Community Development Block Grant

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The City of Simi Valley receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) every year. These funds are set aside to assist the City in meeting its housing and community development needs, to ensure decent affordable housing, provide services to the most vulnerable, and tackle serious social challenges facing our community.

To help assess the City’s affordable housing and community development needs, the City adopts its five-year Consolidated Plan which outlines the community’s funding priorities according to need and market conditions. The most recent Consolidated Plan was adopted by the City Council on June 29, 2020.

The County of Ventura in collaboration with the cities of Camarillo, Oxnard, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, and Ventura are jointly preparing their five-year Regional Consolidated Plan as required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This plan will establish an investment strategy for utilizing funds from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) programs to enhance the quality of life for residents.

We invite you to participate in this essential planning process by completing a survey. Your feedback will help identify and prioritize the community's needs and guide the investment strategy in these areas.

The survey is entirely anonymous and will only take a few minutes to complete. If you wish to stay informed about our progress and initiatives, you may provide your email address at the end of the survey. Please visit the Ventura County Resident Survey page or use the QR code below to take the survey.

How the Application Process Works

To obtain CDBG funds, local non-profit organizations and City-sponsored programs that provide services directly to low- and moderate-income Simi Valley residents and beyond must participate in a competitive process.

While these funds cannot be accessed directly by individuals, the process is open to the public. The grant cycle usually begins during fall, with an Application Workshop. Open to all interested parties, workshop attendance is required for applicants seeking grant funds. Public hearings to consider the funding requests then take place during the spring.

Preparation of awarded contracts takes place during the summer, usually in July. All projects and programs to be carried out in a fiscal year are identified in the Annual Action Plan, which is consistent with the City’s adopted Consolidated Plan. The results of this process—including performance outcomes—are documented in the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) each September.

To learn more about the CDBG program, please visit the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Plans and Documents

You can access plans and documents related to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds at the links below.

Hard copies are also available for purchase upon request from the locations below:

Contact Us

If you would like to receive notices about future workshops or public hearings, please email Senior Management Analyst Julia Ramirez or call (805) 583-6728.

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