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State law requires the Housing Element to show that B. .REVIEW'OFTHEk2002 HOUSING, the City can accommodate its "fair share" of the 'ELEMENT region's housing needs during a given time period. The determination of each city and county's fair One of the required parts of the Housing Element is share is made by the Association of Bay Area an assessment of how well the City did in Governments (ABAG) on a cyclical basis. implementing its prior (1999 -2006) Element. The assessment is used to determine where new policies San Leandro's assignment for the period from 2007 and programs may be needed to better meet today's to 2014 is 1,630 units. This is nearly double the 870 challenges. units that had been assigned to the city for the 1999- 2006 period. The City's 2007-2014 assignment Between 1999 and 2006, more than 1,200 new includes 368 very low income units, 228 low income housing units were constructed in San Leandro, units, 277 moderate income units, and 757 above including over 270 affordable units. At the same moderate income units. The City is not required to time, the City facilitated the creation of affordable develop these units on its own. Rather, it must units through its apartment rehabilitation activities identify sites where the public, private, and non- and provided assistance to dozens of low and profit sectors may develop them, and it must moderate income homeowners through its housing implement programs which facilitate their repair and first time homebuyer programs. During construction. 1999 -2006, the City completed many of the housing initiatives identified in the prior Housing Element The City undertook a community outreach process including a new density bonus ordinance, a new in 2008 and 2009 to complete the Housing Element inclusionary zoning ordinance, mixed use zoning on Update. This included City Council work sessions, the southern part of East 14th Street and in the stakeholder interviews and focus groups, a project BART Station area, and an update of the zoning website, printed brochures and multi- lingual ordinance to remove potential constraints to publications, briefings to City commissions and affordable housing production. neighborhood groups, and three large community workshops. Public input also was received at The City's commitment to producing and conserving hearings before the Planning Commission and City affordable housing was measurably increased after Council adoption of the last Housing Element. Between 2002 and 2008, the City provided rehabilitation assistance to 140 homeowners through the minor home repair program and 46 homeowners through the owner - assisted rehabilitation program. It provided first -time Homebuyers Assistance to 38 • households and facilitated counseling for many first - time buyers. The City of San Leandro financed rehabilitation of the 46 -unit Surf Apartments, with about half of the refurbished units reserved for low and very low income households. 41/ •