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FY 2025-2029 Five-Year Consolidated Plan City of South Bend, IN <br /> Needs Assessment <br /> NA-05 Overview <br /> Needs Assessment Overview <br /> The City of South Bend, in its role as PJ for the St. Joseph Housing Consortium, used the HUD <br /> Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data, which provides statistical data on housing <br /> needs,to prepare its estimates and projections.The tables in this section have been prepopulated with HUD <br /> data sets,based on the American Community Survey(ACS)2016-2020 Five-Year Estimates,and the 2020 <br /> U.S. Census. This data is the most current information available to assess housing needs, homeless needs, <br /> special needs, social service needs, economic development needs, etc. <br /> The CHAS data also provides a summary of the number of households in each income category by tenure <br /> and household type and the percentage of such households that had a housing problem.The needs of various <br /> households, by household type within each income category, are described in this section. The extent to <br /> which the households within each group are cost-burdened, severely cost-burdened, and/or living in <br /> substandard housing, is examined. Also,the extent to which such problems impact minority households is <br /> reviewed. <br /> The City of South Bend is part of the Indiana-Balance of State Continuum of Care.The Balance of State is <br /> split into sixteen(16)individual regions,which are overseen by regional planning councils and chairpersons <br /> that lead them. Regional CoCs hold regular meetings to develop and implement strategies for homeless <br /> alleviation and prevention.The City of South Bend is located in Region 2A,which includes all of St.Joseph <br /> County. Data for the development for the homeless needs section was obtained from consultation with the <br /> CoC and member agencies that serve on the St.Joseph County Housing Consortium. <br /> Additional needs indicated for the City of South Bend were obtained from input and interviews with various <br /> social service agencies, housing providers, City staff,and survey responses. <br /> OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.07/31/2025) 60 <br />