Summary of Housing Programs

 

The AHA conducted a survey to update our database of Affordable Housing Programs offered in communities in and surrounding Ventura County.  The following communities responded as of August 29, 2002.

 

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Camarillo, Fillmore, Goleta, Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Santa Barbara County, Santa Paula, Thousand Oaks, Ventura City and Ventura County. 

 

 

Camarillo

Contact:  Randy Richardson

Title:        Senior Planner/Housing Program Analyst

Phone Number:         (805) 388-5360

e-mail address:          randyrichardson@ci.camarillo.ca.us

Day/hours available:  8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

 

1. Rental Assistance? Yes   
1. Commission on Human Concerns - Emergency Rental Assistance (CGBG funds)  (805) 486-4725
2. Mortgage Credit Certificates?   Yes  (800) 591-3111
3. Mortgage Down Payment Assistance?   No
4. Must applicant be a First Time Homeowner?   No
5. Maximum amount available?    N/A
6. Must the applicant be a current resident?   Yes, for rental assistance

 

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Fillmore

Contact:    Vance Johnson

Title:          Housing Programs Officer

Phone Number:           (805) 524-1500 ext. 109

e-mail address:            v.johnson@ci.fillmore.ca.us

Day/hours available:           9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

 

1. Rental Assistance?   No   
2. Mortgage Credit Certificates?   Yes
3. Mortgage Down Payment Assistance?   Yes
4. Must applicant be a First Time Homeowner?   Yes
5. Maximum amount available? $25,000 / application
6. Must the applicant be a current resident?   No

 

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Goleta

Contact:    Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara

Title:          Staff

Phone Number:           (805) 967-3402

e-mail address:            Website:  HASBARCO.org

Day/hours available:  continuous

 

1. Rental Assistance? Yes 
2. Mortgage Credit Certificates?   Yes 
3. Mortgage Down Payment Assistance?   No
4. Must applicant be a First Time Homeowner?   Yes
5. Maximum amount available?  Unknown
6. Must the applicant be a current resident?   No

 

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Ojai

Contact:    Jere Kersnar

Title:          City Manager

Phone Number:           (805) 640-2559

Day/hours available:           8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

Contact:    Kathy McCann

Title:          RD Analyst

Phone Number:           (805) 646-5581

e-mail address:            mccann@ojai.ca.us

Day/hours available:           8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

 

1. Rental Assistance? Yes.   Emergency rental and mortgage assistance
2. Mortgage Credit Certificates?   Yes, through Ventura County
3. Mortgage Down Payment Assistance?   No
4. Must applicant be a First Time Homeowner?   N/A
5. Maximum amount available?   Variable
6. Must the applicant be a current resident?   Yes, or ties to the Community

 

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Oxnard

Contact:    Sal Gonzalez

Title:          Housing Director

Phone Number:           (805) 385-8041

e-mail address:            sgonzalez@oxnardhousing.org

Phone for information on Housing Assistance:                (805) 385-8134

Affordable Housing:           (805) 385-7400

Day/hours available:           8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

 

1. Rental Assistance?   Yes
1. Section 8 and Public Housing Applications - Bernard Carn, Manager

435 South D. Street

Oxnard, CA  93030

2. Public Housing, phone:   385-8114
3. Section 8 phone: 385-8114
1. Mortgage Credit Certificates?   Yes, Oxnard is part of the County consortium.
2. Mortgage Down Payment Assistance?   Yes, $10,000 matching grant for down payment and closing cost assistance.
1. Affordable Housing - Ernie Whitaker, Manager
3. Must applicant be a First Time Homeowner?   Yes and No.
1. Yes - Developers usually want 1^st time homebuyers.
2. No - Buyers of resale homes do not have to be 1^st time homebuyers.
4. Maximum amount available?    $10,000 new / $10,000 resale ($350,000 For FY 02-03)
5. Must the applicant be a current resident?   Yes, 1 month

 

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Port Hueneme

Contact:  Robert L. Hunt

Title:        City Manager

Phone Number:         (805) 986-6501

Day/hours available:          8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

Contact:  Olivia Ward

Title:        Director, Port Hueneme Housing Authority

Phone Number:         (805) 986-6522

e-mail address:          oward@ci.port-hueneme.ca.us

Day/hours available:          8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

Contact:  Greg Brown

Title:        Director, Community Development

Phone Number:         (805) 986-6553

e-mail address:          gbrown@ciport-hueneme.ca.us

Day/hours available:          8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

Contact:  Pam Strautman

Title:        Program Manager, Community Development

Phone Number:         (805) 986-6519

Day/hours available:          8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

 

1. Rental Assistance? Yes, administered through the Port Hueneme Housing Authority.
2. Mortgage Credit Certificates?   Yes, point of contact is Pam Strautman.
3. Mortgage Down Payment Assistance?   Yes, point of contact is Pam Strautman.
1. Lease-To-Own Program - Port Hueneme is a participating jurisdiction in the PHFA.  
2. Residential Rehabilitation Programs
4. Must applicant be a First Time Homeowner?   Yes
1. a person who has not owned a principal residence in the past three years;
2. a person who has lost title to a home within the past 3 yrs. due to divorce or legal separation;
3. a person who has previously owned a mobile home;
4. a person whose sub-standard home cannot be brought up to code for less than the cost of
5. constructing a new home of the same size.
5. Maximum amount available?   20% of the purchase price or $31,000, whichever is less.
6. Must an applicant be a current resident?   Yes, for rental assistance

 

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Santa Barbara County

Contact:    Frederick C. Lamont

Title:          Housing Authority, Executive Director

Phone Number:           (805) 736-3423, ext. 21

e-mail address:            fredlamont@hasbarco.org

Day/hours available:           7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

Contact:    Jackie Bordon, PHM

Title:         Executive Secretary

Phone Number:           (805) 736-3423, ext. 20

e-mail address:            jackiebordon@HASBARCO.RG

Day/hours available:           7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

 

1. Rental Assistance? Yes   
1. Public Housing (536 units)
2. Section 8 (3,396 units)
3. Tax Credit Units (118 units)
4. Low Income Rental Housing (68 Units)
5. State Rental Housing Construction (6 bedroom group care home)
2. Mortgage Credit Certificates?   Yes 
3. Mortgage Down Payment Assistance?  No

 

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Santa Paula

Contact:    Kenneth R. Cott

Title:          Economic Development Department

Phone Number:           (805) 933-4245

e-mail address:            kcott@ci.santa-paula.ca.u.s.

 

1. Rental Assistance? Yes   
2. Mortgage Credit Certificates?   Yes 
3. Mortgage Down Payment Assistance?   Yes
4. Must applicant be a First Time Homeowner?
5. Maximum amount available?   unknown
6. Must the applicant be a current resident?   Yes,  at the time of close of escrow

 

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Thousand Oaks

Contact:    Lynn Oshita

Title:          Housing and Redevelopment Technician

Phone Number:           (805) 449-2393

e-mail address:            loshita@toaks.org

Day/hours available:           7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday - Friday

 

1. Rental Assistance?   Yes, though Housing Services Grantees
1. Area Housing Authority - (805) 480-9991
2. Lutheran Social Services -  (805) 497-6207
3. Catholic Charities - (805)  643-4694
4. Many Mansions - (805) 496-4948
5. Commission on Human Concerns - (805) 486-4725
6. Turning Point Foundation - (805) 652-0596
7. Homeless and Housing Coalition - (805) 493-2471
2. Mortgage Credit Certificates?   Yes 
1. Affordable Housing Applications, Inc.-  (800) 591-3111
3. Mortgage Down Payment Assistance?   Yes
1. Wells Fargo - (805) 494-8987
2. Irwin Mortgage - (805) 531-1818
3. North American Mortgage - (805) 371-1516

 

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City of Ventura

Contact:    Nicole Doner

Title:          CDBG Housing Planner

Phone Number:           (805) 658-4729

e-mail address:            ndoner@ci.ventura.ca.us

Day/hours available:           7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday - Friday

 

1. Rental Assistance? No   
2. Mortgage Credit Certificates?   Yes 
3. Mortgage Down Payment Assistance?   Yes
1. Please contact Julia Terry,

Housing Authority of the City of San Buenaventura

4567 Telephone Rd., Ste. 100

(805) 654-0038

4. Must applicant be a First Time Homeowner? Yes
5. Maximum amount available?    $45,000
6. Must the applicant be a current resident?   No

 

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Unincorporated areas of the County of Ventura

Contact:    Christy Madden

Title:         Community Development Manager

Phone Number:           (805) 654-2679

e-mail address:            christy.madden@mail.co.ventura.ca.us

Day/hours available:           8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

 

1. Rental Assistance?   No

1. Mortgage Credit Certificates?   Yes
2. Mortgage Down Payment Assistance?   No