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DRAFT City of San Leandro FY 2014‐2015 CAPER 13 OMB Control No: 2506‐0117 (exp. 07/31/2015) children) moved into transitional/interim housing, 14 families (14 adults and 32 children) moved into permanent housing, 1 family (1 adult and 4 children) moved into a motel. Davis Street Family Resource Center ‐ Affordable Housing Services .In FY 2014‐2015, the City provided City General Funds to DSFRC for affordable housing assistance in locating housing for 282 San Leandro residents. Housing services provided to the homeless and to extremely low‐, very low‐, low‐, and moderate‐income persons include assistance with affordable housing information and referrals to rental opportunities in the City, including the existing City below‐market rate (BMR) units, to help individuals and families search for and find housing units. Homeless persons were assisted with the goal of transitioning them to permanent housing. Individuals and families were assisted in identifying and applying for affordable housing units, and ultimately moving into affordable housing properties. With assistance from DSFRC, 8 households (23 persons) were placed into permanent housing. DSFRC also assisted 206 homeless persons. Helping low‐income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely low‐ income individuals and families and those who are: likely to become homeless after being discharged from publicly funded institutions and systems of care (such as health care facilities, mental health facilities, foster care and other youth facilities, and corrections programs and institutions); and, receiving assistance from public or private agencies that address housing, health, social services, employment, education, or youth needs Objective: Create Suitable Living Environment Priority: Maintain and expand activities designed to prevent those currently housed from becoming homeless. Housing Rehabilitation Program Under the City's Housing Rehabilitation Program, extremely low‐ and very low‐income homeowners, particularly seniors, have their homes improved, and they are able to remain permanently housed. The following grants are available to income‐eligible homeowners: Minor Home Repair, Mobile Home Repair, Accessibility, Exterior Clean‐Up, Exterior Paint, and Seismic Strengthening. Of the 9 grants awarded, 4, or 44%, were provided to very low income seniors this past fiscal year. Rental Housing Counseling Using City General Funds, the City contracted with ECHO Housing for Rental Housing Counseling services to help keep people in their housing. Information and referral services were provided to 627 landlords and tenant households. In FY 2014‐2015, ECHO Housing handled 86 cases related to eviction and succeeded in preventing 28 households from being evicted. Staff also assisted with 34 landlord‐tenant inquiries related to repairs, 16 cases regarding security deposits, 101 instances involving rent increases, 4 occurrences of unlawful entry by the landlord, and 5 cases involving retaliation by the landlord. There were also 70 miscellaneous inquiries (e.g. information on rental contracts and unlawful detainers, providing general information on tenant and landlord rights with referrals to attorneys, Fair Housing Department, Eviction Defense, Small Claims Court, and mediation services). ECHO Housing staff assisted 72 households with conciliation/mediation services. Lastly, staff referred 23 households to attorneys/small claims court and 71 households to other appropriate agencies. Additionally, the City provided City General Funds to ECHO Housing to assist staff in administering the City's Rent Review Program which provides a non‐binding arbitration board review of eligible rent increase cases in San Leandro. ECHO Housing and City staff addressed 75 tenant and 20 landlord inquiries relating to the City's