Res 2021-064/approving Substantial Amendment No. 10 to the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan

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population is individuals living alone and 13.5% of the population has less than a high school diploma. Medium Gross Rent is $919/month (ACS 2010-14) with median non -family income $1,788/month ($21,456/year). The City of San Marcos has the lowest per capita income along the IH35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio. b) Race and housing choices The residents of the City, as indicated in the most recent census data, are primarily White or Hispanic in origin; the two races combined make up over 83% of the citizenry. By contrast, the minority population (not including the Hispanic or Latino origin) of the City is just 16.2% as of the 2014 ACS data, however, as in many jurisdictions, this cohort of population is severely cost burdened and impacted by low wages and high housing costs. Over 30% of the minority families (African American, Asian, or "Some Other" race as identified in the Census) were at or below the Poverty Level in 2014, and 20.4% of the Hispanic families were as well. As the majority of these families will be renters (given assumptions on income and housing units that can be afforded), any housing assistance program that supports recovery efforts in the most impacted areas identified below will be serving this cohort of the LMI population that HUD requires. These families will also be those most impacted by the housing cost burden listed above, and could therefore be seen as having 2 (or more) housing problems as identified by HUD. The City will make sure that these populations are provided every opportunity to make use of any appropriate CDBG-DR funds from this allocation. c) Disabled households or victims of domestic violence The Hays -Caldwell Women's Center, a San Marcos non-profit organization that provides services, including an emergency shelter, for victims of family violence estimates in 2014 approximately 250 adult clients asked for housing assistance. Of those adults, 135 were families with children; 3 were disabled; and 4 were male adults. Following the floods in 2015, shelter assistance requests have gone up strikingly, over 200% in some instances as shown in the chart below. For most shelter residents, the primary barrier to securing housing was the lack of affordable housing in our area. Within the city limits of San Marcos, the number of persons with a disability that need housing assistance is difficult to ascertain. However, a review of the 2008-2012 CHAS --Table 6 data shows that where at least one person has a self-care or independent living limitation, 11% reported a disability, including 5% under 18; 9% aged 18 to 64; and 45% over 65. It can be assumed that many of the households with self- care/independent living limitations need some form of housing assistance, especially renter households with an annual income less than 50% AMI, housing cost burden and the need for accessibility improvements. Through housing applications and case management the City will continue to engage the community during implementation so that the households with disabled family members receive appropriate assistance. The following chart shows the households in both rental and owner -occupied housing. Those with at least one housing problem (as identified above) are shown and sorted by annual household income: Last Updated 3/03/20 Page 14 of 63