5-Year Action Plan
April 2009 to April 2014
This 5-Year Action Plan presents the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara’s (HACSB) perspective on the community’s affordable housing needs and discusses the Housing Authority’s course for addressing these needs over the next five years. The Plan further examines and provides an overview of the following: (1) national, state and local affordable housing trends, constraints and needs; (2) existing Housing Authority programs; (3) current operational aspects of the Housing Authority; and (4) the Housing Authority’s goals and objectives for the period April 2009 to April 2014.
The national goal of “a safe, decent and sanitary home for every American” was established with the passage of the 1937 Housing Act. Since 1937, a variety of housing programs have been designed and funded by the federal government and implemented by local public housing authorities, non-profit corporations and private developers. These programs are largely funded by federal tax dollars appropriated on an annual basis to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). |
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