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FY2007-2008 CAPER -2- September 15, 2008 National Objective: Provide Decent Housing Priority # 1. Increase the availability of affordable rental housing for extremely low-, very low-, low- and moderate -income families. ♦ New construction of affordable housing City Council approved a $4 million loan in July 2007 to the non-profit developer Eden Housing, Inc., to acquire property for and eventually construct a new 51 -unit affordable senior apartment at 2103-2121 E. 14th Street (and Estabrook Street). Of the 51 units, fifty (50) will serve very low-income seniors while one (1) unit will be for an on-site manager. During this past fiscal year, the City began serious discussions with a private developer regarding a proposed, multi -phased and mixed-use development of properties adjacent to the San Leandro BART Station called San Leandro Crossings. This 700 -unit mixed-use Downtown Transit -Oriented Development (TOD) project may include as many as 100 affordable rental housing units. ♦ Acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable housing Renovation work for the 68 -unit affordable apartment, Casa Verde (formerly the Islander Motel), was substantially completed and fully occupied by the end of May 2008. Mercy Housing California (MHC) served as the project developer and continues to be the long-term property manager. These units will count as new affordable housing units produced by the City Redevelopment Agency because they changed from commercial (e.g., motel) to residential use. No HUD funds were used on this project. Priority # 2. Preserve existing affordable rental and ownership housing for low- and moderate -income households. ♦ Housing Rehabilitation Program The Housing Rehabilitation Program provides low-interest rehabilitation loans up to $35,000 for single-family houses. This program provided eleven (11) loans totaling $344,318, using Redevelopment Housing Set Aside Funds. Of these eleven (11) loans, four (4) were for seniors, two (2) were for extremely low-income, five (5) for very low-income, and four (4) for low- income households. The Housing Rehabilitation Program, which also has six (6) types of grant programs for minor home repairs, provided twenty-one (21) grants totaling $101,917, using Redevelopment Housing Set Aside Funds, for lower-income home owners. Of these twenty-one (21) grants, sixteen (16) were for seniors, twelve (12) were for extremely low-income, eight (8) for very low-income, and one (1) for low-income households. The breakdown for the types of grants, which include combinations of the six (6) grant types, is: • 4 Mobile Home Repair/Accessibility • 1 Paint/Accessibility • 5 Minor Home Repair/Accessibility 0 3 Mobile home repair • 7 Minor Home Repair 0 1 Paint/Exterior Clean-up