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File Number: 19-451 <br />Similar to the last three fiscal years, this year’s CAPER document was prepared using HUD’s <br />required online format and includes an assessment of the progress towards achieving the <br />five-year goals and objectives, an evaluation of annual performance, and a financial summary. <br />Various HUD reports are included that provide information on the number of people served by <br />each project, and by categories such as race and income. Below is a summary of some of the <br />City’s notable activities and outcomes described in the FY 2018-2019 CAPER that highlights the <br />City’s accomplishments in the fourth completed year of its FY 2015-2020 HUD Consolidated <br />Plan. <br />Objective: Provide Decent Housing <br />Priority/Action: Affordable Housing Needs/Preserve existing affordable rental and <br />ownership housing for households at or below 80% Area Median Income. <br />Housing Rehabilitation Program: In FY 2018-2019, the City contracted with Rebuilding <br />Together (RT) Oakland | East Bay, for San Leandro’s housing rehabilitation program. The <br />Housing Rehabilitation Program’s goals are to make homes safe and livable for low-income <br />homeowners, preserve existing affordable ownership housing for low and moderate income <br />households, and allow seniors to age in place by providing grants to repair or rehabilitate houses <br />and/or house systems, if so desired. RT Oakland | East Bay was approved by the City Council in <br />spring 2017 to provide this service. <br />There were thirty-one (31) housing rehabilitation grants allocated to low-income San Leandro <br />households in FY 2018-2019. Of those households, there were 24 female-headed households <br />and 12 households owned by disabled or specials needs persons. Repairs included toilets and <br />plumbing fixtures replacements with higher efficiency products, installations of new water heaters, <br />electrical repairs, repairs to porches for dry rot and/or upgrades to failing hand rails, bathroom <br />subfloor replacements, new floorings, new roofs, gutters & downspouts, interior & exterior paint <br />work, fence repairs, and replacing windows with dual-pane energy efficient windows. Housing <br />Division staff is pleased with the progress in FY 2018-2019 over last year’s ramp-up of <br />operations made by RT Oakland | East Bay. <br />Objective: Provide a Suitable Living Environment <br />Priority/Action: Affordable Housing Needs/Reduce housing discrimination. <br />Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity Housing (ECHO Housing): In FY 2018-2019, the <br />City contracted with ECHO Housing, a regional non-profit fair housing agency, to provide fair <br />housing services in an effort to reduce housing discrimination. ECHO Housing received 22 fair <br />housing complaints involving 47 clients. ECHO Housing provided information, counseling, and/or <br />investigation into fair housing inquiries or allegations of housing discrimination. ECHO Housing <br />also provided education on fair housing laws, rights, and responsibilities through workshops, <br />trainings, and presentations. The City allocates CDBG general administration funds to ECHO <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/11/2019 <br />14