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<br />AP-85 Other Actions - 91.420, 91.220(k) <br />Introduction <br />To carry out the following strategies outlined in the City of San Leandro's Consolidated Plan, the City will <br />pursue the following planned actions. <br /> <br />Actions planned to address obstacles to meeting underserved needs <br />The Consolidated Plan priorities are designed to address the underserved needs in San Leandro. The <br />primary obstacle to meeting the City’s underserved needs is securing adequate funding resources. <br /> <br />Actions planned to foster and maintain affordable housing <br />The City will coordinate and collaborate with Alameda County to administer HOME funds for acquisition, <br />rehabilitation, and/or new construction of affordable rental housing as well as tenant-based rental <br />assistance. The City staff will continue to work closely with local non-profit agencies, the County, and <br />other HOME Consortium member cities to identify permanent affordable housing as well as emergency <br />and transitional housing needs (along with necessary supportive services) for the homeless and/or <br />persons with special needs. HOME Consortium members, including San Leandro, have also agreed to <br />continue funding the consortium-wide Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) for Homeless Families <br />Program, a transitional housing program that provides short-term rental subsidies, job preparation and <br />placements, case management, and other support services to assist homeless families attain permanent <br />housing. <br /> <br />The City, moreover, will continue to contract with ECHO Housing for housing services such as fair <br />housing and tenant/landlord counseling. These services help maintain people in housing and prevent <br />homelessness. <br /> <br />Furthermore, the City’s Housing Rehabilitation Program for minor home repair grants for owner- <br />occupied homes historically preserved and improved the City’s existing housing stock for extremely low <br />and very low-income homeowners and also and assisted elderly homeowners to age in place. <br /> <br />Lastly, the City will continue to monitor the preservation of 1,446 Below-Market Rate (BMR) rental units <br />(funded and/or regulated by the City/Redevelopment Agency and/or regulated by State Low-Income <br />Housing Tax Credit Program) for tenants earning between 30% and 120% of the Area Median Income <br />and fifty-six (56) existing BMR ownership units. <br /> <br />Actions planned to reduce lead-based paint hazards <br />The new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule effective April 22, 2010 requires that contractors <br />be EPA-lead certified prior to beginning work on structures built before 1978. The City, specifically its <br />Building & Safety Services Division, requires contractors, who are working on homes built prior to 1978, <br />to demonstrate that they have satisfied the EPA law prior to providing them the City building permits <br />needed. <br /> <br />Should the City use federal funds, such as HOME funds, for acquisition and/or rehabilitation of <br />apartments for preservation or maintenance as affordable housing, it will inform tenants of lead-based <br />paint and comply with both the new EPA law on lead and renovation as well as with applicable HUD <br />lead-based paint hazard reduction guidelines and regulations. <br /> <br /> <br /> Consolidated Plan SAN LEANDRO 42 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)