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File Number: 21-522 <br />The CAPER document was prepared using HUD’s required online format and includes an <br />assessment of the progress towards achieving the five-year goals and objectives, an evaluation <br />of annual performance, and a financial summary. Various HUD reports are included that provide <br />information on the number of people served by each project, and by categories such as race and <br />income. Below is a summary of some of the City’s notable activities and outcomes described in <br />the FY 2020-2021 CAPER that highlights the City’s accomplishments in the first completed year <br />of its FY 2020-2024 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 (Grant Amount: $150,000): In FY 2020-2021, the City <br />contracted with Rebuilding Together (RT) Oakland | East Bay, for San Leandro’s housing <br />rehabilitation program. The Housing Rehabilitation Program’s goals are to make homes safe and <br />livable for low-income homeowners, preserve existing affordable ownership housing for low and <br />moderate income households, and allow seniors to age in place by providing grants to repair or <br />rehabilitate houses and/or house systems. RT Oakland | East Bay was approved by the City <br />Council in Spring 2017 to provide this service. <br />There were 20 housing rehabilitation grants allocated to low-income households including 19 <br />households with either extremely low-, very low- or low-income senior citizens and/or disabled <br />persons. The repairs that received grants in FY 2020-2021 included the installation of ADA grab <br />bars, ramps & other accessibility improvements, plumbing repairs & fixture replacements, porch <br />railing installments & dry rot repairs, replacement of water heater furnaces, interior and exterior <br />painting, weatherization of windows or replacement with new dual glaze windows, roof repairs <br />and/or replacements, energy efficiency upgrades, code enforcement related yard clean-up and/or <br />fence repair/replacements, and earthquake retrofits. The goal of this program is to preserve <br />existing affordable ownership housing for low- and moderate-income households and to allow <br />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; Grant Amount: <br />$10,000): In FY 2020-2021, the City contracted with ECHO Housing, a regional non-profit fair <br />housing agency, to provide fair housing services in an effort to reduce housing discrimination. <br />ECHO Housing received 50 fair housing complaints. ECHO Housing provided information, <br />counseling, and/or investigation into fair housing inquiries or allegations of housing <br />discrimination. ECHO Housing also provided education on fair housing laws, rights, and <br />responsibilities through workshops, trainings, and presentations. The City allocates CDBG <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/15/2021