Reso 2021-065 HUD Final Action Plan 21-22

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Finally, as a result of the City's Emergency Rental Assistance Payment Program providing rent and/or utility relief payments to low income households who were financially impacted by COVID-19, the City is required by HUD to affirm those renter households that received 4 months or more of ERAP assistance are free of lead -based paint in their homes. There are an estimated 75 rental units that were approved for ERAP grants that will need to be evaluated for lead -based paint and, if necessary, remediated. City staff plans to work with two other area jurisdictions on a joint and cost -sharing contract with Alameda County Healthy Homes Department to carry -out this lead -based paint work for approximately $150,000, but staff is still assessing the affected units to refine this cost total for the Final Plan. The main obstacles to addressing the City's underserved needs are: 1) the continued reductions in funding levels for the CDBG and HOME programs, and 2) the excess of need far exceeding the amounts of funding available. Annual Action Plan 2021 21 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021)