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CDBG and HOME Programs <br /> Project Overview <br /> The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development's (HUD) Community Development Block Grant <br /> (CDBG) Program and HOME Investment Partnerships Program have been important and long-standing <br /> community development funding resources for the City of San Leandro. <br /> The City has allocated CDBG for important capital improvement projects that have enhanced the City's <br /> physical environment over the years. CDBG funds were vital in the construction of the City's new senior <br /> community center, which opened in 2011. Other notable CDBG-funded capital improvement projects <br /> include: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements for City parks and community facilities, ADA <br /> accessible wheelchair ramps/curb cuts, and providing loans for low-income serving non-profit public <br /> service agencies to renovate their facilities. The City continues to have significant capital <br /> improvement needs, including making all City facilities/parks fully ADA accessible and <br /> providing home rehabilitation assistance to lower-income homeowners, particularly fixed-income seniors. <br /> Due to limited local and State revenue sources, federal CDBG funds are even more critical for the <br /> City in addressing infrastructure needs. <br /> CDBG funds also have assisted local non-profit agencies in providing needed services to over 9,000 lower <br /> income San Leandro residents annually. The types of social services funded include: emergency food and <br /> clothing, mental health counseling, healthcare, employment services, emergency shelter for homeless <br /> families, support services for abused children, hot and nutritious meals for seniors as well as meal delivery <br /> to homebound seniors. These are vital services that often serve as a safety net for the neediest residents <br /> and require adequate CDBG funding to continue. <br /> The City has utilized its HOME funds to assist in the <br /> construction of Cornerstone Apartments, a 115-unit 1� --- <br /> affordable rental housing complex that is scheduled "■ J Lon <br /> to begin construction in December 2014. With the <br /> \ �� �� <br /> State's elimination of redevelopment, the City �� I •,1 <br /> lost a substantial annual stream of affordable 1 - �F li <br /> housing funding used to acquire, rehabilitate, <br /> and/or build affordable housing. HOME funds : •' - � <br /> are more vital than ever to the City because it <br /> has become the City's primary affordable <br /> housing funding source to address the - <br /> continuing housing affordability problem in <br /> the Bay Area. <br /> Funding Request <br /> San Leandro is seeking support and advocacy to restore CDBG and HOME funding to FY 2010-11 levels in <br /> order to more effectively address its community development and affordable housing needs. Reductions of <br /> about 17% in its annual CDBG entitlement grant allocation ($786K vs. $649K in FY13-14) and about 56% <br /> in its HOME grant ($329K vs. $144K) have occurred in the last three fiscal years. These significant and <br /> continual funding cuts compound the lingering impacts of the national economic downturn on cities such <br /> as San Leandro, which face limited local capacity and local/State funding resources to enhance inadequate <br /> infrastructure and increasing demands for vital social services and affordable housing. <br /> a - mooA <br /> o <br />