The Department of Housing and Homeless Services manages several funding opportunities and reporting requirements that allow the City to provide housing services. This includes the administration of state and federal grants as well as completing required reporting to the State, federal government, and other agencies.

Housing Element

Housing and Community and Development programs and policies within the City of Chula Vista are guided by the 2021-2029 Housing Element of the General Plan and the 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan for its HUD entitlement programs. The City is required to provide the State annual reports on progress towards meeting its identified goals and implementing programs (Annual Housing Element Report)

For more information regarding the Housing Element, please visit the General Plan.

Housing Successor

The Chula Vista Housing Authority serves as the Housing Successor (as defined in California Health & Safety Code Section 34176) of the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista (Former Agency). The Housing Successor is responsible for assuming the housing functions of the Former Agency and for retaining its Housing Assets. Housing Assets include real property assets acquired for low- and moderate-income housing purposes; encumbered funds that are secured by an enforceable obligation; loan or grant receivables; rents and payments from operations; amounts owed to the Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Fund; mixed-use assets; and housing bond proceeds.

Pursuant to Senate Bill 341, Housing Successors must provide reports on their affordable housing and financial activities annually. An independent financial audit of the Low and Moderate-Income Housing Asset Fund (LMIHAF) shall be conducted within six months after the end of each fiscal year. In accordance with SB 341 and AB 1793, a summary statement of the LMIHAF for the most recent completed fiscal year is available: City of Chula Vista SB 341 Compliance Report - Successor Housing Agency Annual Report

Pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 33418, Housing Successors must maintain a database of housing units assisted through the Former Agency or the LMIHAF. That database is available here: 33418 Database

The City of Chula Vista serves as the Successor Agency to administer the non-housing functions of the Former Agency, pursuant to City Council Resolution No. 2011-164.

Federal Grants

The City of Chula Vista is an entitlement jurisdiction for federal grant programs. Housing and Homeless Services administers three annual federal grant programs from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):

• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
• Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
• Home Partnership Act (HOME)

Federal Grant Programs Summary Sheet

The city utilizes these funds to provide affordable housing opportunities and fund a variety of community development projects that benefit low/moderate income residents. A copy of the 2026-2027 Notice of Funding Availability can be found here.

As a recipient of these HUD funds, the City is required to develop and submit four planning documents (collectively, the HUD Plans) to HUD for approval:  Citizen Participation Plan (CPP); Five-Year Consolidated Plan (Con Plan); Annual Action Plan (Action Plan); and, Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER).

• 2025-2029 Five-Year Consolidated Plan (Con Plan)
• Citizen Participation Plan (CPP)
• 2025 - 2029 Consolidated Plan with Annual Action Plan Amendment
• 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan
• 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER)

HOME-ARP Allocation Plan

The American Rescue Plan (ARP) provides $5 billion to assist individuals or households who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, and other vulnerable populations, by providing housing, rental assistance, supportive services, and non-congregate shelter, to reduce homelessness and increase housing stability across the country. These grant funds are administered through HUD’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME). As an entitlement jurisdiction for a fiscal year 2021 HOME program allocation, the City of Chula Vista is also eligible to receive a HOME-ARP grant allocation for the fiscal year 2021 program year. The City's HOME-ARP Allocation Plan details how these funds will be used. 

Permanent Local Housing Assistance (PLHA)

In September 2017, the California Legislature approved Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), known as the Building Homes and Jobs Act (Act), which established a $75 recording fee on real estate documents to increase the supply of affordable housing. The Act establishes the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) program administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). The PLHA provides a permanent source of funding to cities and counties to help meet the unmet need for affordable housing and increase the supply of affordable housing units. HCD released its first Notice of Funding Availability for these funds on February 26, 2020.

Under the PLHA, funding is provided through formula grants to entitlement jurisdictions based on the formula prescribed under federal law for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program over a five-year funding period, as well as through a competitive grant program to non-entitlement jurisdictions. The City of Chula Vista is an entitlement jurisdiction and is eligible to receive an estimated $6 million or slightly more than $1 million annually, over the five-year funding period. In order to receive PLHA funds, the City is required to submit a PLHA Plan (Plan). Chula Vista's PLHA Plan was submitted in July of 2020.