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File Number: 13-387 <br />(22) fair housing inquiries or allegations of housing discrimination involving forty-eight <br />(48) clients. With some cases reporting more than one type of discrimination, the <br />allegations accounted for the following: two (2) cases involved sexual orientation, three <br />(3) cases involved arbitrary, two (2) cases involved reasonable accommodation, two (2) <br />cases involved familial status, four (4) cases involved disability, two (2) cases involved <br />national origin, three (3) cases involved race, one (1) case involved source of income, <br />and one (1) case involved sexual harassment. <br />·ECHO’s fair housing counselors conducted eleven (11) fair housing training sessions <br />for landlords and property managers, tenants and potential homebuyers, and the <br />general public. <br />·In celebration of April Fair Housing Month , ECHO Housing received a Fair Housing <br />Mayoral Proclamation from the City of San Leandro in recognition of Fair Housing <br />Month at the April 1st, 2013 City Council Meeting. <br />·ECHO Housing conducted twelve (12) random and targeted audits to gauge the level of <br />discrimination based on voice identification in the rental housing market. ECHO <br />Housing tested a total of twelve (12) rental properties in San Leandro. The audit report <br />was released April 2013. <br />Priority: Maintain and improve the current capacity of the housing and shelter system, <br />expanding transitional and permanent supportive housing, and providing services to <br />homeless individuals and families, including integrated health care, employment <br />services and other supportive services. <br />¨Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) - San Leandro Shelter <br />The City funded BFWC with CDBG funds to provide supportive services to homeless families <br />at its emergency shelter, known as the San Leandro Shelter. BFWC provided emergency <br />shelter and support services, which included 10,938 nights, of which 398 beds were <br />supported by the City, and 32,814 meals for 267 San Leandro homeless women and children <br />(182 women and 85 children) in crisis. Of the 120 women who exited the San Leandro <br />Shelter, fifty-one (51), or 43%, exited to permanent housing. <br />¨Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC) <br />The City also funded DSFRC with CDBG funds to provide supportive services to homeless <br />persons. DSFRC provided an array of basic services for 77 homeless people. Homeless <br />persons received various services, including three day’s worth of groceries up to twice a <br />month, emergency clothing, and household items. <br />Priority: Maintain and expand activities designed to prevent those currently housed <br />from becoming homeless. <br />¨Housing Rehabilitation Program <br />Under the City’s redesigned Housing Rehabilitation Program , extremely low- and very low- <br />income homeowners, particularly seniors, have their homes improved and remain housed. Of <br />the twenty-three (23) grants awarded, eighteen (18), or 75%, were provided to seniors. <br />Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/11/2013