determined to be mixed race?
Staff responded that demographic
data is self-reported data, including
how participants choose to represent
themselves as mixed race. Staff note
that the race(s) participants choose
to provide is what we list, as we don’t
request further documentation or
rationale from participants.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
August 31, 2026
Subject: Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
Public Comments:
There were no written or verbal comments made at the Commission meeting pertaining to the materials in the CAPER. During the CAPER item, however, a member of the public raised a concern that $300,000,000 could not be explained or accounted for.
Further specifics were not provided by the commentor. Staff has deemed that this comment had no relation to the Housing Department’s reporting of Federal Entitlement dollars.
/s/
Erik L. Soliván
Housing Director
For questions, please contact Nosheen Hossain, Senior Development Officer, Housing Department, at [email protected] or (408) 534-2953.