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File Number: 22-610 <br />goals. The RHNA is an effort to quantify what each city and county should construct as part of its “fair <br />share” of housing to accommodate demographic growth projections for all income levels. The following <br />was included in the APR for 2021 that was submitted to the California Department of Housing and <br />Community Development (CA HCD): <br />1)Status updates on the implementation of the following policy goals/objectives identified in the <br />Housing Element; <br />a.New housing opportunities <br />b.Affordable housing development <br />c.Administration of housing programs <br />d.Home ownership <br />e.Affordable housing conservation <br />f.Green and sustainable neighborhoods <br />g.Special needs populations <br />h.Elimination of housing constraints <br />i.Fair housing <br />2)Progress during the calendar year in meeting San Leandro’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation <br />(RHNA) for housing units completed (including regulated affordable housing-itemizing by <br />affordability level); <br />3)The number of housing development applications received in the calendar year; <br />4)The number of housing units included in all development applications in the calendar year; and <br />5)The total number of new housing units completed to date (i.e., summary of construction <br />completions from 2015-2021). <br />The City’s ability to achieve several of its Housing Element goals and objectives cannot be <br />accomplished without enhanced or additional affordable housing funding sources locally, regionally, <br />State-wide and federally. For example, the First Time Homebuyer (FTHB) Downpayment Assistance <br />Loan Program and the Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Loan Programs were eliminated when <br />the state ended redevelopment in 2012. The City refers income-eligible first-time homebuyers to other <br />publicly funded homeownership loan or grant programs. Because the Housing Rehabilitation Loan <br />Program requires a large annual allocation of funding (approx. $300,000), the City focuses on <br />administering an Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Grant Program (up to $5,000 per eligible <br />homeowner) with an annual budget of $150,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant <br />Program (CDBG) funding. <br />Another funding source for the City’s affordable housing programs include the local Affordable Housing <br />Trust Fund (AHTF) that consists mainly of repayments from past FTHB and Rehabilitation Loans in <br />addition to in-lieu payments from ownership housing developments subject to the City’s Inclusionary <br />Zoning Ordinance. Deposits of funds into the AHTF are dependent on a more active housing <br />construction market and a need to amend the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance to enhance the existing <br />housing in lieu fee requirements for new ownership and rental housing, which currently does not exist. <br />Some of the City’s key goals and accomplishments in 2021 include: <br />GOAL 53: AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT <br />·Nonprofit developer Eden Housing completed construction of “Loro Landing” the new name for <br />the Parrot Street Apartments that consist of 62 housing units. The City awarded a total of $5 <br />million in early 2018: $1 million in City Housing Successor Agency revenues plus $4 million from <br />the City of San Leandro’s allocation of the A-1 Alameda County Housing Bond approved by <br />voters in 2016. <br />·Entitlements were approved for the Centro Callan mixed-use development. Located at 1188 <br />East 14th Street, there will be 196 multi-family housing units, ground floor grocery and retail, as <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/2/2022