Housing and Community

Development

 

The Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) has two divisions:  the Residential Property Management division and the Housing Development and Grants Administration division. 

 

Residential Property Management Division

 

HCD's Residential Property Management Division has the responsibility of setting, maintaining and monitoring standards and conditions of the residential housing units created through the County's Housing Element Programs.  This division prepares Affordable Housing Agreements with developers, selects qualified homebuyers or renters through a lottery and income certification process, and ensures that the appropriate restricitive covenants are recorded upon home sale.  The division also monitors homeowner compliance with various restrictive covenants.

 

 

Housing Development and Grants Administration Division

 

The Housing Development and Grants Administration Division assesses the County's affordable housing needs annually and provides financial and technical assistance to profit-motivated and non-profit developers of affordable housing projects.  Staff provides assistance in project development to planners and administrators in other public agencies and cities.  This division prepares the Annual Action Plans, oversees the distribution of funds and monitors fund expenditures for the Federal HOME and Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs on behalf of the consortiums formed with those cities eligible to receive Federal funds through the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, Federal CDBG, Emergency shelter Grant (ESG) and Homeless Constinuum of Care funding.

     

 

 

 

 

For information on the Section 8 or Public Housing programs, please contact one of the area Housing Authorities:

 

* Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara

   With four housing offices to serve you:

Goleta 805-967-3402
Guadalupe 805-343-1224
Lompoc 805-735-8351
Santa Maria 805-925-0951

   www.hasbarco.org   

 

*   Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara

   805-965-1071

   www.hacsb.org

 

 

For assistance with a landlord / tenant issue, the following organizations are available to help:

 

Rental Housing Mediation Task Force 

   805-564-5420

   www.santabarbaraca.gov/Resident/Home/RHMTF/      

 

The Legal Aide Foundation of Santa Barbara County

    805-963-6754 (Santa Barbara office)  

    805-922-9909 (Santa Maria office)

    805-736-6582 (Lompoc office)

    http://www.lafsbc.org/

 

 

Si necesita asistencia en español, favor de llamar a Miriam Gallardo al 805-568-3529

 

 

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John Torell, Director

Housing and Community Development
105 E. Anapamu St., Room 105
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Telephone- (805)568-3520
FAX- (805)568-2289