Res 2014-102/2014 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice Action Plan

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residents to maintain their homes, yards, and surroundings and to actively participate in community empowerment activities such as Crime Watch, neighborhood associations and self help initiatives. Remedial Actions: The City should evaluate the design and implement a Centralized Program of Self -Help Initiatives based on volunteers providing housing assistance to designated elderly and indigent property owners and assist them in complying with municipal housing codes. This will require an organized recruiting effort to gain greater involvement from volunteers, community organizations, religious organizations /institutions and businesses as a means of supplementing available financial resources for housing repair and neighborhood cleanups. While there have been successful initiatives of this nature, initiated and funded both by the City of San Marcos and nonprofit agencies, a more comprehensive effort, perhaps coordinated by the City, needs to be designed and implemented that fully utilizes the resources of the community and area businesses. The program will be based on a case management system where the select needs of area property owners are matched with volunteer resource teams capable of solving the city code violations and other needed exterior repairs for select properties. Requests for assistance would be received from code enforcement officials, housing program administrators, social service agencies, community institutions, and homeowners. Priority will be given to those owners immediately affected by an active code compliance case, a targeted block or area project, and those with life threatening or uninhabitable conditions. Eligibility for assistance will require verification of income or status as elderly or disabled. Levels of assistance would be based on the specific needs to be addressed and the ability of the property owners and their 105