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File Number: 17-333 <br />State/federal low income housing tax credits in 2017 and BRIDGE submitted building <br />permit plans for Phase 2 in late 2016 <br />GOAL 55: HOME OWNERSHIP <br />·The City conducted two free first-time homebuyers’ seminars in 2016, one in June and <br />one in December. <br />GOAL 56: AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSERVATION <br />·Nine lower income homeowners were approved for Minor Home Repair grants, <br />including two mobile home owners, under the City’s Owner-Occupied Housing <br />Rehabilitation Program. <br />·The City adopted amendments to the City's Rent Review Ordinance to more effectively <br />and efficiently administer the Rent Review Program. <br />·The City Council Rules Committee began the process of developing a tenant relocation <br />assistance program for City Council consideration in 2017. <br />GOAL 60: FAIR HOUSING <br />·ECHO Housing provided information, counseling, and/or investigation into 20 fair <br />housing complaints or allegations of housing discrimination: 7 for disability, 8 for <br />race/national origin, 3 for familial status and 2 for religion. ECHO also continued to <br />affirmatively further fair housing on behalf of the City through workshops, trainings, <br />public service announcements and fair housing audits. <br />The submission of the City’s 2016 Annual Progress Reports by June 30, 2017 is a <br />requirement for the City’s current application for $1,048,000 from the Metropolitan <br />Transportation Commission One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) funding to help with the <br />reconstruction of Washington Avenue from West Juana Avenue to Castro Street. The Federal <br />One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) funding is intended to support Alameda County Transportation <br />Commission’s (Alameda CTC) Sustainable Communities Strategy by linking transportation <br />dollars to land-use decisions and targeting transportation investments to support Priority <br />Development Areas (PDAs). <br />Previous Actions <br />The City Council adopted the 2015 Housing Element in January 2015, and the State HCD <br />certified the 2015 Housing Element Update in February 2015. <br />Attachments to Resolution <br />·Annual Progress Report 2016 <br />PREPARED BY: Tom Liao, Deputy Community Development Director <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/13/2017 <br />191