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funds. During FY 2012 -2013, the City will help fund operating costs for programs that provide homeless services. Over the years, the City has continued to support agencies such as the San Leandro Shelter for Women and Children (for homeless and victims of domestic abuse) and Davis Street Family Resource Center (a vital local community social service center) to provide such homeless services. The City will also continue to support services that help prevent homelessness: landlord /tenant counseling, fair housing services, and the Rental Assistance Program (which offers security deposit or delinquent rental payment assistance to eligible households with hardship issues). The City will also support the implementation of the Everyone Home Plan by providing funds for county -wide administration expenses for Continuum of Care and HMIS. OTHER PROGRAMS To implement its housing and community development goals, the City continues to seek out funding opportunities generated from federal, State, and local sources as well as public and private sources. HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program In FY 2012 -2013, the City will continue to repay the $2.5 million HUD Section 108 Loan funds used to complete the construction of the City's new senior center. In accordance with the 20- year repayment schedule provided by HUD, the City will repay HUD $207,535 in FY 2012- 2013. Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP1) Signed into law in July 30, 2008 under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (H.R. 3221), this program, was designed to help address the nation -wide foreclosure crisis by providing funds for local governments to purchase vacant and foreclosed properties located throughout the participating jurisdictions. The Livermore NSP1 Consortium [the City of Livermore acting as the lead agency and administrator under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between all the participating cities (Livermore, San Leandro, Berkeley, Fremont and Union City)] partnered with Hello Housing, formerly Hallmark Community Solutions, to expend the $2,230,495 NSP1 funds it cumulatively received. The Consortium and Hello Housing successfully purchased, rehabilitated, and sold to income - eligible households a total of nine (9) single - family residential properties. Two (2) of these houses are located in San Leandro. Neighborhood Stabilization Program Round 2 (NSP2) Alameda County HCD, as lead agency for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program Round 2 Consortium (including the cities of San Leandro, Dublin, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Pleasanton, Union City, and the Unincorporated County), has received $11 million of NSP2 funding provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Selected program contractors Hello Housing, formerly Hallmark Community Solutions, and Habitat for Humanity East Bay have a total of nineteen (19) abandoned and /or foreclosed single - family residential properties: four (4), including one (1) in San Leandro, have been sold to income - eligible homebuyers, three (3), including one (1) in San Leandro, are currently on the market for sale, and twelve (12) are undergoing rehabilitation. There is a total of 159 multi- family rental units in pre - development stage. Forty -six (46) of these 159 rental units are the units at Surf Apartments previously described on page 7. Final Action Plan — FY 2012 -2013 City ofSan Leandro Page 13