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File Number: 17-190 <br />Due to limits in City staffing and technical capacity, the City began outsourcing administration <br />of the program in 2003 to Neighborhood Solutions, an experienced administrator of municipal <br />rehabilitation programs. In January 2017, due to unexpected and extenuating circumstances, <br />Neighborhood Solutions informed the City that they would no longer be able to administer the <br />Housing Rehab Program effective immediately. <br />Consequently, the City expeditiously issued a Request for Proposal for administration of the <br />Housing Rehab Program on January 19, 2017. The City received only one proposal from <br />Rebuilding Together Oakland East Bay (Rebuilding Together). Rebuilding Together is an <br />affiliate of Rebuilding Together, Inc., which was formerly known as Christmas in April, a <br />leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalized communities. <br />Analysis <br />Rebuilding Together has the expertise and experience to administer San Leandro’s Housing <br />Rehabilitation Program. Rebuilding Together currently administers the housing rehabilitation <br />programs for the Cities of Oakland and Hayward. Rebuilding Together staff has the <br />knowledge of construction standards and is also well versed in the regulations and <br />requirements of HUD’s CDBG program. The City Council also recently approved in March <br />2017 a contract with Rebuilding Together to administer a similar home improvement grant <br />program for Trailer Haven Mobile Home Park residents. <br />Since the dissolution of the City’s Redevelopment Agency in 2012, the Housing Rehab <br />Program has been funded solely with federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) <br />funds. Prior to the dissolution of the City’s Redevelopment Agency, Housing Set-Aside funds <br />were used to fund both grants and loans to income eligible homeowners. <br />Rebuilding Together will serve as the City’s program administrator and provide administrative <br />services such as: <br />·reviewing prospective homeowners’ applications for income-eligibility <br />·providing inspection services, <br />·managing construction progress and completion, <br />·monitoring contractors for compliance with federal CDBG regulations as well as with <br />local and State health, safety, and building laws. <br />The contract will allow Rebuilding Together to award grants to approximately twenty-five (25) <br />homeowners until June 30, 2018. The $193,595 budget allocates $34,500 to Rebuilding <br />Together’s administrative budget and the remaining $159,095 for rehabilitation grants directly <br />to qualified homeowners. <br />Current Agency Policies <br />Current Council policy is defined by the FY 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan, adopted by <br />Resolution No. 2015-080 on April 20, 2015. <br />Previous Actions <br />On May 2, 2016, the City Council approved the FY 2016-2017 Action Plan; this housing <br />activity program is described in the Action Plan. <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 4/24/2017 <br />154