2024 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)

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The creation of affordable housing remains a priority for the City of South Bend and will continue to be an area of focus for the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and 2025 Annual Action Plan. Include the number of extremely low-income, low-income, and moderate-income persons served by each activity where information on income by family size is required to determine the eligibility of the activity. Number of Households Served CDBG Actual HOME Actual Extremely Low-income 4 17 Low-income 4 0 Moderate-income 12 3 Total 20 20 Table 13—Number of Households Served Narrative Information Attached to this report is a chart which reflects the information contained on each of the three charts in this section, but breaks it down further to reflect which activity and which program. Twenty-four(24) households received HOME funds and all twenty-four met the Section 215 Definition of Affordable Housing. Of those, eighteen (18) are active Oaklawn clients receiving rental assistance. Oaklawn provides medical and mental health services to persons with disabilities that includes rental assistance and supportive housing services. In 2024,the City of South Bend continued its efforts addressing the needs of the City's vulnerable population—those who are experiencing homeless or are at-risk of homelessness. Many of the initiatives put in place as part of the City's Coronavirus response over the past few years have continued to develop and grow.One such initiative is the City's work with Our Lady of the Road and the Motels4Now program.This converted hotel has been put in place to temporarily house those individuals experiencing homelessness by utilizing the Housing First Strategy.The City supported this program in 2024 by using CDBG and CDBG-CV to assist agencies around South Bend that are aiding the residents of this hotel in terms of food support and supportive services. South Bend continues to assist agencies with rapid rehousing and rental assistance for their households transitioning out of homelessness with ESG funds. The City is also working with the Housing Authority of South Bend to rehab a number of their scattered site units. Beginning in 2024 and continuing into 2025,the Housing Authority will continue to rehab CAPER 25 OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.09/30/2021)