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Staff Report for a Resolution Approving a Consulting Services Agreement for $150,000 between the City of San Leandro and Rebuilding Together for the Provision of Housing Rehabilitation Grants for Mobile Home Owners at Trailer Haven Mobile Home Community and City Council Appropriation of $150,000 from the General Fund Economic Uncertainty Reserves to Fund the Housing Rehabilitation Grant Program
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving a consulting services agreement with Rebuilding Together Oakland East Bay for $150,000 to administer a Housing Rehabilitation Grant Program for the mobile home owners at Trailer Haven Mobile Home Community. Staff also recommends that City Council approve an appropriation of $150,000 from General Fund Economic Uncertainty Reserves to fund the housing rehabilitation grant program.
BACKGROUND
The Trailer Haven Mobile Home Community (Trailer Haven) is an 8.23-acre property located at 2399 East 14th Street in San Leandro. As one of nine mobile home communities in the City, it has been family-owned and operated since 1937. Trailer Haven currently consists of 139 mobile home spaces and 34 RV spaces.
In August 2016, San Leandro Mobile Home & RV Park, LP (dba Trailer Haven Mobile Home Park) purchased the property. The new owner hired Cascade Corporation Management, an experienced manufactured home property management company, to manage Trailer Haven. In September 2016, Cascade provided all 139 Trailer Haven mobile home owners with 90-day rent increase notices to take effect January 1, 2017. The rent increase averaged $117 per trailer lot or space and was in addition to the $45 sewer and water fee that Cascade implemented on the existing mobile home owners.
In its efforts to provide relief to Trailer Haven mobile home owners, the City is collaborating with Rebuilding Together Oakland East Bay (Rebuilding Together) to administer a Housing Rehabilitation Gr...
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