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File Number: 13-563 <br />payment for delinquent rent. <br />GOAL 59: ELIMINATION OF HOUSING CONSTRAINTS <br />·City Council approved in 2012 Zoning Code Amendments to the second unit ordinance <br />to increase the maximum size allowable. <br />GOAL 60: FAIR HOUSING <br />·In FY 2011 and 2012, ECHO Housing provided information, counseling, and/or <br />investigation into thirty-five (35) fair housing inquiries or allegations of housing <br />discrimination. ECHO Housing also conciliated six (6) of these cases and resolved <br />seven (7) of these cases; <br />·In FY 2011 and 2012, ECHO Housing conducted twenty-eight (28) fair housing <br />sessions to 697 landlords, property managers, tenants and potential homebuyers, <br />realtors, and interested persons; and, <br />·In FY 2011 ECHO Housing tested sixty-five (65) rental housing properties in Alameda , <br />Cupertino, Hayward, Livermore, San Leandro (12 properties), Santa Clara County, <br />Union City, and Walnut Creek for discrimination based on national origin and found no <br />differential treatment in fifty (50) (77%) of the cases. <br />Future key actions under the Housing Element Update for the City to assess and implement <br />include: <br />·Consider adjustments to long-term affordability requirements to preserve affordable <br />rental stock; <br />·Develop strategies to preserve affordable housing units “at risk” of expiring ; <br />· <br />·Consider amending the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance to ensure greater effectiveness <br />and efficiency; and, <br />·Explore TOD planning opportunities at Bayfair Mall . <br />The submission of the City’s 2011 and 2012 Annual Progress Reports is important in order for <br />the City to be eligible to submit an application for the State Housing and Community <br />Development housing-related grant programs such as the Housing-Related Parks Program. <br />Previous Actions <br />The City Council adopted the current Housing Element Update in April 2010 and State HCD <br />certified the Housing Element Update in 2011. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />None. <br />PREPARED BY: Steve Hernandez, Housing Specialist II, Community Development <br />Department <br />Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/10/2013