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CAPER 16 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021) • The City's Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) was updated in January 2020 and will be implemented under the FY 2020-2024 Consolidated Planning period (July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025). The AI includes an examination of various indicators of discrimination and recommended actions that the City could take to address discrimination. See Table 1 (City of San Leandro’s Efforts to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing in the Jurisdiction). • The City’s Housing Division provides Chinese and Spanish translated affordable housing materials. Actions taken to reduce lead-based paint hazards. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) • As required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the City Building & Safety Services Division requires contractors to be EPA-lead certified before they can obtain necessary City building permits and before they can work on homes built prior to 1979. • The City's Minor Home Repair Program provides lead-based paint awareness and information literature to residents. Testing is always performed on homes with residents ages 6 years old and under. The Program utilizes lead abatement contractors to perform the necessary repairs. Similarly, the program requires EPA certificates from general contractors certifying their lead- based paint training. • When using federal funds for the acquisition and rehabilitation of apartments for preservation or maintenance of affordable housing, the City informs tenants of lead-based paint and complies with both EPA and HUD lead-based paint hazard reduction guidelines and regulations. Actions taken to reduce the number of poverty-level families. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) Through the use of CDBG and City General Funds, the City provided funding to six programs that assisted individuals to achieve economic independence and to preserve and build affordable housing. • Davis Street Employment and Housing Assistance Program assists low-income working clients to become job ready and/or secure employment and housing through one-on-one counseling with to define their employment goals, training needs, and housing goals. • Davis Street provides affordable housing search assistance and placement for income-qualified tenants. • Building Futures with Women & Children (BF) provides supportive services to homeless women and children at the San Leandro Emergency Shelter. In FY 22-23, BF provided emergency shelter and supportive services, including 3,714 meals and 1,238 bed nights directly supported by the City. All 73 clients received access to health care and group sessions to advance essential skills such as employment strategies, money management, housing strategies, and parenting skills. Out of the 84 women and children served, 48 exited to safe and stable permanent housing. • The City annually monitors 620 BMR rental units to maintain affordable housing for extremely low, very low, low, and moderate-income people and for special populations like seniors and the disabled.