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May 2022 as Affordable Housing Month
WHEREAS, quality affordable homes are vital to healthy, safe, and inclusive communities; and
WHEREAS, even before the COVID-19 pandemic, rising housing costs led longtime residents to be displaced, live in overcrowded homes, or experience homelessness, threatening our region’s racial diversity and economic opportunity; and
WHEREAS, the short-term protections afforded to renters during the pandemic are coming to an end, requiring long-term, sustainable solutions to promote housing security; and
WHEREAS, stable affordable homes are the solution to homelessness; and
WHEREAS, San Leandro is committed to advancing programs and policies that promote affordable development and advance fair housing for low-income communities and communities of color in their 6th Cycle Housing Element; and
WHEREAS, regional housing organizations are continuing to recognize May as Bay Area Affordable Housing Month because regional action to expand affordability and stability are key parts of recovery from the pandemic, and ensure that everyone has a home; and
WHEREAS, East Bay Housing Organizations has organized Affordable Housing Week for 26 years, acknowledging the need for and benefits of affordable homes.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that I, Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter, do hereby proclaim May as “Affordable Housing Month” in San Leandro.
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that San Leandro will continue its support of affordable and stable housing at the local, regional, state, and federal levels.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of San Leandro to be affixed this 2nd day of May 2022