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Accomplishments San Leandro Shelter for Women and Children ^ Continue to contribute CDBG funds toward operations of this emergency shelter in San Leandro that also provides food and supportive services for homeless women and children, many of whom are victims of domestic abuse, and is owned and operated by a nonprofit, Building Futures with Women and Children. The shelter will provide SOO low income households over the next five-year period. Davis Street Family Resource Center Continue to provide operational fluids through CDBG funds to the Davis Street Family ResourceGenter, which provides childcare, emergency food, emergency motel vouchers, clothing, medical care and other services to families and individuals in need and is located in San Leandro. The Davis Street Family Resource Center will assist approximately 10,000 households over the next five years: Geographic Distribution All programs listed are available to residents of the City of San Leandro. Priority: Maintain and expand activities designed to prevent those currently housed from becoming homeless Priority Analysis and Obstacles to Meeting Underserved Needs The following analysis of the homeless prevention needs and obstacles was prepared in part by the Alameda County HOME Consortium. As a Consortium member, the City of San Leandro subscribes to this priority and has proposed activities that meet the obj ective of increasing activities designed to prevent those currently housed from becoming homeless. For many people in the County who are working at low paid j obs, unemployed, or living on public benefits, it is very difficult to remain housed in the one of the most expensive housing markets in the country. According to the Alameda Countywide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan, as many as 120,000 Alameda County households survive on less than the equivalent of 50% of the area median income; of those, 66,000 households are at only 30% of area median income. For most people, housing is typically the largest expense in the household budget. Federal, State, and local housing programs frequently require that low-income households should pay no mare than 30% of their gxoss income towards housing costs. According to the Alameda Countywide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan, low income households in unsubsidized units spend 50% to 75% of their income on housing alone. The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLHC) fotuld in its Out of Reach 2004 report that to afford the median fair market rent for a two bed-room unit in Alameda County would require a job that paid $25.81 Housing and Community Development Strakegic Plan - FY 2005-09 City of San Leandro Page 16