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CR -35 - Other Actions 91.220(j) -(k); 91.320(i) -(j) Actions taken to remove or ameliorate the negative effects of public policies that serve as barriers to affordable housing such as land use controls, tax policies affecting land, zoning ordinances, building codes, fees and charges, growth limitations, and policies affecting the return Ion residential investment. 91.220 (j); 91.320 (i) The City continues to work towards eliminating housing constraints that are identified in its CA State -certified Housing Element of the General Plan that serve as barriers to affordable housing. For instance, the City has approved Zoning Code amendments to implement SB 2 which permits group residential uses, such as homeless shelters, rooming and boarding houses, supportive housing, and residential care facilities, as a matter of right on Industrial -Light (IL) zoned parcels. The City has also approved Zoning Code amendments to the second unit ordinance to increase maximum size from 450 SF to a maximum range for 450 - 750 SF dependin on`lot g s►ze. Actions taken to address obstacles to meeting underserved needs. 91.220(k); 91.3200) Despite the difficulties of securing available adequate funding resources in meeting the City's underserved needs, the City addresses the underserved needs through the following: 1) Fostering and Maintaining Affordable Housing, and 2) Eliminating Barriers to Affordable Housing. Fostering and Maintaining Affordable Housing • The City annually monitors the preservation of 62 and/or regulated by the City/Redevelopment Agenc the Area Median Income. Additionally, the City mon • City staff continues to respond to inquiries from priv and rehabilitate or building affordable rental units'. 7 Housing Corporation to begin constructing the Corrie include 115 family units in Phase 1, which is nearinj units in Phase 2, which has submitted for tax credit ft • The City's Housing Rehabilitation Program provides program continues to preserve and improve the homeowners to age in place. Q Below -Market Rate (BMR) rental units (funded y) for tenants earning between 30% and 120% of itors 58 existing BMR home ownership units. ate and non-profit developers to acquire property his includes continuing to collaborate with BRIDGE rstone affordable rental housing project which will construction completion, and 85 senior housing ending in August 2016. grants to nine (9) owner -occupied homes. The City' existing housing stock and assist elderly • The City s Rent ReviewProgram, which is funded solely with City General Funds, provides a non-binding arbitration board review of eligible rent increase cases in San Leandro. Forty (40) Rent Review Board rases were heard by the Rent Review Board in fiscal year 2015-2016. Eliminating Barriers to Affordable Housing • The City's CA State -certified Housing Element of the General Plan identifies barriers to affordable housing and establishes "Goal 58: Elimination of Housing Constraints", which identifies policies and actions with implementation strategies to eliminate barriers. These policies include amending zoning regulations, streamlining permitting procedures, evaluating development fees, providing a customer - friendly environmental, resolving design issues, and correcting infrastructure deficiencies and soil • 1 ne City's Fair Housing Action Plan, which was implemented under the City's FY 2010-2014 HUD Five - Year Consolidated Plan period (July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2015), addresses the City's impediments identified in the Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) for the Alameda County HOME Consortium that was completed and adopted in January 2015. • The City provides Chinese- and Spanish -translated affordable housing programs/services brochures to the members of the public. These translated documents are also posted on the City website. City of San Leandro FY 2014-2015 CAPER 17 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)