This 5-Year Action Plan of the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) sets forth the Housing Authority’s perspective on the community’s affordable housing needs and charts the Authority’s course to help to address these needs over the next five years. The Plan examines and provides an overview of the following elements: (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 furthering its mission.
The national goal of “a safe, decent and sanitary home for every American” was established with the adoption of the 1937 Federal 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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