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acquire and redevelop abandoned and/or foreclosed homes and residential properties that might otherwise become sources of blight within their communities. Alameda County HCD, as lead agency for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program - 2 Consortium (the cities of San Leandro, Dublin, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Pleasanton, Union City, and the Unincorporated County), applied for and received $11 million of NSP2 funding. ,The Consortium's NSP2 program goal is to produce 108 units of housing under its Multi-Family Rental Program for Low Income Households and its Single-Family Acquisition, Rehab, and Resale Program. Homelessness Prevention Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) The Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) funds are part of the American Re-Investment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA) which provides funding and homeless assistance to prevent homelessness to persons at risk of becoming homeless. Coordinating with the cities of Alameda and Hayward, Alameda County Housing & Community Development Department (HCD), and service partners Building Futures with Women & Children, who serves as the lead applicant and agency, Abode Services, and Davis Street Family Resource Center, the City co-applied for and received $1.5 million in HPRP grants. The funds will be used to create a regional Housing Resource Center (HRC), which will be located at the Davis Street Family Resource Center, that will provide housing stabilization and financial assistance services to homeless individuals and families and those at risk of homelessness. The City of San Leandro's three-year goal under the Mid-County HRC is to serve approximately 200-300 families and 150-194 unduplicated individuals who reside in the City. HUD Economic Development Initiative (EDI~pecial Projects Grant The City anticipates expending the remaining funds of its last HUD Economic Development Initiative Grant (HUD-EDI) account in FY 2010-11. The $346,500 HUD-EDI grant is dedicated to funding the City's East 14th Street Streetscape & Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project. Implementing the strategies of the City's adopted East 14th Street South Area Development Strategy, the project consists of installing new landscaped medians, enhanced pedestrian crosswalks, and other related Streetscape improvements along an eight-block long segment of East 14th Street (from 136th Avenue to 144th Avenue). Action Plan - FY 2010-2011 City of San Leandro Page 15