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File Number: 18-392 <br />GOAL 56: AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSERVATION <br />·Policy 56.07 addresses Landlord-Tenant Relations, Action 56.07C focuses efforts on the <br />monitoring and reduction of displacement. In 2017, the City Council adopted the Tenant <br />Relocation Assistance Ordinance that requires landlords to pay relocation assistance to tenants <br />in good standing who must move because their rent increases are greater than 12% or if their <br />tenancy is terminated for no justifiable or exempted reason under the Ordinance. <br />GOAL 58: HOUSING FOR THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS <br />·City Council allocated $10,000 in CDBG funding to the nonprofit Housing Consortium of the East <br />Bay (HCEB) to make ADA accessibility upgrades to its group home in the City for persons with <br />developmental disabilities. <br />·The City annually allocates General Fund monies to assist with the operation of Building <br />Futures’ San Leandro Shelter. The City also annually allocates CDBG public service dollars to <br />the Davis Street Family Resource Center’s Basic Needs Program, SOS/Meals on Wheels, and <br />CALICO child abuse intervention services. <br />GOAL 59: REMOVING CONSTRAINTS TO NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT <br />·The City amended its Accessory Dwelling Unit Zoning Code in compliance with State mandated <br />streamlining requirements to foster ADU construction. <br />·The City Council adopted a Downtown Parking Management Plan that evaluated the parking <br />inventory, utilization and turnover of parking spaces. <br />GOAL 60: FAIR HOUSING <br />·ECHO Housing provided information, counseling, and/or investigation into 23 Fair Housing <br />complaints of housing discrimination involving 45 clients. <br />Future key actions under the Housing Element Update for the City to assess and implement include: <br />·Conduct an analysis and multi-year report (2016-2017) on the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. <br />The report summarizes revenues and how the Housing Division distributes those funds to <br />support the construction of new or the preservation of existing affordable housing. Sources of <br />funding include interest on existing balances, repayments of outstanding housing loans, <br />condominium conversion fees, and income from for sale in-lieu fees collected; <br />·Begin the process to amend the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance to consider enhanced housing in <br />lieu fee options; <br />·Establish a more streamlined monitoring system for Below Market Rate/Inclusionary Rental <br />Housing Units; <br />·Assist the nonprofit Eden Housing as needed on applications to affordable housing financing <br />sources for its proposed Parrott Street Apartments. <br />Previous Actions <br />The City Council adopted the 2015-2023 Housing Element in January 2015, and the California <br />Department of Housing and Community Development certified the 2015 Housing Element Update in <br />February 2015. <br />On February 21, 2017, Housing Services staff presented the findings of the 2014 & 2015 Annual <br />Progress Reports submitted to the California Department of Housing and Community Development. <br />On June 19, 2017, Housing Services staff presented the findings of the 2016 Annual Progress Report <br />submitted to the California Department of Housing and Community Development. <br />Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 8/28/2018 <br />160