Housing and Community
Development
PUBLIC NOTICE: The County of Santa Barbara will host two public workshops to discuss the upcoming planning process under the federal grant programs it administers, including assessing the local needs of the communities within the County in order to establish priorities to be met with the funding. Please click here for details.
The County also invites the public and local service providers to participate in a brief survey that will assist the County and local cities in identifying general areas of need in our local communities. This survey is also available in Spanish. For Spanish Survey please click here.
Link to County's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act informational page: https://www.recoverysbc.org/ARRA_Home.aspx
The Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) has two divisions: the Residential Property Management Division and the Housing Development and Grants Administration Division (HDGA).
Residential Property Management Division (Affordable Housing)
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 eligibility certification process, and ensures that the appropriate restrictive covenants are recorded upon sale of home. The division also monitors homeowner compliance with various restrictive covenants.
Housing Development and Grants Administration Division
The Housing Development and Grants Administration Division (HDGA) 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 Continuum of Care funding. |
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For information on rental housing, Section 8, or Public Housing programs, please contact one of the area's 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
Or please visit their website at (www.hasbarco.org)
Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (805) 965-1071
Or please visit their website at (www.hacsb.org)
For assistance with a landlord/tenant issue, the following organizations are available to help:
* Rental Housing Mediation Task Force
For information (805) 564-5420
Or please visit their website at (www.santabarbaraca.gov/Resident/Home/RHMTF/)
* The Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara (805) 963-6754
Santa Maria (805) 922-9909
Lompoc (805) 736-6582
Or please visit their website at (www.lafsbc.org)
Si necesita asistencia en español, favor de llamar a Miriam Gallardo al 805-568-3529
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| David Matson, Director of HCD |
County of Santa Barbara, Housing and Community Development
105 E. Anapamu St., Room 105
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
Telephone: (805) 568-3520
Fax: (805) 568-2289 |