Community Needs Survey

The City of Menifee is preparing its 2027–2032 Consolidated Plan, 2027–2028 Annual Action Plan, and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. Your feedback will help identify community priorities and guide federal funding for housing, homelessness, community development, and public services. Please take a few minutes to share your needs, priorities, and concerns.
First, tell us a little about yourself.
1.What is your involvement in the City? (select one)
2.How do you identify?
3.What primary language do you speak at home?
4.Do you have one or more conditions subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
5.How old are you? Please check one.
6.How many years of education have you completed?
7.What is your race/ethnicity (Choose all that apply)?(Required.)
8.Are you a homeowner or a renter?
Housing Needs
9.Please select one (1) that you believe is the most significant barrier to access housing.(Required.)
10.Please choose the top three housing needs that the City should address in the Consolidated Plan.(Required.)
11.Is affordable and safe housing available to you and your family
Housing Discrimination/Fair Housing Needs
Illegal housing discrimination occurs when one or more of the following occurs based on a person’s race, national origin (e.g., Hispanic), color, age, familial status, religion, sex, or if they have children or a disability.

· Refusing, discouraging, or charging more to rent an apartment or buy a home.

· Discouraging a person from living where he or she wants to live, often by steering him or her to another apartment, complex, or neighborhood.

· Refusing or discouraging the acquisition of a loan to buy, refinance, or access home equity through tactics that include charging more or providing less favorable terms than the market would otherwise dictate.

· Refusing, discouraging, or charging more for home insurance.

· Refusing to make a reasonable accommodation or refusing to allow a modification to make an apartment more accessible for a person with a disability.

· Predatory lending: unfair, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent loan practices.
12.Have you or someone you know ever encountered any of the forms of housing discrimination described above?
13.Do you believe housing discrimination occurs in the City?
14.If you think housing discrimination is occurring, what types of discrimination do you think are most prevalent? (Please select all that apply)
15.Which of the following issues, if any, have limited the housing options you were able to consider? (Please select at least one of the following choices)(Required.)
16.Which issues, if any, limit workforce housing options in the City? (Please select all that apply at least three of the following choices)(Required.)
Community Facility Needs
17.Please choose the top three community facilities you feel that the City should consider during the Consolidated Plan cycle.(Required.)
Community/Special Needs
Supportive housing assists homeless persons in the transition from homelessness, and to promote the provision of supportive housing to homeless persons to enable them to live as independently as possible.

Low-barrier housing is housing where a minimum number of expectations are placed on people who wish to live there. The aim is to have as few barriers as possible to allow more people access to services.
18.Please choose the top three community/special needs services you feel that the City should consider during the Consolidated Plan cycle.(Required.)
Homeless Needs
19.Please choose the top three homeless needs that you believe the City should consider during the Consolidated Plan cycle.(Required.)
Business and Other Needs
20.Please choose the top three business and other needs that you believe the City should consider during the Consolidated Plan cycle.(Required.)
Social Services
21.Please indicate the top three social services that you feel should receive financial support from the City.(Required.)
Transit
22.If you use transit services, where do you go? Please select all that apply.
23.Please select the top three things the City could do to encourage you to use transit services more often.(Required.)
Natural Disaster Vulnerability
24.What segments of society do you think are most vulnerable to natural disasters? (Check all that apply)
Broadband Internet Access
25.What is the most pressing broadband/internet connectivity issues for the City?
26.Do you feel there are common / pressing broadband internet problems (e.g., high-speed connectivity, availability of providers, etc.)?
27.Do you feel that low- and moderate-income areas have adequate broadband access?
28.How can broadband internet access be improved?
29.If you have any additional comments, feel free to provide them in the space below.
Thank You!

Thank you for taking the time to fill out the City of Menifee's Community Needs Survey.