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Policy/Action <br />Responsible City Staff, Department or <br />Action 6.1: Continue to support financial <br />training and homebuyer assistance <br />Programs. <br />Fair Housing Matrix -pg 14 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) <br />Description of ActivityI Accomplishments <br />In FY 2016-17 <br />HOME Consortium Jurisdictions shall <br />continue to support and/or publicize <br />organizations that provide financial <br />literacy and homebuyer education <br />classes. As resources allow, the <br />jurisdictions will also continue to <br />support municipal downpayment and <br />mortgage assistance programs that <br />serve low- and moderate -income <br />households. <br />CAPER <br />The City of San Leandro annually funds <br />the Bay Area Affordable Housing Alliance <br />(BAAHA—formerly Bay Area Home Buyer <br />Agency) to administer and monitor the <br />City's First -Time Homebuyer Program. <br />Services provided by SAAHA includes <br />homebuyer counseling in the form of <br />scheduled individual homebuyer <br />counseling sessions, seminars, and <br />workshops. BAAHA's program in <br />homebueyer couseling is an integral part <br />of expanding education opportunities and <br />financial literacy for low to moderate <br />income homebuyers in its designated <br />geographic region. Counseling sessions <br />are delivered by BAAHA staff and <br />partnering non-profit U.S. Department of <br />Housing and Urban Development certified <br />counselors. <br />35 <br />