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WORKING DRAFT FOR HCD REVIEW <br /> <br /> <br />EVALUATION OF 2010 ELEMENT 2-5 SAN LEANDRO HOUSING ELEMENT <br />Of the 231 units produced, 68 (67 for tenants and one manager’s unit) were associated with the Casa <br />Verde development for very low income households, and 51 (50 for tenants and one manager’s unit) were <br />associated with Estabrook Place Senior Apartments, which is also limited to very low income elderly <br />tenants. Thus, the City produced 117 new very low income units during the time period. While this is <br />only one-third of the RHNA for very low income households, it represents more than 50 percent of the <br />total number of units produced in 2007-2014. <br /> <br />Of the 114 remaining units, most were single family for-sale homes sold at market rate prices. A majority <br />of these homes were townhouses, duplexes, and detached homes on small lots. Based on their sales prices <br />and prevailing market rents, the tally is estimated to include six homes affordable to low income <br />households, 19 affordable to moderate income households, and 89 units affordable to above moderate <br />income households. Relative to the RHNA targets, the City produced 32% of its very low income target, <br />3% of its low income target, 7% of its moderate income target, and 13% of its above moderate income <br />target. Overall, the 231 units of production represents 14% of the RHNA. <br /> <br />Casa Verde and Estabrook Place were the two largest projects developed during the planning period. As <br />noted above, both were 100% affordable to very low income households. <br /> <br />The largest market-rate development during this period was Cherry Glen, a 43-lot townhome <br />development on Washington Avenue just north of I-880. Pursuant to the City’s inclusionary housing <br />ordinance, several of the units in this development were reserved for (and sold to) low and moderate <br />income homebuyers. <br /> <br />Other projects completed during this time period were an 11-unit townhome development at Chumalia <br />and Hyde Streets in Downtown San Leandro, a 6-unit small lot subdivision on Hays Street in Downtown <br />(Arbor Place), a 5-unit small lot subdivision on Lewelling Boulevard adjacent to Lewelling Park (Bayport <br />Court), a 9-unit townhome development on Davis Street (Toscani Place), an 8-unit townhome <br />development on MacArthur Boulevard at Superior (Cherry Park Square), and the final phase (4 units) of <br />the Greenbrier small lot subdivision on MacArthur just north of San Leandro Creek. The trend toward 5- <br />10 unit small lot infill and townhome developments represented a change from the pattern of the 1990s <br />and early 2000s, when most development occurred in large-scale single family home developments such <br />as Cherrywood and Heron Bay. <br /> <br />There were also eight duplexes developed on scattered sites during this period (16 units). Although all of <br />the duplexes were market-rate, some of them would be considered affordable to moderate income <br />households based on their rents or sales prices. This is particularly true for the duplexes developed as <br />rental units, and those units less than 1,000 square feet in size. In addition, there were seven second units <br />developed during this period. Those larger than 400 square feet are presumed to be affordable to <br />moderate income households based on prevailing market rents, while those smaller than 400 square feet <br />(2 units) are presumed to be affordable to low income households. 1 <br /> <br />1 A review of advertised Craigslist rents for duplexes in San Leandro in June 2014 indicated a range from $1675 to <br />$1895, which is considered to be within the affordability range for moderate income households with three or more <br />persons. “Studio” in-law units were generally in the $900-1,100 range, which would make them affordable to one <br />and two person low income households.