The City of Salinas is a CDBG "Entitlement" city (i.e.; for cities with populations over 50,000). As a CDBG Entitlement city, the City of Salinas receives an annual allocation of CDBG funds. The grant amount is determined by the higher of two (2) formulas:
- Data based on overcrowded housing, population and poverty, or
- Data based on age of housing, population growth lag and poverty.
The CDBG program works to ensure decent affordable housing, economic development and public services; primarily to the benefit of low and moderate income (LMI) population (neighborhoods). LMI is defined as neighborhoods, families, households, and individuals whose income does not exceed 80 percent of the county median income, as indicated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).