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FY2008-2009 CAPER -3- September 21, 2009 in additional Redevelopment Set-Aside funds in Apri12009 for the loan program. The City's FTHB Program is funded solely with Redevelopment Housing Set-Aside Funds. • In FY 2008-09, Bay Area Homebuyer Agency (BAHBA) conducted two (2) City-sponsored and free first-time homebuyer education seminars. BAHBA awarded ninety-nine (99) certificates of completion to households attending each of the entire seminars. Through BAHBA the City provided free one-on-one homebuyer counseling to twenty-three (23) households [of which eighteen (18) were low- to moderate-income] who were San Leandro residents and/or employed in the City. • BAHBA also worked with City staff to conduct the first ever Employer Forum in San Leandro in March 2009. The Employer Forum invited major employers in San Leandro, Alameda, and Hayward to learn more about homeownership opportunities for their employees in the current housing market and the local homebuyer programs in each of the three cities. BAHBA also coordinated with City staff to conduct the first Realtor/Lender Workshop in San Leandro in May 2009 to educate local realtors and lenders about the City homebuyer programs and how to market the programs to their clients. The Realtor/Lender Workshop will become an annual event. • Inclusionary Housing Program In FY 2008-09, only one (1) new inclusionary housing unit, which was restricted for a low income homebuyer, was sold. This unit was in the Cherry Glen subdivision. h1 addition, one (1) existing moderate income inclusionary home in the Cherrywood subdivision was resold to an income eligible homebuyer. Priority: Reduce housing discrimination. • Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity Housing (ECHO) The City continued to contract with ECHO Housing, a regional non-profit fair housing agency, to provide fair housing services using CDBG funds. ECHO received twenty-two (22) fair housing inquiries. ECHO educates people about fair housing laws, rights, and responsibilities using various methods. • ECHO provided information, counseling, and/or investigation for twenty-two (22) fair housing inquiries or allegations of housing discrimination. Of this number, ECHO provided counseling and investigative services in fifteen (15) cases involving thirty-two (32) clients. With some cases reporting more than one type of discrimination, the allegations accounted for the following: nine (9) cases involved race, four (4) involved disability, two (2) involved mental disability, and one (1) involved familial status (children in the family). Below were the outcomes: • Three (3) cases are pending [one (1) case was referred to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), and one (1) was referred to Bay Area Legal Aid]; • Three (3) clients dropped their complaints due to insufficient evidence; • Seven (7) cases have insufficient evidence; and • Two (2) cases were closed by ECHO. • ECHO's fair housing counselors conducted fourteen (14) fair housing training sessions: ^ Two (2) sessions for fifty-four (54) landlords and property managers;