Housing and Community Development
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The City supports the Boys and Girls Club through Housing and Community Development Funds
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About the Division
The Housing and Community Development Division enhances the Salinas community by assisting low and moderate income families, reducing slum and blight, and responding to emergencies through the administration of Housing and Urban Development grants and other housing resources and policies. Each year, the Division effectively manages three HUD grants: Community Development Block grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG). In addition, the Division actively fosters housing development by creating incentives (density bonus) and regulations (inclusionary housing), preserving existing affordable housing, providing rehabilitation assistance for lower income households, and funding the development of new affordable housing units.
Accomplishments
In 2015 the Division:
- Completed the City’s Consolidated Plan for FY 2015-2019 for the City’s federal HUD funding (CDBG, HOME, & ESG)
- Funded 20 public services agencies to provide critical programming to over 1,900 youth, seniors, and homeless
- Entered into an Exclusive Negotiating Rights Agreement with MidPen and provided a pre-development loan for $201,500 for the development of a mixed use, 90-unit affordable housing development
- Preserved 40 affordable housing units through investment in Vista de la Terraza and assisted in funding 41 units of affordable senior housing (Haciendas Seniors)
- Secured additional homeless funding for Monterey and San Benito Counties by administering the State ESG Grant
- Provided and continues to provide funding to the following non-profit organizations:
- Food Bank for Monterey County
- Girls Inc. of the Central Coast
- Partners for Peace
- Girl Scouts of California
- Alliance on Aging
- Community Human Services
- Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra
- Legal Services for Seniors
- Family Service Agency of the Central Coast
- Sunrise House
- Meals on Wheels
What We're Working On
Advancement of our Economic Prosperity through the revitalization of Chinatown by:
- Initiating an update of the Chinatown Rebound Plan.
- Assisting in the coordination of homeless services that focus on rapid rehousing in Chinatown.
- Facilitation of housing production in Chinatown by assisting in financing and permitting of Haciendas 3 and Mid-Pen’s project at 21 Soledad.
Creation of a well-planned city with excellent infrastructure and high quality housing for all residents through:
- Adoption of a new Inclusionary Housing (or Housing Fee) Ordinance to support affordable housing.
- Continued implementation of a housing rehabilitation program with funding through CDBG.
- Identification of additional grant opportunities and incentives (i.e. expedited permitting) to expand housing production at a variety of income levels and for special needs populations (seniors, homeless, and disabled).
Development of a healthy, vibrant, sustainable, green community that meets the needs of its most vulnerable through:
- Continued collaboration with the County and social service providers to address the needs of the Homeless citywide and Chinatown.
- Cooperation with partners to maximize the potential for all forms of supportive housing.
- Partnership with Public Health to increase the availability of case management for homeless.
- Administration of new Emergency Solution Grant for San Benito and Monterey Counties to better address homelessness at a regional level.
Haciendas Phase III Brings 50 New Affordable Housing Units to Salinas
September 20, 2017
This apartment project by the Monterey County Housing Authority will provide 50 new affordable units, including nine using HOME funds from the City of Salinas, open space, playgrounds and a small commercial area off Tom O ‘Wong Way. A first for Salinas, the project was constructed as a Manufactured Housing Project. The entire modular structure was built on a trailer - in another state and will be trucked to the site and the entirely finished units will be bolted to each other. The instillation start on September 27 with a crane lifting the buildings into...
City Passes Ordinance to Make Housing More Affordable in Salinas
June 14, 2017
On June 6, the City Council took a large step towards creating more affordable housing in Salinas by adopting a new Inclusionary Housing Ordinance (Ordinance No. 2594). Inclusionary units (ownership or rental) are units which are produced and designated for households who earn a certain percentage of the area median income such as very low, low, median or workforce-income levels. As part of the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance update process the City Council appointed a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). The TAC served as a recommendation committee to the City Council and was made up of various...
Chinatown Revitalization Plan Hosts Second TAC and Working Group Meetings
May 31, 2017
On May 17, 2017, the Community Development Department in conjunction with the neighborhood stakeholders, residents, property and business owners, service providers and the Asian Community continued with its second Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Working Group meetings. This meeting discussed the neighborhood existing conditions (land uses, zoning, building patterns, transportation and economic conditions), plan area boundary and its possible extension to include the residential block across from Sherwood Drive, the community safety recommendations made by the Chinatown Homeless Action Team (CHAT) as well as proposed future survey and outreach opportunities for the planning effort....
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Housing Division Action Plans
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Housing Division Notices
The Housing Services Program is a home repair and improvement...
Housing Division
Contact Email:
Street Address: 65 West Alisal St. Salinas
housingwebmail [at] ci.salinas.ca.us
Regular Hours:
Contact Phone Number: - Mon: 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Tue: 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Wed: 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Thu: 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Fri: 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Sat: closed
Sun: closed
Phone:
(831) 758-7334
Fax:
(831) 775-4258
TTD/TTY:
(800) 806-4474