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File Number: 13-563 <br />Homebuyer Loan Program and its Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program. The City must now <br />also rely primarily on federal HOME Program funds, which has drastically declined since <br />2008, and local Affordable Housing Trust Fund monies , which is derived from the City’s <br />Inclusionary Zoning or Housing Ordinance and dependent on a more active housing market, <br />to acquire, rehabilitate, and/or construct affordable rental housing developments . <br />Some of the City’s key goals and accomplishments in 2011 and 2012 include: <br />GOAL 53: AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT <br />·Amendments were made to the General Plan for conformity with the higher density <br />residential recommendations under the Downtown Transit Oriented Development <br />(TOD) Strategy in 2011. <br />GOAL 55: HOME OWNERSHIP <br />·Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funds have been expended to acquire and <br />rehabilitate nine (9) foreclosed homes in San Leandro. All three (3) NSP1 homes and <br />all six (6) NSP2 homes have been resold to income-eligible families. <br />GOAL 56: AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSERVATION <br />·Eleven (11) Minor Home Repair Grants were awarded in 2012; <br />·Ten (10) Mobile Home Repair grants were awarded in 2012; <br />·Ninety-one (91) rental housing units at Las Palmas Apartments and 143 units at Eden <br />Lodge were rehabilitated in 2012; and, <br />·Financing was finalized in 2012 for the rehabilitation of the 46-unit Surf Apartments, <br />75-unit Fargo Senior Center, and 840-unit Lakeside Village Apartments to commence <br />in 2013. <br />GOAL 57: GREEN NEIGHBORHOODS <br />·City continues to provide Energy Efficiency rebates to homeowners who complete <br />energy efficient improvements to their homes ; <br />·City continues to offer Green Point Rater services at no cost to homeowners on <br />remodel/addition projects; and, <br />·City continues to participate in Energy Upgrade California. <br />GOAL 58: SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATION <br />·Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) provided emergency shelter and <br />support services for 478 persons in FY 2011 and 2012; <br />·Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC) provided essential social services for <br />23,810 clients in FY 2011 and 2012; <br />·BFWC, in partnership with the City and other social service providers, obtained a $1.5 <br />million grant to create a new Housing Resource Center at DSFRC and assisted 4,279 <br />retain their permanent housing and 1,226 homeless persons obtain permanent housing <br />(the entire 3-year funding allocation has been fully expended); <br />·In FY 2011 and 2012, CDBG grantees provided public services to 2,227 persons with <br />disabilities/special needs and 23,658 extremely low-income households; and, <br />·ECHO Housing’s Rental Assistance Program prevented ten (10) households from <br />being evicted in FY 2011 and 2012 by providing them with one-time security deposits or <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/10/2013