Oxnard—The Community Services, Public Safety, Housing & Development Committee, on Tuesday, November 10, approved designating four sites (six parcels) in association with the Choice Neighborhoods and Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Conversion programs in the Colonia Neighborhood, as Surplus Lands for the expansion of affordable housing.
THE surplus properties are on Colonia Road, 5.21 acres; Felicia Court, 4.45 acres; Camino Del Sol, 2.68 acres; and Carmelita Ct/Las Cortes vacant land, 13.84 acres.
Economic Development Manager Jasmine McGinty spoke on the matter and said in June 2020, the Oxnard Housing Authority launched a multi-year initiative, rethink and renew, to identify opportunities to streamline operations, enhance customer service, modernize public housing units, expand programs, and address budget deficits.
“The key priority was to identify funding opportunities that would support the modernization of existing public housing, strengthen the agency’s long-term financial stability, and expand the availability of affordable housing in the community,” she said. “Two distinct, yet complementary opportunities emerged: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Choice Neighborhoods Program, and the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program.”
In the Choice Neighborhoods Program, she said the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Choice Neighborhoods Program is intended to leverage public and private…
