Community Development Block Grant

Annually, the City of San José receives funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to administer the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. This program funds various nonprofit agencies and other city departments to implement services that benefit low- and moderate-income persons, resolve slum and blight concerns, or address community development needs.

Grantees are generally selected through a competitive process and provide such services as senior daycare and respite, homeless outreach, housing rehabilitation, and code enforcement.

Eligible Activities & Program Areas

For eligible activities and other program areas under CDBG, please refer to HUD Exchange

For additional information, contact us at (408) 793-5520 or send an email to HousingGrants@sanjoseca.gov.

Funded Projects for FY 2023-24

Service Provider	Project Name	Funding Amount	Description
Portuguese Organization for Social Services and Opportunities (POSSO)	Senior Access and Health Support	$152,530	Engages low-income, homebound seniors residing in San José with direct food assistance, accessible transportation, and reduction of social isolation.
Habitat for Humanity	Urgent, Minor and Limited Housing Repair Services	$500,000	The project is an expansion of Habitat's agency-wide Home Repair Program and will enhance and expand capacity to serve eligible clients in San José. Habitat will provide Emergency and Minor repairs and Limited Rehabilitations through this program.
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley	Legal Services for Low-Income Tenants & Landlords	$400,000	A consortium composed of five separate agencies (Consortium) will provide outreach and education services, develop and operate a legal counseling hotline, provide face-to-face legal clinics, represent tenants in eviction proceedings and administrative hearings, and provide limited legal representation for enforcement.
The Health Trust	Meals On Wheels	$300,000	The Meals on Wheels program provides hot meals Monday-Friday to senior participants. In addition, services include providing personal connections to those seniors without family or friends nearby. MOW drivers provide wellness checks with each delivery.
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley	SJ Fair Housing Legal and Education Services Collaborative	$400,000	The project works to build inclusive sustainable communities free from discrimination through complaint-based investigation, systemic testing, and legal representation designed to help victims of discrimination access or maintain the housing of their choice.
VIVO - Vietnamese Voluntary Foundation	Neighborhood Engagement	$50,000	The mission of VIVO is to empower refugees and immigrants, low-income ethnic families to become productive participating citizens, to benefit themselves, their families, and their communities through providing comprehensive community cultural, educational, health and social services. VIVO proposes to provide English as a Second Language workshops, basic computer, and digital literacy classes as a first step for settlement. VIVO will also provide civic awareness and engagement programs with workshops on community and social issues.
Somos Mayfair, Inc.	Home Grown Talent: Creating Pipelines of Opportunity in East San José	$150,000	The purpose of the project is to support homegrown talent by: addressing the basic needs of residents, building their leadership skills to address systemic inequities, and creating pipelines of local economic opportunities for families.
HomeFirst	Citywide Outreach & Shelter Project (CDBG)	$400,000	The primary purpose of the project is threefold: 1. To provide a consistent presence on the streets and other outdoor locations throughout San José to build rapport and trust with unsheltered homeless residents with the goal of moving them into and keeping them in permanent housing; 2. To provide street-based case management to the unhoused population and; 3. To provide an avenue to alleviate resident concerns about encampments and homeless residents living in their neighborhoods or other areas of San José.
Rebuilding Together	Critical Repair Program	$1,150,000	This project provides repairs for single-family and mobile home housing units to attend to immediate health an safety needs for extremely low-income homeowners in San José. The focus of repairs is to address emergency and critical repair needs, ans well as minor accessibility and mobility needs within the home.

In addition to the service-based projects listed above, several capital projects are funded through the CDBG Program as part of the City’s Place-Based Neighborhoods Initiative.

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