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FY 2010-2011 CAPER -3- September 19, 2011 ♦ Housing Rehabilitation Program The Housing Rehabilitation Program, which improves the City's housing stock and assists seniors to age in place, provides low-interest rehabilitation loans of up to $35,000 for single- family homes. This program provided five (5) loans funded solely with Redevelopment Housing Set Aside Funds in FY 2010-2011. Two (2) loans were for extremely low-income senior households, while three (3) loans were for senior households with very low -incomes. The Housing Rehabilitation Program, which also offers six (6) types of grant programs for minor home repairs, provided thirty (30) grants solely from Redevelopment Housing Set Aside Funds, for lower-income homeowners in FY 2010-2011. Of these thirty (30) grants, fourteen (14) were for extremely low-income, twelve (12) were for very low-income, and four (4) were for low- income. Twenty-two (22) grants were for seniors. The breakdown for the types of grants, including combination grants, is as follows: • 11 Mobile home repair • 7 Minor home repair • 3 Minor home repair/paint • 2 Minor home repair/clean-up • 1 Minor home repair/window replacement • 2 Minor home repair/sidewalk • 1 Minor home repair/sidewalk and roof • 1 Minor home repair/seismic retrofit • 1 Minor home repair/insulation • 1 Exterior Paint Priority: Assist low- and moderate -income first-time homebuyers. ♦ First -Time Homebuyer Program (FTHB) During this past fiscal year, the City approved ten (10) loans under the FTHB down payment/closing cost assistance program. The City outsources administration of the FTHB and inclusionary housing/below market rate ownership (IH/BMR) programs to the non-profit Bay Area Home Buyer Agency (BARBA). Of the ten (10) loans, seven (7) were for low-income and three (3) for moderate -income first-time homebuyers. The City's FTHB Program is funded solely with Redevelopment Housing Set -Aside Funds. In FY 2010-2011, BAHBA conducted two (2) City -sponsored and free first-time homebuyer education seminars. BAHBA awarded forty-three (43) Certificates of Completion to households attending the seminars. Through BAHBA the City provided free one-on-one homebuyer counseling to twenty-five (25) low to moderate income households, all of whom are San Leandro residents and/or employed in the city. Priority: Reduce housing discrimination. ♦ Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity Housing (ECHO Housing) The City continued to contract with ECHO Housing, a regional non-profit fair housing agency, to provide fair housing services using CDBG funds. ECHO Housing received fifteen (15) fair housing inquiries. Through various methods ECHO Housing educates people about fair housing laws, rights, and responsibilities.