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<br />DRAFT Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY 2012-2013 <br />City of San Leandro <br />Page 25 <br /> <br /> Mission Bell Apartments has set aside six (6) of its twenty-five (25) rental units as <br />permanent housing with supportive services for transitioning young adults with mental <br />health disabilities, adults with mental illness or drug recovery with a history of <br />homelessness, and adults with mental health issues and criminal record. Abode Services <br />administers the housing component for these programs, while service provider Tri-City <br />Homeless Coalition collaborates with the Fred Finch Youth Center for the STAY <br />program, the HOPE Project Mobile Health Clinic for the Greater HOPE program, and <br />with the Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Agency for the FACT <br />program. These programs are discussed in “Transitional or Permanent Supportive <br />Housing” under Priority #8. <br /> <br /> Building Futures for Women and Children (BFWC) provides twenty (20) beds for <br />victims of domestic violence in their Sister Me Home Shelter. <br /> <br />Actions to Address Obstacles to Meeting Underserved Needs, Foster and <br />Maintain Affordable Housing, and Eliminate Barriers to Affordable Housing <br /> <br />Activities: <br /> Address Obstacles to Meeting Underserved Needs <br /> <br /> The Consolidated Plan priorities, discussed in Exhibit A, “Comparison of Goals and <br />Objectives: FY 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan”, are designed to address the underserved <br />needs in San Leandro. The primary obstacle to meeting the City’s underserved needs is <br />securing available adequate funding resources. <br /> <br /> Foster and Maintain Affordable Housing <br /> <br /> The City annually monitors preservation of 620 Below-Market Rate (BMR) rental units <br />(funded and/or regulated by the City/Redevelopment Agency) for tenants earning <br />between 30% and 120% of the Area Median Income. This inventory of BMR units <br />includes seventy-three (73) units at Fargo Senior Center and twenty-two (22) units at Surf <br />Apartments that were rehabilitated this past fiscal year. Additionally, the City monitors <br />fifty-eight (58) existing BMR ownership units after two (2) BMR units were lost from the <br />BMR program due to a short sale and a foreclosure. <br /> <br /> The revised 200-unit Cornerstone at San Leandro Crossings affordable family rental <br />housing development is described under Priority #1. The redesigned project will <br />construct 50 one-bedrooms, 85 two-bedrooms, and 65 three-bedrooms that include a <br />manager’s unit) for very low- and low-income households (60% AMI) and the following <br />amenities: 5,000 square feet ground floor childcare center, bike parking, a landscaped <br />courtyard, a multi-purpose community room with kitchen, and shared laundry rooms. <br />Once completed the affordability period for this property will be at least fifty-five (55) <br />years. <br /> <br /> In addition, City staff have continued to respond to inquiries from private and non-profit <br />developers to acquire property and rehabilitate or build affordable rental units.