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File Number: 16-444 <br />required online format and includes an assessment of the progress toward achieving the <br />five-year goals and objectives, an evaluation of annual performance, and a financial summary. <br />Various HUD reports are included that provide information on the number of people served <br />with each project and by categories such as race and income. Below is a summary of some <br />of the City’s notable activities and outcomes described in the FY 2015-2016 CAPER that <br />highlights the City’s accomplishments in the first completed year of its FY 2015-2019 HUD <br />Consolidated Plan. <br />Objective: Provide Decent Housing <br />Priority: Preserve existing affordable rental and ownership housing for low- and <br />moderate-income households. <br />Housing Rehabilitation Program <br />In FY 2015-2016, the City continued to contract with Neighborhood Solutions to administer the <br />City's Housing Rehabilitation Program which is designed to make homes safe and healthy for <br />homeowners. A total of 9 housing rehabilitation grants (7 minor home repair and 2 mobile <br />home repair) were provided. Of these 9 grants, 5 were for extremely low-income (30% AMI) <br />homeowners, 3 were for very low-income (50% AMI) homeowners, and 1 was for a <br />low-income (60% AMI) homeowner. Five of the grants were for seniors. <br />The housing rehabilitation program provided a wide range of improvements to the 9 <br />income-eligible homeowners including porch replacement, sewer replacement, water heater <br />replacement, new countertops, new flooring, backyard clean-up and new topsoil, roof <br />replacement, exterior paint, new hot water heater, new gas range and range hood, electrical <br />repair, plumbing repair of leak, American with Disability Act (ADA) toilets and grab bars, <br />mobile home leveling and new mobile home skirting. <br />Objective: Create Suitable Living Environment <br />Priority: Reduce housing discrimination. <br />Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity Housing (ECHO Housing) <br />The City continued to contract with ECHO Housing, a regional non-profit fair housing agency, <br />to provide fair housing services. ECHO Housing received 15 fair housing inquiries involving <br />24 clients, in which ECHO Housing provided information, counseling, and/or investigation in <br />fair housing inquiries or allegations of housing discrimination. ECHO Housing also educated <br />people about fair housing laws, rights, and responsibilities by conducting one Fair Housing <br />workshop for the East Bay Rental Housing Association (EBRHA), 2 training sessions for 27 <br />individuals, and 6 presentations to 79 members of the public. <br />Priority: Support public services <br />Child Abuse Listening, Interviewing, and Coordination Center (CALICO) <br />CALICO's San Leandro Child Abuse Intervention Project provides family support services to <br />improve mental health outcomes for San Leandro toddlers, children, adolescents, and adults <br />living with developmental disabilities who have suffered physical or sexual abuse or neglect, <br />and for the caregivers of those victims. During FY 2015-2016, CALICO served 44 San <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/13/2016