CITY OF SIMI VALLEY
MEMORANDUM
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eptember 15, 2025
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O: City Council
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ROM: Department of Environmental Services
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UBJECT: ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF AN
APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT FOR USE OF HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS
PROGRAM FUNDS AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE A STANDARD AGREEMENT NECESSARY TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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t is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached Resolution No. 2025-29 (page 3) authorizing the submittal of an application to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for the Home Investments Partnerships Program (HOME) and authorizing the City Manager to execut e a standard agreement, any amendments, and related documents necessary to participate in the program.
BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW
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he City uses federal HOME funds as a funding source to support the City’s Home Rehabilitation Program. The Program aids homeowners in the form of low -interest, deferred payment loans to finance the cost of necessary health and safety repairs to owner-occupied single- family dwellings. At HCD’s direction, the program has been dormant pending recertification. On June 9, 2025, HCD approved the City’s Home Rehabilitation Program Guidelines, and the City Council subsequently adopted them on June 23, 2025.
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ith the Home Rehabilitation Program Guidelines approved, the City is prepared to submit an application to HCD for approval to use HOME Program Income that the City currently holds. These funds are from previously received grant awards that were utilized in revolving loan programs such as the First-Time Homebuyer and Home Rehabilitation programs and have been repaid to the City.
FINDINGS AND ALTERNATIVES
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taff is required to submit an application to HCD for approval to use the balance of approximately $1,560,000 that the City currently holds in Program Income. Per HCD’s recommendation, an additional $120,000 has been added to the application budget to account for any Program Income that may be received from loan payoffs between the end of FY 2024- 25 and the execution of the standard agreement. The total budget requested would be $1,680,000. A resolution granting authority to make an application to the HOME Program is required for submission for all applications. Upon approval of the AGENDA ITEM NO.
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submitted application, a standard agreement would be executed , making the funds available for future rehabilitation loans.
The City entered into a consortium agreement on June 17, 2019, with local jurisdictions and the County of Ventura. However, the funds currently held by the City were received before the consortium agreement, therefore, there is no conflict with the application and standard agreement being requested by HCD at this time.
The following alternatives are available to the City Council:
1. Adopt the attached Resolution No. 2025-29 authorizing the submittal of an application to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the Home Investments Partnerships Program and authorizing the City Manager to execute a standard agreement, any amendments, and related documents necessary to participate in the program;
2. Provide staff with other direction.
Staff recommends Alternative No. 1.
SUGGESTED CITY COUNCIL MOTION
I move to adopt Resolution No. 2025-29 authorizing the submittal of an application to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the Home Investments Partnerships Program and authorizing the City Manager to execute a standard agreement, any amendments, and related documents necessary to participate in the program.
SUMMARY
The City currently has Program Income from previous HOME Program awards eligible to invest in the Home Rehabilitation Program. To use these funds, HCD requires the submittal of an application and, upon approval, the execution of a standard agreement.
Therefore, it is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached resolution.
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Stratis Perros
Environmental Services Director
Prepared by: Lindsey Scaringe, Management Analyst
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Resolution No. 2025-29 ..................................................................... 3 2 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-29
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SIMI VALLEY , CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING THE
SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR
THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
(HOME) AND EXECUTION OF A STANDARD
AGREEMENT, ANY AMENDMENTS, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Simi Valley (City) adopted Program Guidelines for the Home Rehabilitation Program on June 23, 2025, for the purpose of providing assistance in the form of deferred payment loans used to finance the cost of necessary health and safety repairs to owner-occupied single-family dwellings; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Housing and Community Development approved on June 9, 2025, that the above-mentioned Program Guidelines met the requirements for use of HOME funding; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (Department) is authorized to allocate HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds made available from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HOME funds are to be used for the purposes set forth in Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, in federal implementing regulations set forth in Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 92, and in Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations commencing with section 8200; and
WHEREAS, the City has HOME Program Income eligible for use for the Home Rehabilitation Program; and
WHEREAS, the Department requires submittal of an application and execution of a standard agreement to use HOME Program Income; and
WHEREAS, in response to the Department ’s requirement , the City, a municipal corporation, wishes to apply to the Department for, and use HOME funds for the Home Rehabilitation Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that submittal of the application and execution of a standard agreement to use HOME funds for the Home Rehabilitation Program helps to preserve the health, safety, and welfare of its residents.
3 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIMI VALLEY DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. In response to the above -referenced request, the City shall submit an Application to the Department to participate in the HOME program and to use Program Income from previously received grant funds not to exceed one million, six hundred eighty thousand dollars ($1,680,000) for the City’s Home Rehabilitation Program.
SECTION 2. If the Application for funding is approved, then the City hereby agrees to use the HOME funds for eligible activities in the manner presented in its Application as approved by the Department in accordance with the statutes and regulations cited above. The City will also execute a s tandard agreement with the Department, any amendments thereto, and any and all other documents or instruments necessary or required by the Department or HUD for participation in the HOME program.
SECTION 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute, in the name of the City , the HOME Standard Agreement, other HOME -related contracts and conveyances, and any subsequent amendments thereto.
SECTION 4. The City Manager, or their designee, is hereby authorized to execute, in the name of the City, drawdown requests and any other HOME Program form requiring a signature, as may be required by the Department.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the Office of the City Clerk.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of September 2025.
Attest:
Lucy Blanco, City Clerk Dee Dee Cavanaugh, Mayor of the City of Simi Valley, California
Approved as to Form: Approved as to Content:
Algeria R. Ford, City Attorney Samantha C. Argabrite, City Manager
Stratis Perros
Environmental Services Director
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