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File Number: 13-387 <br />¨Rental Assistance Program <br />ECHO Housing’s Rental Assistance Program (RAP) assists tenants with delinquent rent or <br />security deposit. Funded with CDBG funds, RAP provided six (6) families with rental <br />assistance in FY 2012-2013. Two (2) families were assisted with security deposits while the <br />other four (4) families received assistance by having their delinquent rents paid. <br />¨Tenant/Landlord Counseling <br />Using CDBG funds, the City contracted with ECHO Housing for tenant/landlord counseling <br />services to help maintain people in housing. In FY 2012-2013, ECHO handled 126 cases <br />related to eviction and succeeded in preventing three (3) households from being evicted. <br />Staff also assisted with fifty (50) landlord/tenant inquiries related to repairs, twenty-five (25) <br />cases regarding security deposits, twenty-four (24) instances involving rent increases, five (5) <br />occurrences of unlawful entry by a landlord, and two (2) cases involving retaliation by the <br />landlord. There were also seventy-four (74) miscellaneous inquiries (e.g., information on <br />rental contracts and unlawful detainers, providing general information on tenant and landlord <br />rights with referrals). ECHO staff assisted eighteen (18) households with <br />conciliation/mediation services. Lastly, staff referred forty -six (46) households to <br />attorneys/small claims court and nineteen (19) households to other appropriate agencies. <br />ECHO staff distributed a total of 520 educational materials, provided 126 public service <br />announcements, and held two (2) trainings for property owners/managers. <br />¨Davis Street Family Resource Center <br />The City was able to provide Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC) with General <br />Funds in FY 2012-2013 to provide affordable housing assistance for the homeless and very <br />low-, low-, and moderate-income persons. DSFRC staff assisted thirty-three (33) individuals <br />seeking housing assistance to identify available housing units utilizing 2-1-1 and the most <br />recent listings from Eden I&R and the Outreach Resource Collaborative network staffed by <br />the Alameda County Public Health Department . DSFRC staff also assisted two (2) referrals <br />from the Interfaith Homelessness Network (IHN) search for housing units and obtain eligibility <br />for public assistance programs. <br />¨Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) <br />The Mid-County Housing Resource Center (HRC) established at the Davis Street Family <br />Resource Center continued to provide homeless prevention and assistance services to <br />homeless individuals and families and those at risk of homelessness. The HRC is funded by <br />the $1.5 million Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) funds that <br />BFWC, in coordination with the cities of San Leandro, Alameda, and Hayward; Alameda <br />County Housing & Community Development Department; Abode Services; and DSFRC, <br />received in 2009. The entire 3-year funding allocation, which has been fully exhausted, <br />allowed agencies throughout the County to assist 6,348 persons; 4,279 retained their <br />permanent housing; and 1,226 homeless persons obtained permanent housing from <br />November 2009 through August 2012. <br />Priority: Support public services. <br />¨Services for Low-Income Families, Children, Women in Crises, Seniors and <br />Persons with Disabilities <br />Page 5 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/11/2013