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center, parking structure with 100 spaces (plus six additional spaces on the access drive), <br />landscaped courtyard, children's play area, multi-purpose community room with kitchen <br />and adjacent patio, laundry room on each floor, and community garden. Once completed <br />the affordability period for this property will be at least fifty-five (55) years. <br />As already discussed, the development has been delayed. However, the City, City <br />Redevelopment Agency, the developer BRIDGE Housing Corporation, and the private <br />developer Westlake Development Partners, LLC are continuing to work diligently so that <br />construction of the project may begin soon. <br />• In addition, City staff have continued to respond to inquiriromsrivate and non-profit <br />developers to acquire propertyand rehabilitate or build ,.,le rental units. <br />,.. <br />• The City's Housing Rehabilitation Program for rnk�no"Va.h r rants and loans for <br />.,. <br />owner -occupied homes provided thirty (30) grv''tel dive (5) to oto homeowners to <br />preserve and improve the existing housir=3stock and particular assist elderly <br />homeowners to age in place.z���' <br />From June 2010 through May 2011, City staff re <br />landlord inquiries under the City's Rent Review <br />binding arbitration board rev>ew %k ble rent i, <br />inquiries, thirteen (13) were from �while <br />were no Rent Review Board cases ng"tom 1 <br />City General Funds. <br />i d to twenty-eight (28) tenant and <br />B� Program, which provides a non - <br />creases in San Leandro. Of the 28 <br />fifteen;,were by landlords. There <br />od. This &6gram is funded solely with <br />• The joint eonson iri o cities of S*Leandro, Berkeley, Fremont, Union City, and <br />Livermore rggW> qd $2,2 95 in federat leighborhood Stabilization Program (NSPI) <br />funds authorized �P the Mousing and E�mic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008. The <br />consortium selectel�form known as Hallmark Community Solutions <br />as ti i contr to use �� of of NSP1 funds to acquire, rehabilitate, and <br />re,�1 forecloAd, aba� ed properties as well as process prospective income -eligible <br />mebuyers fort rchasR rties. Hello Housing successfully purchased and sold <br />(4) single fare homers the City of Livermore to NSP qualified families. <br />Aally, Hello sing purchased one (1) single family home in Union City which <br />sold tib e 2011 gram Income from the sale of these five (5) NSP1 homes has <br />allows AftI-Iousin A;�b purchase and renovate three (3) additional single family homes. <br />Y <br />Two (2) ofe mes are located in San Leandro and have completed construction; <br />both will be or sale by the end of July 2011. One (1) of these homes is located in <br />the City of Fremont, which has completed construction and will be placed on the market <br />in July 2011. <br />Hello Housing has also launched a NSP Regional Marketing Website <br />(www.honieliub.ora) where all NSP homes are listed and information about the NSP <br />program is readily available. This site includes lenders, home buying counseling <br />agencies, and real estate agents who are working with the NSP program. It also shares <br />details about each of the jurisdictions and their developer partners that are working <br />together to implement the NSP program. The goal is to better market the benefits of the <br />NSP program operating across the Bay Area to prospective buyers, mortgage lenders, and <br />DRAFT Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY 2010-2011 <br />City of San Leandro <br />Page 24 <br />