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♦ 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 first time homebuyer (FTHB) and inclusionary housing/below market rate ownership (IH/BMR) programs to the nonprofit 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 oft vipletion to households attending the seminars. Through BAHBA the City provided X ee on6-on-one homebuyer counseling to twenty-five (25) low to moderate income househof whom are San Leandro residents and/or employed in the City.' ♦ Inclusionary Housing Program„ . There were no new below market rate ownership umt#rivately developed orLL� nder the City's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance in FY 2010-2011 dx arily teethe ongoing slotin the for - sale housing market. 0 Obiective: Create Suitable Living Environm Priority # 4. Reduce housing di Activities: ♦ Eden Council for Hg xQpportunity� using (ECHO Housing) The City continued tontract ECHO Housing, a regional non-profit fair housing agency, to provide fair hou , ices Jig CDBG funds. ECHO Housing received fifteen (15) fair housing inquiries. ThECHfTousing educates people about fair housing laws, rights, andrespons bi a ._ O Housari �yided'ib tion, counseling, and/or investigation in fifteen (15) fair ,sing inquiries , llegati'' housing discrimination involving twenty (20) clients. �r s number ECWpousin provided counseling and investigative services in twelve (12) cases involving twenty-three (23) clients. With some cases reporting more than one type o *criminati* the allegations accounted for the following: four (4) cases involved disability, three (3) involved familial status (children in the family), five (5) involved race. Below were the outcomes: ■ Three (3) cases are pending; ■ One (1) case had a "other" disposition; ■ Five (5) cases have insufficient evidence; ■ One (1) case was mediated by ECHO Housing; and ■ Two (2) cases were conciliated by ECHO Housing. 0 ECHO's fair housing counselors conducted sixteen (16) fair housing training sessions: DRAFT Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY 2010-2011 City of San Leandro Page 7