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Business Development, both of which also serve on the Redevelopment Agency, in the implementation of affordable housing projects and programs. Non-profit agencies also provide social services to the community each year. The Alameda County Housing and Community Development (HCD) Department is the lead agency in the implementation of the HOME Consortium's Consolidated Plan. HCD also administers the HOME Program for the HOME Consortium members, HUD homeless programs (including the Continuum of Care Council), and the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) Program for homeownership. The City and other cities in the County take part in each of the HCD activities described above. The City will continue to fund Everyone Home's operations, and City staff will continue to serve on its strategic Leadership Board. As already described, the City is committed to implementing the strategies of the Everyone Home Plan and its objectives of ending homelessness in Alameda County by 2020. The City will continue to coordinate with the cities of Alameda and Hayward, Alameda County HCD, and service partners Building Futures with Women & Children (BFWC), Abode Services, and Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC) to administer the Mid-County Housing Resource Center (HRC). Funded by Homeless Prevention & Rapid Re-Housing (HPRP) funds made available through the 2009 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) federal stimulus program, the HRC provides a variety of homelessness prevention and re-housing services which include financial assistance and other housing stabilization services to help mid- county residents maintain or attain housing. FAIR HOUSING Under the CDBG and HOME certifications to HUD, the City certifies that it will "affirmatively further fair housing". The City signed a Participating Public Jurisdictions (PPJ) Agreement with the County of Alameda and members of the Alameda County HOME Consortium (the City of Alameda, the City of Fremont, the City of Hayward, the City of Livermore, the City of Pleasanton, and the City of Union City) to jointly fund the hiring of a consultant to develop a regional Alameda County HOME Consortium Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI), which was completed in January 2010. The City will use the regional AI document to update its Fair Housing Action Plan which will be implemented within the City's Five-Year HUD Consolidated Plan period, FY 2010-2014. Moreover, the City will also continue to implement its fair housing action plan through the aid of ECHO Housing, a fair housing counseling agency which provides services to very low- and moderate-income clients. PUBLIC HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS AND RESIDENT INITIATIVES San Leandro is under the jurisdiction of the Alameda County Housing Authority but has no public housing. Action Plan - FY2010-2011 Ciry of San Leandro Page 18