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File Number: 19-340 financing that it needs to proceed with construction. For housing moderate- and above moderate-income households, see Attachment B, Table A on page 2. This is the summary of all housing development applications that have been received and that are in the process of or have received planning entitlements. This table shows the current pipeline for new housing developments in the City of San Leandro which illustrates that the City is making notable progress to meet the SB 35 goals. Below are highlights of those housing development proposals: ·915 Antonio Street-New development of 687 rental housing units (entitlements approved by Board of Zoning Adjustments in early 2019); ·1188 East 14th Street-New development of 197 rental housing units plus ground floor retail (including a specialty grocery store hopefully); ·268 Parrott Street-New development of 22 townhome/condominiums (entitlements approved by BZA in June 2019); Throughout the City, there are 15 Accessory Dwelling Units that have either received or are currently in the entitlement process. The City’s Housing Division activities continue to be curtailed by the elimination in 2012 of Redevelopment Agency tax-increment financing dedicated to affordable housing development and preservation. The City’s ability to achieve several of its Housing Element goals and objectives cannot be accomplished without enhanced and additional affordable housing funding sources locally, regionally, State-wide and federally. For example, the First Time Homebuyer (FTHB) Loan Program and the Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Loan Programs have been eliminated or severely reduced since 2012. The elimination of the FTHB Loan program mainly impacts moderate income households. The Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program now relies primarily on federal CDBG Program funds, which have been declining for decades. Another funding source for the City’s Housing programs include the local Affordable Housing Trust Fund that consists mainly of repayments of older FTHB and Rehabilitation Loans in addition to some in-lieu payments for housing developments subject to the City’s Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance (IZ). Deposits of funds from the latter program are dependent on a more active housing market and a need to amend the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance to consider a housing in lieu fee for rental housing which currently does not exist. The City anticipates a more active housing construction market in the coming year, based on the new housing projects in the entitlement pipeline described above. Regarding the option for a rental housing in lieu fee, the City is projecting to amend the IZ Ordinance by 2020. Some of the City’s key goals and accomplishments in 2018 include: GOAL 53: AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ·La Vereda (aka Marea Alta Phase 2 or San Leandro Senior housing) construction of 85 units of affordable rental senior housing was well on the way to being completed. In March 2018 the lottery was conducted and there were 2,236 lottery applicants for the 22 of the 85 available units. The other units were filled from the Housing Authority of Alameda County Section 8 wait list. ·In 2018 City of San Leandro Housing Division staff worked with Eden Housing to pursue Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities grant and loan funding for an affordable housing development near the San Leandro BART station in 2018. The application was unsuccessful in securing funds. Eden Housing worked independently to apply for other housing development subsidies in 2018. GOAL 56: AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSERVATION ·In 2018 City Housing Division staff actively worked with Rebuilding Together Oakland/East Bay to establish their program for City residents. In 2018 there were 15 home rehabilitation grants awarded and completed under the CDBG program. Additionally, under the Trailer Haven Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/25/2019 122