San Bernardino offers federal grants for housing, turning to homelessness – hey socal. Change is our intention.

The city of San Bernardino is looking for candidates for grants for about $ 3 million in funding for housing and homeless projects, officials said on Tuesday.

The money from the US Department of Housing and Urban Planning of the Community for Community Development, grants for emergency decisions and rehabilitation programs occupied by owners seek to support local housing supplies and efforts to deal with homelessness. San Bernardino officials said the city was planning to receive approximately $ 2.7 million in CDBG and $ 270,000 in ESGS.

The CDBG program of San Bernardino can finance “eligible community and economic development and fair housing activities,” according to a city’s statement. According to city authorities, projects are obliged to meet the conditions for the implementation of one of the three “national goals”:

“1) In principle, people with low and moderate incomes, 2) eliminate the poor neighborhoods and the bump and 3) meet an urgent need. The types of projects and programs that can be considered for funding, subject to national goals, are … Construction and rehabilitation of publicly owned facilities; Improvements in public and private buildings to make them accessible to people with disabilities; and infrastructure improvements, including sidewalks, street, drainage and water and sewer systems. “

Emergency solutions are intended to help people and families quickly regain stability in a permanent home after experiencing homelessness or crises, staff said. Efforts that meet ESG requirements include street work, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, rapid recovery and data collection through the homeless management system.

The rehabilitation occupied by the owner is an forgotten loan program designed to help residents with low -income residents with home repairs and improvements that comply with the rules of the Code of Health and Safety of the City. “This may include program administration and/or making rehabilitation efforts,” the city’s statement said.

Qualified Oorp candidates include community development organizations, profit and non -profit developers and construction companies.

Additional information is available on the SBCity.org website.

The applications are not due later from February 28 at 3:00 pm who have instructed the candidates to apply using the participants’ website portal, Portal.neighborlysoftware.com/ Sanbernardinoca/ participant.

Applicants in need of special assistance can send an email to Barbara Garcia, CDBG coordinator, to [email protected].