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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Consulting Services Agreement between the City of San Leandro and Rebuilding Together Oakland East Bay for $150,000 for the Administration of the Trailer Haven Mobile Home Grant Program
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to approve Amendment No. 1 to the Consulting Services Agreement between the City of San Leandro and 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.
BACKGROUND
On March 20, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution 2017-043 that approved a $150,000 Consulting Services Agreement (CSA) with Rebuilding Together Oakland/East Bay (Rebuilding Together) to administer a City program that provides housing rehabilitation grants to lower income mobile home owners at the Trailer Haven Mobile Home Community (Trailer Haven). 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 had been family-owned and operated since 1937. The park consists of 139 mobile home spaces and 34 RV spaces. After 79 years of continuous ownership, Trailer Haven was sold in August 2016.
Trailer Haven was sold to San Leandro Mobile Home & RV Park, LP (dba Trailer Haven Mobile Home Park). 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.
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