Title
Public Hearing on the FY 2021-2022 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER); Adopt a Resolution to Approve the FY 2021-2022 CAPER; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Related Documents and Submit the CAPER to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
• Housing and Homelessness
• Infrastructure
• Community Engagement and Outreach
• Race and Equity Initiatives
• Community & Business Development
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council 1) hold a public hearing on the FY 2021-2022 CAPER; 2) adopt a resolution to approve the FY 2021-2022 CAPER; and 3) authorize the City Manager to execute all related documents and submit the CAPER to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The CAPER has been available for public comment beginning August 26, 2022 through September 18, 2022. Upon adoption by the City Council, the CAPER will be combined with the Alameda County HOME Consortium’s reports (for the County and each Consortium member city) and submitted to HUD.
BACKGROUND
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires each jurisdiction that receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funds to prepare a Five-Year Consolidated Plan, an annual Action Plan, and an annual Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). The CAPER reports on all activities that took place during the fiscal year to assess the City’s overall progress in accomplishing the annual Action Plan and the Five-Year Consolidated Plan objectives. The FY 2021-2022 CAPER reports upon the activities and projects described in the FY 2021-2022 Action Plan, the second year of the City’s FY 2020-2024 HUD Consolidated Plan. It accounts for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
Analysis
The CAPER document was prepared using HUD’s required online format and includes an assessment of the progress towards achieving the five-year goals and objectives, an evaluation of annual performance, and a financial summary. Various HUD reports are included that provide information on the number of people served by each project, and by categories such as race and income. Below is a summary of some of the City’s notable activities and outcomes described in the FY 2021-2022 CAPER that highlights the City’s accomplishments in the second completed year of its FY 2020-2024 HUD Consolidated Plan.
Objective: Provide Decent Affordable Housing
Priority/Action: Affordable Housing Needs/Preserve existing affordable rental and ownership housing for households at or below 80% Area Median Income.
Minor Home Repair Program (Grant Amount: $150,000): In FY 2021-2022, the City contracted with Rebuilding Together (RT) Oakland | East Bay, for San Leandro’s housing preservation program. The Minor Home Repair Program’s goals are to make homes safe and livable for low-income homeowners, preserve existing affordable ownership housing for low- and moderate-income households, and allow seniors to age in place by providing grants to repair houses and/or house systems.
There were 20 housing rehabilitation grants allocated to households with either extremely low-, very low- or low-income senior citizens and/or disabled persons. The repairs that received grants in FY 2021-2022 included the installation of ADA grab bars, ramps and other accessibility improvements, plumbing repairs and fixture replacements, porch railing installments & dry rot repairs, replacement of water heater furnaces, interior and exterior painting, weatherization of windows or replacement with new dual glaze windows, roof repairs and/or replacements, energy efficiency upgrades, code enforcement related yard clean-up and/or fence repair/replacements, and earthquake retrofits. The goal of this program is to preserve existing affordable ownership housing for low- and moderate-income households and to allow senior citizens to age in place.
Lead-Based Paint Assessment of Emergency Rental Assistance Payment Program Properties (Grant Amount: $150,000): In FY 2021-2022, the City contracted with Rebuilding Together (RT) Oakland | East Bay, to ensure compliance with CDBG-CV (federal CARES Act funding for emergency purposes during the start of the pandemic in 2020) requirements under the Lead-Safe Housing Rule for properties older than 1978 and that received subsistence payments for more than 3 months. The City used its CDBG-CV for its Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) to assist lower income renters who were not able earn income due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Objective: Create a Suitable Living Environment
Priority/Action: Affordable Housing Needs/Reduce housing discrimination.
Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity Housing (ECHO Housing; Grant Amount: $10,000): In FY 2021-2022, the City contracted with ECHO Housing, a regional non-profit fair housing agency, to provide fair housing services in an effort to reduce housing discrimination. ECHO Housing received 28 fair housing complaints. ECHO Housing provided information, counseling, and/or investigation into fair housing inquiries and allegations of housing discrimination. ECHO Housing also provided education on fair housing laws, rights, and responsibilities through workshops, trainings, and presentations. The City allocates CDBG general administration funds for ECHO Housing's fair housing services that help the City affirmatively further fair housing.
Child Abuse Listening, Interviewing, and Coordination Center (CALICO; Grant Amount: $23,344): CALICO's San Leandro Child Abuse Intervention Project provides family support services to improve mental health outcomes for San Leandro toddlers, children, adolescents, and adults living with developmental disabilities who have suffered physical or sexual abuse or neglect, and for the caregivers of those victims. During FY 2021-2022, CALICO served 45 San Leandro clients comprised of 22 children and 23 adult caregivers of those children, exceeding their annual goal of 33 San Leandro clients by 136%.
Davis Street Family Resource Center (Grant Amount: $35,000): Davis Street’s Family Support Services Program provides “Basic Needs” services, including emergency food and clothing and other family support services such as medical/dental services, employment counseling, and housing assistance to low-income and working poor individuals and families. For FY 2021-2022, Davis Street provided support to 6,148 total unduplicated persons, all of which were San Leandro residents. Davis Street provided grocery bags to clients with the food equivalent of 54,888 meals.
SOS/Meals on Wheels (Grant Amount: $35,000): SOS/Meals on Wheels Program serves seniors (persons 60 years of age or older) unable to buy or prepare food for themselves. This meal delivery service provides warm, nutritious, and balanced meals that are one-third of a senior’s recommended daily dietary allowance. A secondary outcome of the service comes from food delivery staff reporting perceived illness or safety issues, which is a critical safety net for homebound seniors. In FY 2021-2022, a total of 385 homebound seniors were served by this program.
Spectrum Community Services (Grant Amount: $24,909): Spectrum works to support San Leandro Senior Citizens to stay healthy and independent by serving hot, nutritious meals in a supportive setting, five days a week. In FY 2021-2022, 181 low-income San Leandro senior citizens received hot, nutritious meals.
City Funded Housing Services/Programs
The City also appropriated General Funds to the following programs in FY 2021-2022. These programs address the City’s affordable housing, homelessness, and community development needs, as identified in the City's current HUD-approved FYs 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan.
• $11,000 to Davis Street Family Resource Center to provide affordable housing services, including affordable rental housing referrals/placement, to lower income households. DSFRC supported 165 unduplicated clients in their housing counseling program; of those clients, 60 were homeless individuals, 47 were walk-in clients and 73 received printed information packets with local housing and shelter information. DSFRC directly assisted 3 clients move into permanent housing, and 15 clients with emergency hotel vouchers.
• $65,000 to Centro Legal de la Raza to provide San Leandrans with tenant and landlord legal services and “know your rental rights” workshops. Centro Legal also subcontracts a portion of their contract to ECHO Housing to provide information & referral, counseling, and mediation/conciliation services. Centro Legal provided 92 households with legal consultation and 6 households with legal representation; the top 3 types of housing issues for which Centro Legal provided assistance were 1) unfair or illegal behavior by the property owner/manager, 2) notices of termination of tenancy, and 3) Mobile Home Space Rent Stabilization Ordinance rent increase cases. As a subcontractor to Centro Legal under this grant, ECHO Housing provided tenant/landlord information/referral, counseling, and conciliation to 98 clients.
• $35,930 to Bay Area Affordable Homeownership Alliance (BAAHA) to administer and monitor the City's Homebuyer Programs. BAAHA assisted with the refinance of 6 loans (first-time homebuyer and/or below market rate or BMR owners); conducted annual monitoring of the City’s BMR ownership portfolio consisting of 68 homes; provided 15 households with first time homebuyer counseling and BMR purchases, and conducted an annual HUD-approved, free first-time homebuyer education seminar and a resource workshop.
• $25,000 to Building Futures with Women and Children to provide emergency food and housing to homeless women and children in addition to social support services; BFWC provided 675 “bed nights” in its San Leandro shelter under this grant.
Current Agency Policies
Current City Council Policy is defined by the FY 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan adopted by Resolution No. 2020-056 on June 15, 2020 and the Annual Action Plan for FY 2021-2022 adopted by Resolution No. 2021-065 on May 3, 2021. In addition, this FY 2021-2022 CAPER covers the second year of the FY 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan cycle.
Applicable General Plan Policies
The General Plan Housing Element addresses the supply of affordable ownership and rental housing in San Leandro in Goal 53 - Affordable Housing Development. Additionally, Goals 47 to 51 of the General Plan address the provision of community services and facilities in coordination with non-profit and other social services providers. Such services range from library and childcare services to youth and senior services.
Summary of Public Outreach Efforts
A public notice for tonight’s public hearing was published in the East Bay Daily Review on August 26, 2022 and sent to a mailing list of those who have expressed interest in the City’s CDBG funding activities. Additionally, the public notice for this hearing was posted and the FY 2021-2022 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report was available for review at the Main Library and each of the branches, as well as at the Senior Center, the Marina Community Center, and at locations in City Hall including the City Clerk’s and Manager’s offices, and the Community Development Department’s Permit Center kiosk. Finally, the full document was posted on the City’s website (https://www.sanleandro.org/292/Housing-Plans). Upon request, a hard copy of the document may be made available to those without internet access or in a format accessible to persons with disabilities. Letters were sent on August 26, 2022, to the City’s “CDBG Mailing List,” which includes CDBG public service providers, homeowners’ associations, and community-based organizations.
ATTACHMENT
Attachment A: RESOLUTION of the City of San Leandro City Council to Approve the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) (approves the CAPER for submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
o Ex A1: FY 2021-2022 Public Review Draft, Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)
PREPARED BY: Maryann Sargent, Senior Housing Specialist, Community Development Department