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Staff Report for a Resolution of the City of San Leandro City Council to Approve a Consulting Services Agreement for $100,000 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds Between the City of San Leandro and Rebuilding Together Oakland-East Bay for the Provision of Housing Rehabilitation Grants.
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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 $100,000 to administer the City's Housing Rehabilitation Program from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. This Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Housing Activity project is authorized by the City Council as part of the City's FY2018-19 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan and will be funded by CDBG grant funds.
BACKGROUND
Since 1989, the City's Housing Rehabilitation Program (Housing Rehab Program) has been popular and effective in assisting very low-income homeowners, especially fixed-income seniors, to improve and affordably remain in their homes and age in place. Also, the Housing Rehab Program contributes to the City's efforts to preserve its aging housing stock. These are all efforts to advance the goals in the City's Housing Element of the General Plan.
The Housing Rehab Program provides grants of up to $5,000 to homeowners to improve and maintain their homes. The grants are available to eligible owner-occupants of single-family homes, duplexes, and mobile homes, and can pay for minor home repairs, mobile home repairs, accessibility upgrades, exterior paint, exterior yard clean-up, and seismic strengthening. Successfully completed rehabilitation projects include sewer lateral replacements, water heater replacements, roof replacements and repairs, electrical repairs, plumbing repairs, installations of ADA compliant bathroom fixtures, mobile home leveling and new mobile home skirting. Eligibility is based on income. For...
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