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CAPER 11 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021) There are multiple reasons why the City does not use CDBG funds for increasing the supply of affordable housing and addressing the homeless crisis. First, there are significant costs associated with constructing affordable housing for the general population and supportive housing for the formerly homeless population. The funding available in the City’s annual CDBG allocation are not enough to meaningfully commit to an affordable housing development. In addition, the statutorial hurdles and documentation requirements of CDBG funding is too steep for the amount of funding that can be provided. Second, there is significant staffing infrastructure needed to provide the programtic review and project management of these types of financing products by Cities. Staffing attrition and City priorities to reduce costs of operation mean that staffing is not sufficient to meaningfully carryout many of these identified goals. Discuss how these outcomes will impact future annual action plans. The City continues to prepare its annual action plans based on projected decreases in funding levels. There are significant efforts both regionally and at the State level to address decreased funding for affordable housing development. The 2017-18 Regular Session of the California State Legislature passed one bill (of many other housing-related legislation) sought to generate--and distribute directly to cities-- funds for new affordable housing production. The Building Homes and Jobs Act (SB 2, Atkins 2017) established a permanent source of funding for affordable housing through a $75 fee on real estate document filings. In FY 21-22 the City received its first entitlement from the resulting program “Permanent Local Housing Allocation” in the amount of just under $350,000 from filing fees during calendar year 2019. The statewide Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program is a competitive funding program that encourages collaboration between affordable housing developers, jurisdictions and transit agencies to fund affordable housing development and transportation infrastructure and amenities. City staff will continue encouraging affordable housing developers and area transit agencies to collaborate in an application to AHSC for funding when a viable and competitive housing and transportation development is ready to move forward. Alameda County Measure A-1 was a voter-approved initiative authorizing a $580 million general obligation bond to invest in regional efforts to address the lack of affordable housing. The City of San Leandro had a base allocation of these funds in the amount of over $10 million. A-1 funds are specifically designated for affordable rental housing development with the goal of creating and preserving affordable housing. City staff committed $4 million of these funds to Parrott Street Apartments, a 62 unit affordable rental apartments on San Leandro Boulevard across the street from the San Leandro BART stations. Additionally, Parrot Street Apartments secured funding through the county-wide competitive pool for affordable housing development allowing it to proceed in applying for LIHTC funding. The remaining City A-1 funding allocation were combined with the City’s Low/Mod Housing Asset fund and the City released a Request for Proposals in February 2021. The non-profit affordable housing developer, Abode Commuities of Los Angeles (not to be confused with Abode Services of