2024
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25 Consolidated
Annual Progress and
Evaluation Report
(CAPER)
September 15, 2025
Jennifer Mora
Housing Specialist I
Community Development Department
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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
• City receives CDBG funds from the U.S. Department of
Housing & Community Development (HUD) each year
• HUD requires annual planning and reporting on the
use of CDBG (Annual Action Plan, Consolidated Plan)
• Informed by extensive community engagement and needs
assessment
• Contains detailed goals/metrics and budgeting for each year • CAPER reports on progress made and funds spent in a
program year
• Checkpoint for Consolidated Plan
• Due to HUD by September 29, 2025
City Corp Yard
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CDBG Funding in the City of San Mateo
• The City funds local organizations serving low and moderate-income residents, capital projects, and fair housing services
• Spending categories include:
• Public Services – basic human needs, senior services, youth services • Minor Home Repair – repairs and accessibility modifications • Public Facilities – local nonprofit capital projects and City-led street and sidewalk projects
• Fair Housing
• Administration
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Overview of CDBG Funding in 2024-25
• 2024-25 Entitlement Amount - $753,571
• Public Services*
• Seven agencies served 17,572 unduplicated
individuals
• Minor Home Repair*
• Two grants to Rebuilding T ogether
• 4 homes received a wide variety of repairs
• Economic Development
• Two grants to two agencies (Renaissance
Entrepreneurship Center and Upwards)
• Assisted 64 people
• Fair Housing
• One grant to Project Sentinel served 12 clients
• Public Facilities
• Traffic signal and pedestrian improvement project
(Public Works) around 3rd.Ave./Norfolk Ave.
• *Two awards declined due to limited capacity
Public Services Activities
Agency Service
CALL Primrose Community pantry
CORA Legal services
Friends for Youth Mentoring services
Legal Aid Society of SMC HomeSavers Program
LifeMoves Shelter Operations
Rape Trauma Services Sexual abuse services for
children and youth
Samaritan House Core Services Program
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Overview of CDBG Performance in 2024-25
• Most organizations coming close to or exceeding the annual goal for number served • Minor Home Repair experienced challenges due to staff turnover, outreach, intake process, and high costs of construction
• Housing Staff and local jurisdictions providing technical assistance • City is on target for meeting its five-year goals as set forth in the 2023-2027 Consolidated Plan
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Beyond CDBG 2024-25
• Kiku Crossing, a 225-unit affordable housing development by MidPen Housing on City- owned land:
• Construction completed in spring 2024 and fully occupied by fall 2024 • Emergency Rental Assistance Program, administered by Samaritan house:
• Adopted by City Council in July 2025
• Projected to serve 37 households by July 31, 2026
• CDBG funds are well-leveraged and used in combination with City local sources and Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) funds
2024-25 PLHA recipients included:
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Community Relations Commission CAPER Review
• Community Relations Commission Special Meeting on September 11, 2025 to review CAPER
• Meeting held during CAPER public comment period (August 29- September 15, 2025)
• Unanimous recommendation (5-0) that the City Council adopt the 2024- 25 CAPER and submit to HUD
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Recommendation
Adopt the 2024-2025 Consolidated Annual Progress
and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for submittal to the
United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD).
Thank You
Jennifer Mora
Housing Specialist I
Community Development Department