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File Number: 22-535 <br />programs address the City’s affordable housing, homelessness, and community development <br />needs, as identified in the City's current HUD-approved FYs 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated <br />Plan. <br />·$11,000 to Davis Street Family Resource Center to provide affordable housing <br />services, including affordable rental housing referrals/placement, to lower income <br />households. DSFRC supported 165 unduplicated clients in their housing counseling <br />program; of those clients, 60 were homeless individuals, 47 were walk-in clients and 73 <br />received printed information packets with local housing and shelter information. DSFRC <br />directly assisted 3 clients move into permanent housing, and 15 clients with emergency <br />hotel vouchers. <br />·$65,000 to Centro Legal de la Raza to provide San Leandrans with tenant and landlord <br />legal services and “know your rental rights” workshops. Centro Legal also subcontracts a <br />portion of their contract to ECHO Housing to provide information & referral, counseling, <br />and mediation/conciliation services. Centro Legal provided 92 households with legal <br />consultation and 6 households with legal representation; the top 3 types of housing issues <br />for which Centro Legal provided assistance were 1) unfair or illegal behavior by the <br />property owner/manager, 2) notices of termination of tenancy, and 3) Mobile Home Space <br />Rent Stabilization Ordinance rent increase cases. As a subcontractor to Centro Legal <br />under this grant, ECHO Housing provided tenant/landlord information/referral, counseling, <br />and conciliation to 98 clients. <br />·$35,930 to Bay Area Affordable Homeownership Alliance (BAAHA) to administer <br />and monitor the City's Homebuyer Programs. BAAHA assisted with the refinance of 6 <br />loans (first-time homebuyer and/or below market rate or BMR owners); conducted annual <br />monitoring of the City’s BMR ownership portfolio consisting of 68 homes; provided 15 <br />households with first time homebuyer counseling and BMR purchases, and conducted an <br />annual HUD-approved, free first-time homebuyer education seminar and a resource <br />workshop. <br />·$25,000 to Building Futures with Women and Children to provide emergency food <br />and housing to homeless women and children in addition to social support services; <br />BFWC provided 675 “bed nights” in its San Leandro shelter under this grant. <br />Current Agency Policies <br />Current City Council Policy is defined by the FY 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan <br />adopted by Resolution No. 2020-056 on June 15, 2020 and the Annual Action Plan for FY <br />2021-2022 adopted by Resolution No. 2021-065 on May 3, 2021. In addition, this FY 2021-2022 <br />CAPER covers the second year of the FY 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan cycle. <br />Applicable General Plan Policies <br />The General Plan Housing Element addresses the supply of affordable ownership and rental <br />housing in San Leandro in Goal 53 - Affordable Housing Development . Additionally, Goals 47 to <br />51 of the General Plan address the provision of community services and facilities in coordination <br />Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/14/2022