OVERVIEW OF THE CDC
In 1982, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors consolidated three County entities - the Housing Authority, the Community Development Department, and the Redevelopment Agency - to form the Community Development Commission (CDC).
The Board of Supervisors currently serves as the commissioners of the CDC -- which includes serving as the commissioners of the Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (Housing Authority) -- setting policy for the agency. The Housing Authority also has a Housing Commission, which is composed of five appointees by the Board of Supervisors and four "tenant" commissioners - two representatives who live in the CDC's public housing sites and two representatives who are Section 8 renters.
Today, the CDC continues to serve as the County's affordable housing and community and economic development agency. The CDC's wide-ranging programs benefit residents and business owners in unincorporated County areas and in various incorporated cities that participate in different CDC programs (these cities are called "participating cities"). Approximately one million of the County's ten million residents live in unincorporated areas.
In Fiscal Year (FY) 2007-2008, the agency has a budget of $430 million and a total staff size of 669. Over 95 percent of the CDC's funding comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Click through the various links on our website to learn more about our wide-ranging programs.