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File Number: 20-470 <br />Similar to the last four 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 2019-2020 CAPER that highlights the <br />City’s accomplishments in the fifth completed year of its FY 2015-2020 HUD Consolidated Plan. <br />Objective: Provide Decent Affordable 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 2019-2020, 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. RT Oakland | East Bay was approved by the City Council in spring 2017 to <br />provide this service. <br />There were 12 housing rehabilitation grants allocated to low-income households including 4 <br />households with either extremely low- and low-income senior citizens and/or disabled persons. <br />The repairs that received grants in FY 2019-2020 included the installation of ADA grab bars and <br />other accessibility improvements, plumbing repairs and fixture replacements, porch railing <br />installments and dry rot repairs, replacement of water heater furnace, exterior painting, <br />weatherization of windows or replacement with new dual glaze, roof repairs, energy efficiency <br />upgrades, and code enforcement related yard clean-up and/or fence repair/replacement. The <br />goal of this program is to preserve existing affordable ownership housing for low- and <br />moderate-income households and to allow senior citizens to age in place. <br />Objective: Create 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 2019-2020, 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 35 fair <br />housing complaints. ECHO Housing provided information, counseling, and/or investigation into <br />fair housing inquiries or allegations of housing discrimination. ECHO Housing also provided <br />education on fair housing laws, rights, and responsibilities through workshops, trainings, and <br />presentations. The City allocates CDBG general administration funds to ECHO Housing's fair <br />housing services. <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/11/2020