Berkeley City Council
July 23, 2024

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How do HOME rents / Fair Market Rent compare to Area Median Rent? How might this impact your strategy to produce or preserve affordable housing? Berkeley’s Area Median Rents are higher than the HOME rents and Fair Market Rents. Services providers have difficulty identifying units for Shelter Plus Care certificate holders within Berkeley. In addition, Area Median Rents are continuing to rise.

The annual Average Market Rents table produced by the City’s Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board shows the average market rents for new tenancies in units subject to rent stabilization from 1998 to 2018. The table showing median rents for new tenancies for 2018 is below (General/INFO_Market%20Medians%20Report%20for%20Q3%20and%20Q4%20of%202018.pdf). The City’s affordable housing strategy has and continues to emphasize producing and preserving affordable housing.

Figure 5 – 2018 New Tenancies
Source: Market Medians: January 1999 through December 2018, Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board Report, March 21, 2019
Discussion
In addition to rising housing costs, Berkeley has experienced rising costs for producing affordable housing. According to the 2019 International Construction Market Survey by Turner and Townsend (http://www.turnerandtownsend.com/en/perspectives/international-construction-market-survey- 2019/#), the Bay Area currently has the most expensive constructions costs in the nation, with the average construction cost per square foot at $416. The next most expensive city is New York, at an average of $368 per square foot. Especially given the limited amount of HOME funding the City now receives, these high development costs require developers to pursue multiple, highly competitive sources of funding which can take years to assemble. New State of California housing programs, new County funds, and new local funds have dramatically improved the affordable housing funding climate in the past few years, but high costs and assembling multiple sources still remain challenging for local affordable housing developers. Prior to the waiver of HOME commitment deadlines, using HOME was very challenging for the City. The City does not receive enough HOME funds to fund new construction at the needed levels, and smaller rehabilitation projects are often not feasible due to HOME rehab scope and affordability requirements. Federal waiver of commitment deadlines and having local bond funds Attachment 4

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available for a pipeline of projects have helped greatly. When the deadlines are reinstated, the City may need to explore using HOME funds for Tenant Based Rental Assistance to avoid the risk of recapture.

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MA-20 Housing Market Analysis: Condition of Housing – 91.210(a) Introduction
As previously mentioned, most of Berkeley’s buildings were constructed between 1875 and 1940 with almost half of all Berkeley’s housing stock consisting of single-family units. Of the multi-family units, 7,765 units (or 16 percent) are in buildings with 20 or more units. The age of the housing stock in Berkeley is much older when compared to other areas. Ninety-four percent of Berkeley’s housing stock was built before 1979, compared to 81.1 percent in neighboring Oakland (http://www.acphd.org/media/500604/health,%20housing%20in%20oakland.pdf). Despite the prevalence of older units in Berkeley, the City’s housing stock is in very good condition. This is likely due to the amount of owner-occupied units, single-family units, and high property values.

Over time the City has implemented a variety of programs to upgrade the quality of housing units in the City, including home rehabilitation loan programs and the Rental Housing Safety Program. Based on the experience with these programs, the rapid increase in property values in Berkeley over the last decade coupled with the availability of home equity loans for home rehabilitation, the City believes a very small number of housing units in Berkeley have significant rehabilitation needs.

Definitions
The City of Berkeley uses HUD’s Housing Quality Standards (HQS) to define “standard condition” for units in the rental assistance programs. HQS consists of the following thirteen performance requirements: sanitary facilities; food preparation and refuse disposal; space and security; thermal environmental; structure and materials; interior air quality; water supply; lead-based paint; access; site and neighborhood; sanitary condition; and smoke detectors. For example, the dwelling unit must have suitable space and equipment to store, prepare, and serve food in a sanitary manner in order to satisfy the performance requirement for food preparation and refuse disposal.

This table displays the number of housing units, by tenure, based on the number of “conditions” the units has. Selected conditions are similar to housing problems in the Needs Assessment and are 1) lacks complete plumbing facilities, 2) lacks complete kitchen facilities, 3) more than one person per room, and 4) cost burden greater than 30 percent. The table also calculates the percentage of total units that the category represents.

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Condition of Units
Condition of Units Owner-Occupied Renter-Occupied
Number % Number %
With one selected Condition 5,720 29% 12,985 49%
With two selected Conditions 75 0% 765 3%
With three selected Conditions 0 0% 120 0%
With four selected Conditions 0 0% 0 0%
No selected Conditions 13,790 70% 12,465 47%
Total 19,585 99% 26,335 99%
Table 42 - Condition of Units
Data Source: 2011-2015 ACS

Year Unit Built
Year Unit Built Owner-Occupied Renter-Occupied
Number % Number %
2000 or later 325 2% 2,210 8%
1980-1999 895 5% 2,505 10%
1950-1979 2,905 15% 10,570 40%
Before 1950 15,465 79% 11,055 42%
Total 19,590 101% 26,340 100%
Table 43 – Year Unit Built
Data Source: 2011-2015 CHAS

Risk of Lead-Based Paint Hazard
Risk of Lead-Based Paint Hazard Owner-Occupied Renter-Occupied Number % Number %
Total Number of Units Built Before 1980 18,370 94% 21,625 82% Housing Units build before 1980 with children present 473 2% 159 1% Table 44 – Risk of Lead-Based Paint
Data Source: 2011-2015 ACS (Total Units) 2011-2015 CHAS (Units with Children present)

Vacant Units
Suitable for
Rehabilitation
Not Suitable for
Rehabilitation
Total
Vacant Units Not Available Not Available Not Available Abandoned Vacant Units Not Available Not Available Not Available REO Properties Not Available Not Available Not Available Abandoned REO Properties Not Available Not Available Not Available Table 45 - Vacant Units
Data Source Comments: Data not available.

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Vacancy Rates
The original Vacant Units Table above generated by HUD using CHAS data does not include any information on vacancy rates. Information from the 2015 Housing Element including available data is represented below.

Because of the high cost of and high demand for housing in Berkeley, vacant and abandoned units have not been a common problem. The City does not track which units are suitable for rehabilitation and which are not. The Planning & Development Department reports anecdotally that virtually any property in Berkeley can be rehabilitated because of the demand and high market prices for housing. Vacancy rates in Berkeley were relatively level at around four percent from 1970-2000 and increased to seven percent in 2010 according to the decennial census.

Since the Bay Area’s rapid recovery from the recession, vacancy rates have dropped throughout the region. According to the 2013-2017 ACS 5-year estimates, Berkeley has a homeowner vacancy rate of

0.3 percent and a rental vacancy rate of 2.8 percent. Another data source, The Comprehensive Housing Market Analysis for Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley by HUD, based on the end of 2016 (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/pdf/OaklandCA-comp-17.pdf), estimated the rental vacancy rate to be at nearly three percent (2.7%) and the sales housing market with an overall estimated vacancy rate of just over half a percent (0.6%).

In many urban areas, a “normal” vacancy rate is about two percent for owner-occupied housing, six to seven percent for rental housing, and about five percent overall. Although it is difficult to pinpoint what an acceptable vacancy rate is, an internet search of “normal vacancy rate” finds numerous references in real estate reports, housing studies, academic research, and other documents to a “normal” vacancy rate for a housing market in balance as being about five percent overall, two percent for ownership housing, and six or seven percent for rental housing. Many ordinances use a five percent long-term vacancy rate as the measure of a healthy rental market.

Occupied Housing Units and Vacancy Rates, 1970 to 2010
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Number of Housing Units 46,160 46,334 45,735 46,875 49,454 Occupied Housing Units or Households 44,494 44,704 43,453 44,955 46,029 Vacant Housing Units 1,666 1,630 2,282 1,920 3,425
Vacancy Rate 3.6% 3.5% 5.0% 4.1% 6.9%
Figure 6 – Occupied Housing Units and Vacancy Rates
Source: City of Berkeley 2015 Housing Element

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Need for Owner and Rental Rehabilitation
As shown by the data above, more than half of Berkeley’s housing stock does not have any of the selected quality conditions. Among the housing units that do have any of the reported conditions, high cost compared to the resident’s income (cost burden) is by far the most common problem. At the same time, the vast majority of Berkeley’s housing stock is more than 30 years old. Due to the age of the housing stock, rehabilitation is often needed to bring the housing up to current standards, particularly in regard to accessibility features for people with disabilities. Because many Berkeley residents are housing cost-burdened, there is also a need for affordable rehabilitation opportunities.

The City supports the rehabilitation of ownership and rental units through a variety of efforts. For ownership units, the City administers the Senior and Disabled Rehabilitation Loan Program. This program provides a zero interest deferred loan to low- and moderate-income senior and disabled homeowners to improve their homes. The City also provides funding to several local non-profit agencies for minor rehabilitation of units owned or rented by low-income households. For rental housing in the Housing Choice Voucher and Shelter Plus Care programs, the units are routinely inspected to ensure they meet HUD’s Housing Quality Standard requirements. All rental units in the City participate in the Rental Housing Safety Program. Part of the program is reactive/complaint-based were state-mandated housing code inspections are conducted in response to complaints. Another part of the program is proactive whereas inspections are performed on randomly selected residential rental properties. The program also has a Safety Certification Checklist which requires owners of rentals to annually inspect their units and certify that specific housing safety standards are being met.

Low income Berkeley residents can also take advantage of Alameda County’s Lead Hazard Repair grants.

Grants are available for owners of pre-1978 rental and owner-occupied residential properties throughout Alameda County. Income, occupancy and other eligibility requirements apply. Pre-1960 housing units are a priority. Service includes free lead testing, up to $10,000 per unit for lead hazard repairs, and project assistance to help make your home or property lead-safe.

Estimated Number of Housing Units Occupied by Low or Moderate Income Families with LBP Hazards
From the Number of Households Table (see Needs Assessment), there are 3,635 small family households at or below 80 percent HUD Area Median Family Income (HAMFI) income category and there are 300 large family households in the same income category. Therefore, approximately eight and a half percent of housing units are occupied by low income families. Applying that percentage to the total number of units built before 1980, an estimated 3,400 housing units occupied by low income families may contain Lead-Based Paint (LBP) hazards.

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with children in the City, or 18.6 percent of households. Therefore, the figures above appear to be too low and are likely incorrect.

The Alameda County Healthy Homes Department (ACHHD) administers HUD-funded lead hazard control grants in Alameda County and since July 1, 2015, has completed lead evaluations at 52 pre-1978 low- income housing units and has made 49 housing units lead-safe at 21 properties. Among the evaluated pre-1978 low-income housing it was found that 51 out of 52 units (98 percent) tested in Berkeley between 2015 and 2019 had lead hazards.

The ACHHD was recently awarded a new 42-month lead hazard control grant which is expected to begin January 1, 2020. The ACHHD will market to and expects to enroll eligible Berkeley properties into the program which will complete 144 units County-wide over the grant period.

Discussion
Generally, Berkeley’s housing stock is in very good condition. Needs for rehabilitation are for low income homeowners, rental housing affordable to people with low incomes, and in accessibility improvements.

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MA-25 Public and Assisted Housing – 91.210(b)
Introduction
N/A
Totals Number of Units
Program Type
Certificate Mod-
Rehab
Public
Housing
Vouchers
Total Project -
based
Tenant -
based

Special Purpose Voucher
Veterans
Affairs
Supportive
Housing
Family
Unification
Program
Disabled
*
# of units
vouchers
available 0 98 0 1995 300 1695 20 0 40
# of accessible
units
*includes Non-Elderly Disabled, Mainstream One-Year, Mainstream Five-year, and Nursing Home Transition Table 46 – Total Number of Units by Program Type
Data Source: PIC (PIH Information Center)

Describe the supply of public housing developments:

Describe the number and physical condition of public housing units in the jurisdiction, including those that are participating in an approved Public Housing Agency Plan:

Not applicable. BHA no longer owns the 61 units of former public housing. Via the disposition process, the units were sold to a private developer (Related California) that rehabilitated and will operate the units as permanently affordable housing under the Project-based Vouchers program.

Public Housing Condition
Public Housing Development Average Inspection Score
Not Applicable Not Applicable
Table 47 - Public Housing Condition

Describe the restoration and revitalization needs of public housing units in the jurisdiction:

N/A
Describe the public housing agency's strategy for improving the living environment of low- and moderate-income families residing in public housing:

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N/A
Discussion:

The Berkeley Housing Authority administers a voucher program only.

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MA-30 Homeless Facilities and Services – 91.210(c)
Introduction
The City funds a wide range of homeless programs including 298 year round shelter beds and 30 seasonal shelter beds. After working hours, unfilled beds are filled through an evening Centralized Shelter Reservation Hotline. BOSS Harrison House shelter has 10 beds reserved for Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Agency (BHCS). The remaining beds are available to literally homeless individuals and families who have been assessed by the North County Housing Resource Center or the Family Front Door, the Housing Resource Center for literally homeless families.

The City funds 27 transitional housing beds in two programs, and three other programs operate without City funding.

The City funds six programs which provide support services in permanent housing. Four are associated with specific sites, while the others serve tenants renting private apartments using rental subsidies.

Facilities and Housing Targeted to Homeless Households
Emergency Shelter Beds Transitional
Housing Beds
Permanent Supportive Housing
Beds
Year Round Beds
(Current & New)
Voucher /
Seasonal /
Overflow Beds
Current & New Current & New Under
Development
Households with Adult(s) and
Child(ren) 56 15 beds (5 units) 35 2
Households with Only Adults 242 30 49 224 53
Chronically Homeless Households 0 0 206 53
Veterans 0 0 22 10 0
Unaccompanied Youth 0 12 10 0
Table 48 - Facilities and Housing Targeted to Homeless Households Data Source Comments: City of Berkeley

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Note: There is no Consolidated Plan generated Table 44 for Berkeley.

Figure 7 – Current Inventory: Emergency Shelters
Source: City of Berkeley, Housing and Community Services Division

Provider Name Address Program Name Population Family Beds Individual Beds
Year
Round
Seasonal
Only
Berkeley Food and Housing Project 2140 Dwight Way Men's Housing Program
Single Males 32 32 0
Berkeley Food and Housing Project 2140 Dwight Way Women's Housing
Program
Single Females 32 32 0
Building Opportunities for Self Sufficiency 711 Harrison House Harrison House Single Males and Females and Familes
56 (18 families) 50 106 0
Dorothy Day House 1931 Center Street Veteran's
Building Shelter
Single Males and Females 53 53 0
Dorothy Day House 2134 Martin Luther
King Jr Way
Emergency
Storm Shelter
Single Males and Females 30 0 30
Covenant House 1744 University YEAH! Single Males and Females (18-25 year olds)
30 30 0
Bay Area Community Services 2nd and Cedar Pathways Stair Center
Single Males and Females 45 45
56 272 298 30
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Figure 8 – Current Inventory: Transitional Housing
Source: City of Berkeley, Housing and Community Services Division

Provider Name Address Program Name Population Family Beds Individual Beds
Year
Round
Berkeley Food and Housing Project 2140 Dwight Way Veteran's Program
Single Males 12 12
Bonita House 1410 Bonita Street Bonita House Single Males and Females 15 15 Fred Finch Youth Center 3404 King Street Turning Point Single Males and Females 12 12 Resources for Community Development 1621 Ashby Ashby House Single Veterans 10 10 Women's Daytime Drop-in Center 2218 Acton Street Bridget House Families 15 beds (5 units)
12 15 49 61
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Figure 9 – Current Inventory: Permanent Supportive Housing Source: City of Berkeley, Housing and Community Services Division

Provider Name Address Project Name Population Units Beds/Rooms Satellite Affordable Housing Associates Berkeley Peter Babcock House Single Males and Females 5 Satellite Affordable Housing Associates Berkeley Harmon Gardens Single Males and Females 15 Berkeley Food and Housing Project Berkeley Russell Street Residence Single Males and Females 17 Berkeley Food and Housing Project Berkeley Russell Street Residence Annex Single Males and Females 4 Bonita House Berkeley Channing Way Apts Single Males and Females 4 Bonita House Berkeley Pathways Single Males and Females 7 Bonita House Oakland Pathways Single Males and Females 4 4 Bonita House Berkeley SIL Hearst Apartments Single Males and Females 12 City of Berkeley Tenant Based Rental Assistance Square One Single Males and Females 6 City of Berkeley Tenant Based Rental Assistance(TBRA) Shelter Plus Care - TBRA Single Males and Females and Families 150 City of Berkeley Tenant Based Rental Assistance(TBRA) COACH Project Single Males and Females 86 City of Berkeley Berkeley McKinley House Single Males and Females 7 City of Berkeley - Berkeley Housing AuthorityTenant Based Rental Assistance Non-elderly Disabled (NED) Single Males and Females and Families 30 Northern California Land Trust Berkeley Haste House Single Males and Females 7 Resources for Community Development (RCD) Berkeley Supportive Housing Network Single Males and Females 14 Resources for Community Development (RCD) Berkeley Erna P. Harris Court Single Males and Females 35 Resources for Community Development (RCD) Berkeley Oxford Plaza Single Males and Females 4 Resources for Community Development (RCD) Berkeley U.A. Homes Single Males and Females 0 74 Total 337 148
Notes: Affordable rental housing is listed by the number of units. Developments providing congregate (shared kitchens, baths) housing are listed by the number of beds/rooms. There are other permanent housing developments in Berkeley that may be affordable to people who are homeless and offer some level of social services to residents which are not listed here. This table lists only developments/projects specifically targeted toward people who are homeless at entry. *Shelter Plus Care households are 86% adults and 14% families as of PY19.

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Describe mainstream services, such as health, mental health, and employment services to the extent those services are used to complement services targeted to homeless persons All homeless agencies rely in part on mainstream services to meet the needs of their clients. Berkeley has its own Mental Health Division that accepts referrals from homeless providers and outreaches to homeless people living on the streets. Berkeley is also home to Lifelong Medical Care and provides funding for Lifelong to serve low-income residents, including those who are homeless. In addition, the City funds Lifelong to provide services to formerly homeless people living in permanent housing in Berkeley. The City also funds both benefits advocacy services. It also funds employment training and placement services that can be accessed by people who are homeless. More information about the mainstream services accessed by homeless services providers is provided in Section SP-60.

List and describe services and facilities that meet the needs of homeless persons, particularly chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth. If the services and facilities are listed on screen SP-40 Institutional Delivery Structure or screen MA-35 Special Needs Facilities and Services, describe how these facilities and services specifically address the needs of these populations.

All homeless housing and service programs in Berkeley may be serving people who are chronically homeless. In PY18, 56% of the people served by shelters and transitional housing programs were chronically homeless individuals. The 2019 homeless count (the last count from which Berkeley-specific data is available) found that chronically homeless people were 34 percent of the City’s homeless population and most agencies have experience serving people who are chronically homeless.

Berkeley has five City-operated programs serving primarily people who are chronically homeless:
• The Shelter Plus Care Collaborative Opportunity to Address Chronic Homelessness (COACH) grant, provides tenant-based rental assistance to a minimum of 87 chronically homeless single adults who are frequent users of emergency services, or have repeated contacts with law enforcement.
• The Shelter Plus Care Housing Opportunity for Older Adults (HOAP) Project also specifically targets chronically homeless single adults. This grant provides a minimum of 14 tenant-based subsidies for chronically homeless adult aged 55 and older who receive services through the City’s Aging Services Division. In FY19, the City received approval to consolidate its HOAP grant with the below Tenant Based Rental Assistance grant described below. • The Shelter Plus Care Tenant-Based Rental Assistance provides rental assistance to a minimum of 129 households, either families or single adults, and prioritizes households that meet the HUD criteria for being chronically homeless, but the grant allows some flexibility to serve households who are homeless and disabled who may not meet the strict criteria for being chronically homeless. All newly referred participants must meet HUD’s chronic homeless definition.

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• The Shelter Plus Care Alameda County Collaborative grant is a tenant-based rental assistance grant in partnership with Alameda County that serves a minimum of 15 households with a disabling condition related to HIV/AIDS, and prioritizes people who are chronically homeless. • The Shelter Plus Care Supportive Housing Network is a sponsor-based grant with Resources for Community Development as the project sponsor. The grant primarily serves 15 chronically homeless single adults who reside at one of two sites owned and managed by RCD. • The Square One program, which combines a locally funded housing subsidy with services provided by Berkeley service providers. The City of Berkeley invests more than $407,000 each year in services for transition age youth. The City has 30 year-round shelter beds for homeless TAY (YEAH! Shelter), 12 transitional housing beds (Fred Finch Youth Center) and 10 permanent supportive housing units (Harmon Gardens).

Through the Mental Health Division, the City has contracted with Youth Engagement, Advocacy, Housing (YEAH!) for $101,978, to provide services, supports, and/or referrals to Transition Age Youth (TAY) with serious mental illness who are homeless or marginally housed and not currently receiving services in its TAY Support Services. This program is part of the City’s Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) implementation.

The Berkeley Food and Housing Project has 12 transitional housing beds for single homeless male veterans and provides case management services during the day and shelter at night. In addition, Ashby House, owned by Resources for Community Development and operated by Operation Dignity provides 7 units of transitional housing for homeless veterans.

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MA-35 Special Needs Facilities and Services – 91.210(d) Introduction
As previously discussed in the Needs Assessment, the special needs population consists of persons who are not homeless but require supportive housing and services for various reasons. This population includes (but is not limited to) persons with mental, physical, and/or developmental disabilities; the elderly and frail elderly; persons with alcohol or other drug addiction; persons with HIV/AIDS and their families; victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and transitional age youth.

Including the elderly, frail elderly, persons with disabilities (mental, physical, developmental), persons with alcohol or other drug addictions, persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, public housing residents and any other categories the jurisdiction may specify, and describe their supportive housing needs
The City of Berkeley’s Aging Services Division, part of the Health, Housing & Community Services (HHCS) Department, operates two senior centers and offers a variety of computer classes, seminars, and social events for adults 55 years of age and older. The Aging Services Division offers lunch at the two senior centers, delivers meals to homebound seniors through their Meals on Wheels Program, and provides consultation/referral services via the Social Services Unit. The City also funds the following programs:
• Japanese American Services of the East Bay, Senior Services • Easy Does It Emergency Services, Senior Paratransit Services The City of Berkeley’s Mental Health Division (also part of HHCS) provides mental health prevention and intervention services with a focus on high-risk adult, youth, and families. Working closely with other City departments and community partners, the City’s Mental Health Services Division provides programs for people in crisis, people with serious mental illnesses and disabilities, people in need of mental health or related social services, and children, teens, and families experiencing emotional difficulties. The division is also one of a number of agencies providing services for participants in Berkeley’s Shelter Plus Care Program. Their assistance allows seriously mentally ill adults who are homeless, frequently chronically homeless, to become permanently housed with ongoing support.

In addition to the work of the Mental Health Division, the City has funded the following programs for people with disabilities using a combination of federal and local funds. These programs serve primarily non-homeless people but do not prohibit participation by people who are homeless. Programs include:
• Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program: Recreational Services for Persons with Disabilities; • Berkeley Place: Deaf Services;
• Bonita House: Creative Wellness Center;
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• Through the Looking Glass: Parenting and Education Programs.

The City funds the following programs for people with alcohol and drug addiction:
• Bonita House: Case Management Tied to Permanent Housing; • Lifelong Medical Care: Acupuncture Detox Clinic; and
• Options Recovery Services: Transitional Housing.

The City funds the following program for victims of domestic violence:
• Family Violence Law Center: Family Violence and Homelessness Prevention The City of Berkeley’s Public Health Division provides HIV/AIDS services. The services at the public health clinic include HIV education, counseling, “opt-out” testing (conventional and Rapid HIV testing) and referral services to minimize the spread of HIV infection. For all newly positive HIV clients and for HIV + clients who have fallen out of medical care we provide a warm hand off to one of the HIV Care Clinics in the East Bay. The Public Health Division also conducts AIDS/HIV case surveillance.

Describe programs for ensuring that persons returning from mental and physical health institutions receive appropriate supportive housing
The Alameda County-wide Continuum of Care (CoC) provides several programs to ensure persons returning from mental and physical health institutions receive appropriate supportive housing.

Persons are not routinely discharged from health care facilities into homelessness, and the CoC worked with a variety of health care institutions to reduce discharges into literal homelessness. California recently enacted Senate Bill (SB) 1152 that outlines requirements of hospitals and emergency departments related to the care and discharge of homeless patients. The Alameda County Health Care Services Agency (HCSA), a member of the HUD CoC, convened several work group sessions on the new legislation in partnership with the Northern California Hospital Council and its members. The sessions focused on improving collaboration and coordination among the CoC and community-based agencies including training and information sharing on coordinated entry processes. The County and hospitals have established several medical respite/recuperative care programs for homeless patients exiting emergency departments and hospitals with a large project in the planning phases on formal federal land. The County also established a locally funded housing subsidy pool to provide permanent housing subsidies for high priority homeless patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities and hospitals. Finally, Alameda County actively participates in a Medicaid waiver program focused on expanding resources and collaboration among health and housing providers to address homelessness.

The CoC works with Housing Services Office of Behavioral Health Care Services (BHCS) to improve discharge planning from mental health facilities. To that end, the Housing Services Office, with coordination by the CoC created a homelessness prevention/rapid re-housing fund, modeled after and Attachment 4

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delivered in partnership with the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program. The fund has been used to help hospitalized persons continue to pay rent so units are not lost, or to obtain units upon exit from the facility. The CoC worked with permanent supportive housing providers to develop protocols allowing tenants hospitalized for more than 30 days to retain their units. The CoC and the Housing Services Office trained staff on how to assess patients’ housing needs and assist in resolving them as part of discharge planning, utilizing the Office’s centralized housing resource database and webpage. BHCS also contracts for dedicated emergency hotel beds for use while ACT teams work on locating permanent housing. BHCS also pays subsidies for licensed residential care facilities to which people routinely exit and expanded this program over the past year. BHCS is also working on a new crisis and transitional residential program for homeless individuals with a serious mental illness.

Specify the activities that the jurisdiction plans to undertake during the next year to address the housing and supportive services needs identified in accordance with 91.215(e) with respect to persons who are not homeless but have other special needs. Link to one-year goals. 91.315(e)
The City of Berkeley will continue to fund public services, housing rehabilitation, public facility renovations and other housing services with federal funds in PY20. See the Strategic Plan and Annual Action Plan for more detail.

For entitlement/consortia grantees: Specify the activities that the jurisdiction plans to undertake during the next year to address the housing and supportive services needs identified in accordance with 91.215(e) with respect to persons who are not homeless but have other special needs. Link to one-year goals. (91.220(2)) N/A

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MA-40 Barriers to Affordable Housing – 91.210(e)
Negative Effects of Public Policies on Affordable Housing and Residential Investment To identify potential constraints to housing production, City staff analyzed the specific constraint categories as described in state law and discussed the City’s regulations with local developers. Planning and zoning regulations establish rules for how land may be used, thereby limiting the amount of development in a city. Although local ordinances and policies are typically adopted to protect the health, safety, and welfare of residents, they may have the consequence of creating constraints to the development of housing. This consequence may be intentional (as is the case with growth control ordinances) or unintentional (such as with certain zoning requirements).

As described in detail below, most constraints have been addressed by existing City programs. The development record and densities of approved projects are the best evidence that there are not significant constraints to housing production. However, housing policies have been designed to minimize potential constraints including: identification and consideration of options to revise the zoning regulations in lower and medium-density areas for infill developments, consideration of revisions to the accessory dwelling unit regulations, and continued improvement to the development review process.

Density and Development Standards
Density is a key factor in identifying potential constraints to development of housing. The more cities limit density, the fewer units are constructed and, in general, the more expensive they are on a per-unit basis. Most lots in Berkeley are developed and most zoning districts allow residential uses. Thus, housing is allowed in most of the City, except portions of West Berkeley that are developed with and planned for manufacturing uses.

For most zoning districts, residential development standards, such as lot size, setbacks, lot coverage, etc. are similar to standards in other nearby cities. There are not many vacant lots and construction of new single-family dwellings has been limited. Single-family development tends to provide above-moderate income housing, so to the extent that this is a constraint, it is not on the development of affordable units.

Berkeley has numerous medium and high density residential zoning districts. This type of infill development (adding units to developed lots) occurs throughout the City.

As previously indicated, residential growth has concentrated on commercial corridors, with recent development densities ranging from 69 to 202 dwelling units per acre. Since 2014 the state has increased development potential in the Telegraph Commercial district. The Planning Department is actively engaged in the Adeline Corridor Planning Process which is proposing new zoning incentives for on-site affordable housing. The plan and updated zoning are anticipated to be adopted in the first half of 2020. Additionally California Assembly Bill 2923, passed in 2019, requires adopting updated zoning on all BART properties. This will affect both Ashby BART station and North Berkeley BART Station.

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While the flexibility of Berkeley’s zoning ordinance and the lack of specific density standards may be seen as providing less certainty than more traditional zoning, it is clear from the record of development that specific density standards are not needed to produce housing of sufficient density to be financially feasible and attractive to developers. However, while the zoning ordinance includes five multi-family zoning districts and the City has seen numerous medium density multi-family development projects, Housing Policy H-34 of the City’s Housing Element encourages the review the regulation of medium density infill development and to identify and change possible constraints.

Parking
The City’s residential parking requirements are generally low and are not a constraint to development. The zoning regulations for mixed-use projects also provide flexibility to the parking standards. For example, the City allows deep parking reductions for projects located Downtown and along major transit corridors. Many mixed-use projects have been built with less than one parking space per dwelling unit. Some have been approved with no parking for the residential component and several Downtown projects that were allowed a parking reduction have discovered that there is less tenant demand than expected.

In addition, Berkeley was one of the first cities in the country to allow double and triple stacks lifts to satisfy the City’s residential parking requirements. This can eliminate the need for expensive below- grade parking and/or leave more leasable ground floor area by minimizing the space needed for parking.

In January 2020, new California state legislation, Assembly Bill 881, takes effect, and as noted below, removes parking requirements when near public transportation or when physically replacing an existing garage, car port or covered parking structure. This may continue to ease building restrictions.

Second Residential Units
Provision of small, accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in low density areas can be a good way to add housing units outside of the commercial corridors and higher density residential districts, while also meeting personal or financial needs of property owners. For example, a second unit on a single-family property can provide an opportunity for an older owner to remain at home, either with a caretaker in the second unit or by renting the house to a family and the owner moving into the smaller unit. A 2012 study by UC Berkeley’s Center for Community Innovation, Yes in My Backyard: Mobilizing the Market for Secondary Units (http://www.bayareaeconomy.org/files/pdf/AlamedaHousing.pdf) estimated that 3,628 single family housing units in Berkeley would be eligible for ADUs under existing zoning and that with recommended land use changes 6,040 units would be possible. Due to updates in Berkeley’s code we estimate that the number may now be closer to 6,040.

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implemented by 2020, include prohibiting parking requirements (when half a mile from transit stops) and impact fees on units smaller than 750 square feet and limiting the permit fees that can be charged to larger ADUs, removing owner-occupancy requirements and allowing for two ADUs on the same property. Berkeley’s City Council is currently considering an ADU amnesty program that would assist owners in bringing existing ADUs to code, hoping to encourage new, updated units to come to market.

Demolition Controls
The City regulates demolition of dwelling units to protect the affordable housing supply and existing tenants. In general, the Zoning Adjustments Board (ZAB) may approve a use permit to demolish dwelling units only if the units are replaced by new construction or if the structure is hazardous, unusable or infeasible to repair. However, if elimination of a rent-controlled unit is proposed, the requirements are more stringent.

In 2016 there was an amendment to the municipal code regulating the demolition and elimination of Dwelling Units. The ZAB may allow demolition of a building constructed prior to June 1980 (essentially a controlled rental unit) on a property containing two or more dwelling units if it makes the following findings: 1) the building containing the units is hazardous or unusable and is infeasible to repair; or 2) the building containing the units will be moved to a different location within the City of Berkeley with no net loss of units and no change in the affordability levels of the units; or 3) the demolition is necessary to permit construction of special housing needs facilities such as, but not limited to, childcare centers and affordable housing developments that serve the greater good of the entire community; or 4) the demolition is necessary to permit construction approved.

If this demolition allowance is made by the ZAB, applicants must pay a fee, but the City Council, as of 2019, has not yet determined the amount of that fee. In lieu of a fee, the applicant may provide a unit in the new project at below market rate to a qualifying household in perpetuity. The rate would be set by City Council and would be governed by a regulatory agreement with the City.

The issue is complicated by interpretation of other ordinances, including the Rent Stabilization and Eviction for Good Cause Ordinance, the Relocation Ordinance, and the Ellis Act. Due to the restrictive nature of these exceptions and their interaction with other City ordinances, the controls on demolition of rent-controlled units can be a constraint to development. The afore mentioned update to the code includes a provision to require that if a building is removed from the rental market under the Ellis Act, there must be a 5 year waiting period prior to demolition and the property cannot have verified cases of harassment or illegal eviction in the preceding 3 years. If those conditions are not met, hearing may be heard by the rent Board Hearing Examiner and the Zoning Adjustment Board.

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applicant shall subsidize the rent differential(in a manner approved by the City) for a comparable replacement unit, in the same neighborhood if feasible, until new units are ready for occupancy.

If a demolition applicant proposes to construct a 100 percent affordable housing project, applicants shall provide relocation benefits that conform to state laws. Sitting tenants who are displaced as a result of demolition shall be provided the right of refusal to move into the new building; and tenants of units that are demolished shall have the right of first refusal to rent new below market rate units designated to replace the units that were demolished, at the rent that would have applied if they had remained in place, as long as their tenancy continues. Income restrictions shall not apply to displaced tenants. First right of refusal would also apply to 100 percent affordable units that were not designated to replace displaced tenants’ demolished units, but income and other restrictions would apply when the units were ready for occupancy. Demolition regulations regarding Accessory Dwelling Units may be reviewed by City staff in 2020 to ensure compliance with new state legislation.

Berkeley’s demolition regulations are not a constraint to housing development, as demolition of units is permissible upon replacement of at least the same number of dwelling units as the demolished structure.

Affordable Housing Incentive Programs
Inclusionary housing was originally adopted as City policy as part of the Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance in 1973 and it was codified in the zoning ordinance in 1987. In 2009, the Palmer/Sixth Street Properties vs. City of Los Angeles court ruling found that inclusionary housing requirements on rental developments violate the Costa-Hawkins Rental Act of 1995, thereby invalidating the City’s inclusionary requirements for rental housing. In order to continue to provide income-restricted units in Berkeley, Council adopted an affordable housing mitigation fee (AHMF) on new market-rate rental units (Ordinance 7,192-N.S.) on June 28, 2011. The fee was established by an impact fee nexus study, which quantified the need for affordable housing created by the development of new market rate rental housing.

On October 16, 2012, the City Council adopted Resolution 65,920-N.S. setting the fee at $28,000 and establishing criteria for applying the fee. On February 19, 2013, City Council adopted Resolution 66,015- N.S. which reduced the fee for projects meeting certain benchmarks within the first two years of the program. On October 7, 2014, Council adopted Resolution No. 66,809–N.S. amending Resolution No. 66,015-N.S. to extend the affordable housing mitigation fee discount of $8,000 for six months to April 16, 2015, requiring projects receiving the discount to obtain needed approval of the Zoning Adjustments Board by April 16, 2017, and directing staff to work with the Planning Commission and the Housing Advisory Commission to complete the new nexus study for possible revisions to the fee.

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of rental housing with a 3,000 discount if paid in full before issuance of building permit. Effective July 1, 2018, the AHMF is $37,962 per new unit of rental housing, payable at the issuance of Certificate of Occupancy. If the AHMF is paid in its entirety no later than issuance of the building permit, the fee is $34,884 per new unit of rental housing.

The inclusionary housing ordinance includes both rental and ownership housing, but there has not been an ownership project since 2007. The City is exploring the ownership project with a developer that may be interested in an ownership project.

The AHMF is deposited in the City’s Housing Trust Fund. The AHMF applies to new rental housing projects of 5 or more dwelling units (certain types of projects are exempt). An applicant for a development project that is subject to the AHMF may elect to avoid the fee completely by providing 20 percent of the units in the development to qualified households at rental rates affordable to Low- Income and Very Low-Income households
(https://www.cityofberkeley.info/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=74682). Half of the affordable units must be provided to households with rents and incomes no greater than Low Income (80 percent of Area Median for the household and unit size) and half at Very Low- Income (50 percent of Area Median). If an odd number of affordable units are provided, the majority must be Very Low-Income. In addition, of the total Very Low-Income units, 40 percent of the units must be reserved for holders of Berkeley Housing Authority Section 8 vouchers and 40 percent must be reserved for holders of City of Berkeley Shelter + Care certificates. For projects designating fewer than 20 percent of their total units as affordable, the AHMF will be reduced proportionally.

Between 2015 and 2018, the City’s policy led to the construction of a total of 194 below market rate units, including 86 Very Low Income and 17 Low Income units. As mentioned in previous sections, the Housing Trust Fund has recently expanded as a result of voter approved measures, expanding the City’s ability to leverage funds to create additional below market rate units.

As demonstrated by development activity in Berkeley, the zoning standards, including density, parking and affordable housing requirements, have not constrained approval of housing projects or development of affordable units. According to a Berkeleyside news publication on March 26, 2019 (https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/03/26/the-2019-berkeley-housing-pipeline-map-a-berkeleyside- special-report), nearly 1,300 units have been built since about 2012, about 90 of which were below- market-rate units; 1,047 are under construction (including 81 below market rate units); 1,444 units have been approved (with about 84 below market rate units); and another 1,252 (with 102 below market rate units) have been submitted. In 2019, an additional 519 units have been approved, are under construction or have been built for seniors, artists, persons with special needs, those who have been homeless and other specialized categories. The residential zoning standards are appropriate for residential areas and flexibility is provided for high density projects on commercial corridors. The affordable housing mitigation fee (AHMF), or provision of on-site units available to Very Low Income Households, has not deterred new residential development as can be seen with the number of applications the City has received and the continued interest in new multi-family construction.

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This section covers the economic development needs of the City and provides data regarding the local economic condition.

Economic Development Market Analysis
Business Activity
Business by Sector Number of
Workers
Number of Jobs Share of Workers
%
Share of Jobs
%
Jobs less workers
%
Agriculture, Mining, Oil & Gas Extraction 348 41 1 0 -1 Arts, Entertainment, Accommodations 5,166 8,264 14 18 4 Construction 1,147 1,432 3 3 0
Education and Health Care Services 7,147 11,341 20 24 5 Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 2,413 1,717 7 4 -3
Information 2,092 1,566 6 3 -2
Manufacturing 1,776 4,043 5 9 4
Other Services 1,877 3,251 5 7 2
Professional, Scientific, Management Services 6,965 6,037 19 13 -6 Public Administration 0 0 0 0 0
Retail Trade 3,169 6,163 9 13 5
Transportation and Warehousing 635 185 2 0 -1
Wholesale Trade 1,035 1,259 3 3 0
Total 33,770 45,299 -- -- --
Table 49 - Business Activity
Data Source: 2011-2015 ACS (Workers), 2015 Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (Jobs)

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Labor Force
Total Population in the Civilian Labor Force 64,085
Civilian Employed Population 16 years and
over 58,830
Unemployment Rate 8.19
Unemployment Rate for Ages 16-24 15.25
Unemployment Rate for Ages 25-65 5.71
Table 50 - Labor Force
Data Source: 2011-2015 ACS

Employer Number of
Employees
Rank Percentage of Total City
Employment
University of California Berkeley 13,396 1 20.14
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 3,350 2 5.04
Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation/Hospitals 2,344 3 3.52 Berkeley Unified School District 1,642 4 2.47
Bayer Corporation 1,576 5 2.37
City of Berkeley 1,572 6 2.36
Siemens Corporation/Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. 877 7 1.32 Kaiser Permanente Medical Group 800 8 1.20
Berkeley Bowel Produce 616 9 0.93
Whole Foods Market California Inc. 383 10 0.58
Total 26,556 39.92
Figure 10 – Principal Employers in Berkeley, FY 2018
Data Source: City of Berkeley’s FY 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), available at:
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Finance/Home/Reports/BerkeleyCAFRReport2018.pdf

Top 10 Berkeley Employers, 4th Quarter, 2013
Occupations by Sector Number of People
Management, business and financial 25,475
Farming, fisheries and forestry occupations 1,990
Service 3,860
Sales and office 9,875
Construction, extraction, maintenance and
repair 1,320
Production, transportation and material
moving 805
Table 51 – Occupations by Sector
Data Source: 2011-2015 ACS

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Travel Time
Travel Time Number Percentage
< 30 Minutes 29,830 58%
30-59 Minutes 15,540 30%
60 or More Minutes 5,720 11%
Total 51,090 100%
Table 52 - Travel Time
Data Source: 2011-2015 ACS

Education:

Educational Attainment by Employment Status (Population 16 and Older) Educational Attainment In Labor Force
Civilian Employed Unemployed Not in Labor
Force
Less than high school graduate 1,195 260 955
High school graduate (includes
equivalency) 2,470 205 1,090
Some college or Associate's degree 6,360 895 2,485
Bachelor's degree or higher 33,155 1,890 5,965
Table 53 - Educational Attainment by Employment Status
Data Source: 2011-2015 ACS

Educational Attainment by Age
Age
18–24 yrs 25–34 yrs 35–44 yrs 45–65 yrs 65+ yrs
Less than 9th grade 14 315 355 580 395
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 505 230 380 550 350
High school graduate, GED, or
alternative 4,675 1,175 600 2,000 1,590
Some college, no degree 18,055 2,470 1,465 3,365 2,215
Associate's degree 675 780 585 1,130 700
Bachelor's degree 5,545 8,700 4,310 7,260 3,720
Graduate or professional degree 300 6,405 5,330 9,025 7,040 Table 54 - Educational Attainment by Age
Data Source: 2011-2015 ACS

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Educational Attainment – Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months Educational Attainment Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months Less than high school graduate 21,442
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 28,484
Some college or Associate's degree 30,316
Bachelor's degree 45,112
Graduate or professional degree 62,483
Table 55 – Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months
Data Source: 2011-2015 ACS

Based on the Business Activity table above, what are the major employment sectors within your jurisdiction?
According to the data above, the top employment sectors in the City of Berkeley are education and health care services with 24 percent share of the jobs. The arts, entertainment, and accommodations sector follow with 18 percent share.

Describe the workforce and infrastructure needs of the business community:

The workforce and infrastructure needs of the business community are broad. As in most Bay Area cities, Berkeley’s businesses require an educated and skilled workforce, a robust transportation system, public safety and health, a business-friendly policy climate and workforce housing.

According to the City’s Office of Economic Development, some of Berkeley’s emerging growth sectors include biotech/life sciences, information technology, health care, food production, food services, and small-scale manufacturing. Specific needs include:
• Workers with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education; • Transportation infrastructure, particularly linking to Berkeley’s west side; • More connections/access to training, job and career opportunities for people from low income or limited English-speaking households;
• And workforce housing near transit centers.

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students. For this and other reasons—including the overall quality of life in Berkeley, access to a highly educated workforce, the central and accessible location within the Bay Area, and access to investment opportunities—many early-stage founders want to locate their businesses in Berkeley. As companies get established and grow, however, they often seek larger spaces than are available. The Berkeley Startup Cluster is attempting to address these real estate shortages by increasing founders’ awareness of their options for securing suitable office space in Berkeley. This also includes encouraging property owners to upgrade their existing buildings to create more high-quality office space in Berkeley, and working with property owners and community partners to explore the entitlement of a new office tower in Downtown Berkeley.

Describe any major changes that may have an economic impact, such as planned local or regional public or private sector investments or initiatives that have affected or may affect job and business growth opportunities during the planning period. Describe any needs for workforce development, business support or infrastructure these changes may create.

Some specific developments that will likely have a notable economic impact in Berkeley include:
• Increased investment and real estate activity from University of California (UC), Berkeley. UC Berkeley has been active in Downtown area development, opening a new student center in late 2015, and opening an office/education building on Berkeley Way. The 320,000 square foot Berkeley Way West project adjacent to the Energy Biosciences Building is now housing the Graduate School of Education, the School of Public Health, and the Department of Psychology.

The project includes more than 7,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor, and classrooms, offices, open workstations, on the seven floors above. The Legends Aquatic Center on Bancroft Way was completed in late 2016, and a 783 bed-dorm project (Blackwell Residence Hall) at Bancroft and Dana (Stiles Hall) was completed and occupied by students in August of 2018. UC is currently undertaking planning work on a new student transfer center at 1990 Oxford Street, and a housing project at 2556 Haste Street. According to a Berkeleyside article published on February 21, 2019 (https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/02/21/uc-berkeleys- student-enrollment-projected-to-reach-44735-in-next-3-years), UC Berkeley has increased their student population, with 44,735 students expected on campus by 2022-23, a 33.7 percent increase over original projections. In 2019 there are 41,000 students on campus. The number of employees on campus is decreasing. UC Berkeley had projected there would be 15,810 employees on campus by 2020. The number projected for 2022-23 is now 15,355, according to a report by the publication, Berkeleyside. Currently, there are 14,682 employees on campus, including faculty and staff. The City of Berkeley must plan to support the ancillary companies and economic activities that may result from shifts in the UC Berkeley employee and student populations.
• Recent and pending land use planning activities (the Downtown Plan, the Adeline Corridor Specific Plan) spur new mixed-use development in key corridors. The City must attract and support neighborhood serving businesses to fill spaces.

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• The pending construction of a new highway interchange at Route 80 and Gilman Street could spur economic growth on the west side. This project is currently in its preliminary engineering and environmental review phase.
• Berkeley benefits from a very high concentration of incubators and co -working spa ces that facilitate new business starts. It is anticipated that demand for co-working spaces, wet labs, and other high quality office space near in Downtown Berkeley will continue in the future, based on 2019 feedback from individual founders, accelerator leaders, and real estate brokers serving Berkeley’s innovation sector.
• Recent major investments in the art are focused on the Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza, currently showcasing contemporary sound pieces (Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, Strange Sounds Mix with Street Noise at Berkeley BART Art Installation, October 25, 2018, available at https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/strange-sounds-mix-with-street- noise-at-berkeley-bart-art-installation) and outdoor performances; a rotating sculpture installation; and ongoing arts and cultural event programming. The $7.6 million transportation improvement project, funded by a grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, is bolstered by an additional $400,000 of investment in infrastructure and programming for the arts in FY2019. Investments in the arts at the most prominent public plaza by the City and its partners will continue annually.
• In FY 2019, the Office of Economic Development (OED) launched new economic development initiatives to better support small, independently-owned businesses. These include: improving OED’s outreach & communications with small businesses, increasing support for businesses navigating the permitting process, modifying the zoning ordinance to support small local businesses, piloting new small business assistance and retention programs, and increasing marketing, technical assistance, and networking opportunities for locally-owned retail and services businesses. OED will continue its support of these and other initiatives in FY 2020 and beyond.

Taken together, these projects may make Berkeley a more attractive location for business, catalyze more development activity, and ultimately generate new business activity and employment opportunity in the growing economic sectors mentioned above.

How do the skills and education of the current workforce correspond to employment opportunities in the jurisdiction?
The City of Berkeley features a population that is exceptionally well-educated. Seventy-two percent of Berkeley’s population (age 25 and up) has a bachelor’s degree or more education, compared to just 32.5 percent for California overall (2013-2017 ACS). That said, there are certainly unmet needs among the City’s unemployed, underemployed and low income populations. There is still a strong need to provide relevant job skills training and employment opportunities for these populations.

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Describe any current workforce training initiatives, including those supported by Workforce Investment Boards, community colleges and other organizations. Describe how these efforts will support the jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan.

The City has contracted with workforce development programs to provide training, education and job placement for low income, under-employed, and unemployed residents in addition to administering local hire policies and a youth employment program:
• Inter-City Services provides employment, training, and education and continues to serve veterans as funded under the Governor’s 15 percent Discretionary pool of Workforce Investment Act (WIOA) funds.
• Biotech Partners operates the Biotech Academy at Berkeley High School, targeting youth from under-represented populations in the fields of science and technology (African American, Latino, South East Asian, female and low income youth) and who may be at risk of not graduating from high school.
• The Bread Project provides training in culinary arts and bakery production, and includes the formerly incarcerated as their target population. They operate a social enterprise (wholesale bakery) that creates opportunities for trainees to obtain crucial on-the-job experience. • Rising Sun Center for Opportunity (formerly known as Rising Sun Energy Center) Green Energy Training Services (GETS) provides pre-apprenticeship classroom and hands-on training in the Building and Construction trades which serves as a pathway for careers in construction including green and clean technologies. Rising Sun also operates the California Youth Energy Services (CYES) program funded by the CA Public Utilities Commission, providing summer jobs for youth conducting residential energy audits.
• Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA) receives WIOA funding through Alameda County Workforce Development Board (ACWDB) to provide workforce development services to in-school and out- of-school youth. The area of workforce development is a focus area for increased coordination, including establishing methods to maximize and leverage resources. BYA, utilizing city funds, provides training to disadvantaged youth in all aspects of park and landscape maintenance in addition to summer and after-school programs for children and youth. • UC Theatre Concert Careers Pathways (UCCCP) is a nine-month program for young people ages 17-25, providing workshops and paid internships for participants to learn all aspects of live music venue production.
• Continuing the City’s Local Hire policies which include the Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) between the City of Berkeley and the Building trades (created in 2011) which applies to publicly funded construction projects estimated at $500,000 or above, and, the First Source local hiring policy which applies to both public infrastructure projects estimated between $100,000 - $499,999 and private development over 7,500 square feet. develop the • The YouthWorks employment program continued its partnerships with City and nonprofit agencies. YouthWorks targets low income, at-risk youth and provides all youth with workplace Attachment 4

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skills training. City of Berkeley departments and local community agencies serve as worksites providing valuable work experience to Berkeley youth 14-25 years old. • The City’s Recreation Division of the Park, Recreation & Waterfront Department partners with the Berkeley Unified School District and YouthWorks on the Achievers Program, which provides leadership development, career exploration and peer-led tutoring. This program is also used as a stepping stone for entry into the City’s YouthWorks program. • Funded through the City’s Public Works Department, the Downtown Streets Team, a non-profit organization, homeless and low-income persons volunteer to beautify commercial districts while engaging in case management and employment services.

Does your jurisdiction participate in a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)?
No
If so, what economic development initiatives are you undertaking that may be coordinated with the Consolidated Plan? If not, describe other local/regional plans or initiatives that impact economic growth.

The City participates in a number of regional economic development initiatives and strategies:
• East Bay Economic Development Alliance is a next-generation, cross-sector membership organization dedicated to growing the economy from the inside out. Working with the world- class companies, leading research institutions, passionate community organizations, small business leaders, and forward thinking local government agencies that constitute the membership, East Bay EDA represents the collective identity of the East Bay and the special power of a fully functional regional partnership. The organization conducts research, advocacy, and marketing to attract business investment to the region. • Berkeley-Emeryville Bio is a collaboration of Berkeley and Emeryville to support and grow the cities’ biotechnology and medical research business cluster. The efforts have paid off: Berkeley is experiencing substantial development of new programs and buildings that support the local bioscience industry. In addition to the QB3 Garage and EBI2 incubators on UC Berkeley’s campus (as well as the planned QB3 Bakar BioEnginuity hub, at Woo Hon Fai Hall, 2625 Durant Avenue), West Berkeley, near Emeryville, is becoming a second nexus of biotech innovation. The result of a unique public-private sector partnership between UC Berkeley, UCSF, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Wareham Development, and the cities of Berkeley and Emeryville, the QB3 East Bay Innovation Center (EBIC) offers top-quality wet-laboratories, along with office space for support functions, a common lunch and break area, and a formal conference room. Nearby, the nearby Bonneville Labs offers co-working facilities for life sciences entrepreneurs and others who require lab space for R&D. Both see continuous demand for their facilities and rarely have space available.

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Discussion
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Are there areas where households with multiple housing problems are concentrated? (include a definition of "concentration")
The City of Berkeley does not currently allocate funds on a geographic basis and does not have a HUD approved Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area. Funds are allocated to organizations that provide services to low income households and the homeless population.

Are there any areas in the jurisdiction where racial or ethnic minorities or low-income families are concentrated? (include a definition of "concentration") HUD regulations stipulate that the City should not allocate funds to an area of minority concentration unless certain conditions are met. Minority concentration is defined as when “the percentage of households in a particular racial or ethnic minority group is at least 20 percentage points higher than the percentage of that minority group for the housing market area, i.e. the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in which the proposed housing is to be located.”
The City of Berkeley is divided into the following neighborhoods: Central, Greater Downtown, North East, South, South East, and West (see “Berkeley Neighborhoods” map). Each neighborhood consists of several census tracts which is more reflective of the City’s areas for market purposes. When the neighborhoods are compared to the City as a whole, none meets the “concentrated” standard for Asian, African American, or Latino residents. Based on the 2010 Census data, the areas closest to concentrated are African Americans in South Berkeley and Latinos in West Berkeley but they do not meet the definition of “concentration.”
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Figure 11 – Berkeley Neighborhoods

What are the characteristics of the market in these areas/neighborhoods? N/A
Are there any community assets in these areas/neighborhoods? N/A
Are there other strategic opportunities in any of these areas? N/A

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Strategic Plan
SP-05 Overview
Strategic Plan Overview
The purpose of the Strategic Plan is to identify the priority needs of the City and describe strategies that the City will undertake to serve the priority needs. The Strategic Plan includes the following sections:
• Geographic Priorities
• Priority Needs
• Influence of Market Conditions
• Anticipated Resources
• Institutional Delivery Structure
• Goals
• Public Housing Accessibility and Involvement
• Barriers to Affordable Housing
• Homelessness Strategy
• Lead-based Paint Hazards
• Anti-Poverty Strategy
• Monitoring
In addition to the above, the Strategic Plan section has been amended to include Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) funding that was signed into law on March 27, 2020 by the President of the United States. The CARES Act allocated to the City of Berkeley the following funding:
$2,501,926 of CDBG-CV1&3
$6,648,603 of ESG-CV1&2
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SP-10 Geographic Priorities – 91.215 (a)(1)
Geographic Area

1 Area Name: BERKELEY
Area Type: N/A
Other Target Area Description: N/A
HUD Approval Date: N/A
% of Low/ Mod: N/A
Revital Type: N/A
Other Revital Description: N/A
Identify the neighborhood boundaries for this target area. N/A Include specific housing and commercial characteristics of this target area. N/A How did your consultation and citizen participation process help you to identify this neighborhood as a target area?
N/A
Identify the needs in this target area. N/A
What are the opportunities for improvement in this target area? N/A Are there barriers to improvement in this target area? N/A Table 56 - Geographic Priority Areas

General Allocation Priorities
Describe the basis for allocating investments geographically within the jurisdiction (or within the EMSA for HOPWA)
The City of Berkeley is divided into the following neighborhoods: Central, Greater Downtown, North East, South, South East, and West (see "Berkeley Neighborhoods" map in section MA-50). However, the City does not allocate federal funds based on geography. It funds a variety of services targeting low income and homeless people that are located in all parts of the jurisdiction.

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SP-25 Priority Needs - 91.215(a)(2)
Priority Needs

1 Priority Need
Name
Affordable Housing
Priority Level High
Population Extremely Low Income
Low Income
Moderate Income
Large Families
Families with Children
Elderly
Chronic Homelessness
Individuals
Families with Children
Mentally Ill
Chronic Substance Abuse
Veterans
Persons with HIV/AIDS
Victims of Domestic Violence
Unaccompanied Youth
Elderly
Frail Elderly
Persons with Mental Disabilities
Persons with Physical Disabilities
Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Persons with Alcohol or Other Addictions
Persons with HIV/AIDS and their Families
Victims of Domestic Violence
Geographic
Areas
Affected

BERKELEY
Associated
Goals
Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Quality
Description Approximately 90 percent of the HOME funds and 5054 percent of CDBG funding will be utilized for the affordable housing development and rehabilitation. This includes affordable multi-family housing funded through the City's Housing Trust Fund and single family rehabilitation programs funded with CDBG.

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Basis for
Relative
Priority
As mentioned in the Needs Assessment Section, 43.9 percent of Berkeley households are considered "low income" per HUD definitions and 23.3 percent of the City as a whole has a severe cost burden of 50 percent or more of their income for housing.

There is a strong need for more affordable housing options in the City. It is expected that federal funding will be allocated to these activities during the period covered by the consolidated plan.
2 Priority Need
Name
Homelessness
Priority Level High
Population Extremely Low Income
Low Income
Families with Children
Elderly
Chronic Homelessness
Individuals
Families with Children
Mentally Ill
Chronic Substance Abuse
Veterans
Persons with HIV/AIDS
Victims of Domestic Violence
Unaccompanied Youth
Geographic
Areas
Affected

BERKELEY
Associated
Goals
Provide Homeless Prevention, Emergency Shelter, Outreach and Rapid Re- Housing services
Description Approximately 90 percent of the ESG funds will be used for Rapid Re-Housing, Emergency Shelter, Outreach and Homeless Prevention activities. The remainder will be used to fund the Homeless Management Information System and for the administration of the program.

Basis for
Relative
Priority
ESG funds are expected to be allocated to these activities during the period of the consolidated plan.
3 Priority Need
Name
Non-Housing Community Development
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Priority Level High
Population Extremely Low Income
Low Income
Large Families
Families with Children
Elderly
Chronic Homelessness
Individuals
Mentally Ill
Chronic Substance Abuse
Veterans
Elderly
Frail Elderly
Persons with Mental Disabilities
Persons with Physical Disabilities
Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Persons with Alcohol or Other Addictions
Persons with HIV/AIDS and their Families
Victims of Domestic Violence
Non-housing Community Development
Geographic
Areas
Affected

BERKELEY
Associated
Goals
Improve Public Facilities and Public Services
Description CDBG funds will be used for public facility improvements and public services.

Over 40Approximately 42 percent of CDBG funding available each year will be used for 1) renovations to facilities operated by non-profits for homeless and other low-income populations and 2) public services such as homeless and fair housing services for low-income populations.

Basis for
Relative
Priority
Federal funds are expected to be allocated to these resources during the period of the consolidated plan.
4 Priority Need
Name
Prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19
Priority Level High
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Population Extremely Low Income
Low Income
Moderate Income
Large Families
Families with Children
Elderly
Chronic Homelessness
Individuals
Families with Children
Mentally Ill
Chronic Substance Abuse
Veterans
Persons with HIV/AIDS
Victims of Domestic Violence
Unaccompanied Youth
Elderly
Frail Elderly
Persons with Mental Disabilities
Persons with Physical Disabilities
Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Persons with Alcohol or Other Addictions
Persons with HIV/AIDS and their Families
Victims of Domestic Violence
Geographic
Areas
Affected

BERKELEY
Associated
Goals
Prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19
Description The City will support the low-moderate community aiding directly with activities related to preventing, preparing for, and responding to COVID-19. Planned programming includes supporting vulnerable populations in non-congregate shelter, housing vulnerable populations with rapid rehousing, housing retention program, and COVID testing/vaccines and supports for vulnerable populations.

Basis for
Relative
Priority
CARES Act funds are expected to be allocated during the period of the consolidated plan in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Table 57 – Priority Needs Summary
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Narrative (Optional)
The Consolidated Plan Section NA-05 through NA-50 provides detail on the priority needs in Berkeley.

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SP-30 Influence of Market Conditions – 91.215 (b)
Influence of Market Conditions
Affordable
Housing Type
Market Characteristics that will influence
the use of funds available for housing type
Tenant Based
Rental
Assistance
(TBRA)
The City currently does not use HOME funds for TBRA but the City may consider it as an increasing number of Berkeley residents face a housing cost burden. As previously discussed, in total, a housing cost burden greater than 50 percent of income affects 10,005 households, with the majority of those comprised of rental households (8,075 rental and 1,930 homeowner).

TBRA for Non-
Homeless
Special Needs
The City does not currently use HOME funds for TBRA.

New Unit
Production
The characteristics of Berkeley’s market that would substantiate the need for funding new affordable unit production include the cost of land, pre-development costs, cost of construction, and economic conditions including income/employment levels. HOME funds can be used in the development of new unit production for projects offering affordable housing at various levels.

Rehabilitation The City contains an old housing stock with more than 90 percent of all housing constructed before 1980. As the housing stock continues to age, the need for rehabilitation will increase. Other factors influencing the use of funds include economic conditions since it would affect whether property owners have the funds for repair. The expense of construction is also continuing to increase. Labor shortages continue, as documented annually by the National Association of Homebuilders, and recently increasing prices for imported materials make the Bay Area an expensive place to renovate. The region has many older homes and much demand for contractor services. According to the June of 2019 San Jose Mercury News report, “Planning to Renovate in the Bay Area? Be Prepared to Wait,” year long waiting lists for contractor services are not uncommon for those seeking renovations (https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/19/planning-to- remodel-in-the-bay-area-be-prepared-to-wait/).

Acquisition,
including
preservation
As economic conditions change and housing cost burdens increase, HOME and CDBG funds continue to be a possible source of gap financing for acquisition and preservation projects. Increasingly, the City is unable to use federal funds for these projects because affordable housing developers cannot take the time required to complete a NEPA prior to site acquisition due to intense market competition for sites. Three of the four sites proposed in the 2019 Housing Trust Fund Request for Proposal had been acquired prior to City funding application or would be acquired prior to fund award. The local HUD office has advised that HOME funds cannot be used for any of these projects.

Table 58 – Influence of Market Conditions
Note: There is no Consolidated Plan generated Table 55 Berkeley. Tables 56, 57 and 58 show up after Table 59.

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SP-35 Anticipated Resources – 91.215(a)(4), 91.220(c)(1,2) Introduction

Anticipated Resources
Program Source of
Funds
Uses of Funds Expected Amount Available Year 1 Expected Amount
Available
Remainder
of ConPlan
$
Narrative
Description Annual
Allocation: $
Program
Income:
$
Prior Year
Resources:
$
Total:
$
CDBG public
federal
Acquisition
Admin and Planning
Economic Development
Housing
Public Improvements
Public Services
2,737,801

255,925

222,352

3,216,536

16,080,393

See below
HOME public
federal
Acquisition
Homebuyer assistance
Homeowner rehab
Multifamily rental new
construction
Multifamily rental rehab
New construction for
ownership
TBRA
778,203

20,000

0 798,203

3,891,015

See below
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Program Source of
Funds
Uses of Funds Expected Amount Available Year 1 Expected Amount
Available
Remainder
of ConPlan
$
Narrative
Description Annual
Allocation: $
Program
Income:
$
Prior Year
Resources:
$
Total:
$
ESG public
federal
Conversion and rehab for
transitional housing
Financial Assistance
Overnight shelter
Rapid re-housing (rental
assistance)
Rental Assistance
Services
Transitional housing
234,354

0 0

234,354

1,171,770

See below
Other:

CARES Act
public –
federal
Prevent, prepare for, and
respond to coronavirus.

CDBG-
CV1&3:
$2,501,926
$0 $0 $0
CARES Act
allocation
Other:

CARES Act
public –
federal Prevent, prepare for, and
respond to coronavirus.

ESG-CV1&2:
$6,648,603 $0 $0 $0
CARES Act
allocation
Table 59 – Anticipated Resources

Explain how federal funds will leverage those additional resources (private, state and local funds), including a description of how matching requirements will be satisfied
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Grant (CSBG), General Fund, and other sources of funding. These organizations leverage significant financial and in-kind support from individual community members, foundations, and private organizations that help meet the needs identified in this plan.

In addition to leveraging at the individual agency level, the City has historically matched the investment of CDBG, HOME, and ESG dollars with the investment of General Funds. In PY18 over three quarters of the funding for community agency programs came from General Funds. The City anticipates using all of its HOME funds for multifamily residential new construction and rehabilitation. These types of projects virtually always require multiple sources of federal, state and other funding, which project sponsors are able to leverage with a commitment of local funds, including HOME. The City will use local funds, such as those from the City’s Measure O housing bond and mitigation fee revenue in the Housing Trust Fund, to ensure continued compliance with the HOME match requirements.

The City meets the dollar for dollar match requirements for the ESG program by allocating General Funds to various homeless services providers.

Shelter programs alone receive over $348,489 in City General Funds each year.

If appropriate, describe publically owned land or property located within the jurisdiction that may be used to address the needs identified in the plan
The City has long-term leases of City-owned property with non-profit organizations that address the needs identified. Programs operating in leased City-owned properties include:
• Dorothy Day House –Year-round and Emergency Winter Shelters and Community Resource Center; • BOSS’ Harrison House Shelter for Homeless men, women and families; • BOSS’ Sankofa House – emergency shelter for homeless families; • Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center’s Bridget House – transitional housing for homeless families; and • Bay Area Community Services Pathways Stair Center.

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The City also has long-term leases for affordable permanent housing at:
• Ocean View Gardens;
• UA Cooperative Housing; and
• William Byron Rumford Senior Plaza.

The City has committed more than $27 million in local funding for the development of the City-owned Berkeley Way parking lot to address the needs identified in the plan. On September 9, 2014, after a Request for Qualifications process, the City Council approved the selection of a development team consisting of Bridge Housing, the Berkeley Food and Housing Project, and Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects (LMSA) as the preferred development team for the site. Since then the City has been working closely with the project team on a three-part project including homeless services and meal space, emergency shelter, permanent supportive housing, and affordable apartments. The project sponsors have secured all required funding and construction will begin in spring 2020.

The City is currently exploring the possible use of the City-owned Ashby BART station area are rights as well as the West Berkeley Services Center as possible future housing sites.

Discussion
N/A
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SP-40 Institutional Delivery Structure – 91.215(k)
Explain the institutional structure through which the jurisdiction will carry out its consolidated plan including private industry, non-profit organizations, and public institutions.

Responsible Entity Responsible Entity Type Role Geographic Area Served Resources for Community
Development
Non-profit organization (HOME
CHDO)
Affordable rental housing
development and management
Region
Berkeley Housing Authority PHA Public Housing Jurisdiction Berkeley Food & Housing Project Non-profit organizations Homelessness Region Center for Independent Living Non-profit organizations Affordable Housing • Ownership
• Rental
Jurisdiction
Eden Council for Hope and
Opportunity (ECHO)
Non-profit organizations Non-homeless special needs
• Public Services
Region
Habitat for Humanity Non-profit organizations Affordable Housing • Ownership
Jurisdiction
Satellite Affordable Housing
Associates
Non-profit organization (HOME
CHDO)
Affordable rental housing
development and management
Region
City of Berkeley Government Non-homeless special needs
• Economic Development
• Public Services
Jurisdiction
Bay Area Community Services Non-profit organizations Homelessness Region Attachment 4

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Responsible Entity Responsible Entity Type Role Geographic Area Served Dorothy Day House Non-profit organizations Homelessness Region Building Opportunity for Self-
Sufficiency
Non-profit organizations Homelessness Region
Covenant House Non-profit organizations Homelessness Region Eviction Defense Center Non-profit organizations Non-homeless special needs Public Services
Jurisdiction
Table 60 – Institutional Delivery Structure

Assess of Strengths and Gaps in the Institutional Delivery System Due to past and ongoing efforts, the City of Berkeley has strong working relationships with other jurisdictions and public agencies in the delivery system. Examples of coordination and collaboration include:
• Membership in the EveryOne Home Leadership board by City of Berkeley staff, Berkeley community agencies, and public agencies across the county;
• Countywide coordinated planning and implementation of the Coordinated Entry System; • Monthly coordination meeting between Housing and Community Services Department and Planning Department staff; and • Joint development of outcomes to use in homeless program contracts by the Cities of Berkeley and Oakland, and several Alameda County agencies, starting in 2019.

Although there are needs for additional services and housing, no specific gaps in the delivery system have been identified. Many of the housing and community services programs described in the Consolidated Plan are delivered by nonprofit community based organizations. The City contracts with a wide range of housing and service providers using CDBG, HOME, ESG, CSBG, General Fund, and other sources of funding. These organizations leverage significant financial and in-kind support from individual community members, foundations, and private organizations that help meet the needs identified in this plan.

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Availability of services targeted to homeless persons and persons with HIV and mainstream services Homelessness Prevention Services Available in the Community Targeted to Homeless Targeted to People with HIV Homelessness Prevention Services
Counseling/Advocacy X X
Legal Assistance X
Mortgage Assistance X
Rental Assistance X X
Utilities Assistance X
Street Outreach Services
Law Enforcement X X
Mobile Clinics X X
Other Street Outreach Services X X
Supportive Services
Alcohol & Drug Abuse X X
Child Care X
Education X
Employment and Employment Training X X
Healthcare X
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HIV/AIDS X
Life Skills X X
Mental Health Counseling X X
Transportation X X
Other

Table 61 – Homeless Prevention Services Summary

Describe how the service delivery system including, but not limited to, the services listed above meet the needs of homeless persons (particularly chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth)
Alameda County’s Continuum of Care (CoC) is comprised of three Consolidated Plan jurisdictions: the Cities of Berkeley and Oakland, and the Alameda County HOME Consortium. The CoC held community-wide meetings and several focus groups to determine how best to prioritize the use of Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds. All three jurisdictions’ Consolidated Plans include the goals of the EveryOne Home Plan (the CoC Strategic Plan). The goals are:
• Prevent homelessness and other housing crises;
• Increase permanent housing opportunities for homeless and high risk households; • Provide wrap-around services to ensure housing stability and quality of life—no wrong door to help; • Measure success and report outcomes; and
Develop long-term leadership and political will, which includes inter jurisdictional cooperation and participation in the CoC.

Describe the strengths and gaps of the service delivery system for special needs population and persons experiencing homelessness, including, but not limited to, the services listed above The North County Coordinated Entry System Housing Resource Center (HRC) is located in Berkeley and serves people who are literally homeless in Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville. The HRC, operated by Bay Area Community Services (BACS), conducts assessments using the standardized Attachment 4

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assessment tool and matches homeless eligible people to available services and resources including shelters and transitional housing, , as well as a range of services listed in Table 57 to support people both before and after they are housed. City staff and BACS facilitate bimonthly case conferences with homeless service agency partners to discuss individual cases and coordinate care based on needs and available resources.

The City invests approximately $3.5 million annually in homeless services through community agency contracts funded by City General Fund and federal funds. Starting in PY19, the City will allocate additional local funds collected pursuant to Measure P, a tax passed by voters in November 2018funds. Funding for coordinated entry accounts for 37 percent of the City’s investment in homeless services while 29 percent goes to support drop in centers and emergency shelters. Supportive housing and case management account for 17 percent, transitional housing eight percent and rapid rehousing, rep payee and other services account for seven percent of the City’s homeless funding. City dollars are overwhelmingly invested in emergency services that focus on addressing basic needs. With the implementation of the CES, HRCs prioritize serving people with the highest needs with the goal of placing people in permanent housing as quickly as possible but many more resources, particularly, permanent housing subsidies, are needed.

The North County HRC has assessed more than 1,200 people in the past two years, of which 53 percent are presumed to be chronically homeless based on self-report. The City of Berkeley administers approximately 260 Shelter Plus Care vouchers. However, only 25-30 vouchers turn over annually, meaning the vast majority of chronically homeless people will not have access to PSH vouchers when they need them. The City recently received approval to expand one of its Shelter Plus Care project to add 53 more vouchers for a total of 313. This expansion will allow for more permanent housing placements in PY19. However, in many cases the cost of rent exceeds HUD’s rent ceilings making it challenging for people with vouchers to find eligible housing units
Provide a summary of the strategy for overcoming gaps in the institutional structure and service delivery system for carrying out a strategy to address priority needs
In November of 2018, Berkeley voters passed Measure P, which raises transfer taxes on high-value real estate transactions by an estimated $6- 8M annually. As of June 30, 2019, approximately $3.4 million in proceeds had been realized from this tax. Berkeley City Council has allocated funds to expanding shelter, adding employment and health care services for homeless people, funding an RV parking program, and additional permanent subsidies for homeless families. Berkeley voters also passed a bond measure in November 2018 to raise $135 million for affordable housing.

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SP-45 Goals Summary – 91.215(a)(4)
Goals Summary Information
Sort
Order
Goal Name Start
Year
End
Year
Category Geographic
Area
Needs Addressed Funding Goal Outcome Indicator
1 Increase
Affordable
Housing Supply
and Quality
2020 2024 Affordable
Housing
BERKELEY Affordable Housing CDBG: $7,915,918

HOME: $3,410,264
Rental units
constructed:17
Household Housing
Unit

Rental units
rehabilitated: 129
Household Housing
Units

Homeowner Housing
Rehabilitated:
165 Household
Housing Unit
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Sort
Order
Goal Name Start
Year
End
Year
Category Geographic
Area
Needs Addressed Funding Goal Outcome Indicator
2 Improve Public
Facilities and
Public Services
2020 2024 Non-Housing
Community
Development
BERKELEY Non-Housing
Community
Development
CDBG:
$5,178,1375,478,137

Public Facility or
Infrastructure
Activities other than
Low/Moderate
Income Housing
Benefit:
2,0852,000 Persons
Assisted

Public service
activities other than
Low/Moderate
Income Housing
Benefit:
5,525 Persons
Assisted.

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Sort
Order
Goal Name Start
Year
End
Year
Category Geographic
Area
Needs Addressed Funding Goal Outcome Indicator
3 Provide
Homeless
Prevention,
Emergency
Shelter,
Outreach and
Rapid Re-
Housing
2020 2024 Homeless BERKELEY Homelessness ESG: $1,171,770

Tenant-based rental
assistance / Rapid
Rehousing:
50 Households
Assisted
Emergency Shelter:

TBD Households
Assisted
Outreach: 450
Households Assisted
Prevention: TBD
Households Assisted
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Sort
Order
Goal Name Start
Year
End
Year
Category Geographic
Area
Needs Addressed Funding Goal Outcome Indicator
4 Prevent, prepare
for and respond
to COVID-19
2020 2024 Affordable
Housing
Homeless
Non-Housing
Community
Development
BERKELEY Affordable Housing,
Homelessness,
Community
Development, Non-
Housing Community
Development, and
responding to needs of
COVID-19
CDBG-CV1&3:
$ 2,501,926
ESG-CV1&2: $6,648,603
CDBG-CV supported:

Public service
activities other than
Low/Moderate
Income Housing
Benefit:
up to 3,265 Persons
Assisted (up to 3,000
for testing/vaccines &
over 265 for housing
retention)

ESG-CV supported:

Tenant-based rental
assistance / Rapid
Rehousing:
75 Households
Assisted
Emergency Shelter:
455 Households
Assisted

Table 62 – Goals Summary
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Goal Descriptions

1 Goal Name Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Quality Goal
Description
CDBG and HOME funds will be used for affordable housing acquisition and rehabilitation, and single family rehabilitation programs.
2 Goal Name Improve Public Facilities and Public Services Goal
Description
CDBG funds will be used to rehabilitate public facilities and homeless and fair housing public services. 3 Goal Name Provide Homeless Prevention, Emergency Shelter, Outreach and Rapid Re-Housing services Goal
Description
ESG funds will be used to provide outreach services, emergency shelter and/or rapid re-Housing to literally homeless households.

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4 Goal Name Prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 Goal
Description
CDBG (PY20), CDBG-CV1&3 and ESG-CV1&2 (CARES Act) funds will be used to prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19

Estimate the number of extremely low-income, low-income, and moderate-income families to whom the jurisdiction will provide affordable housing as defined by HOME 91.315(b)(2)
The number of new affordable housing units created during the Consolidated Plan period will depend on the amount of HOME and CDBG funds available to the City, the availability of other sources of affordable housing development funding, and the cost of rehabilitating and constructing affordable housing in Berkeley. Generally, the City has experienced declining allocations of federal funding combined with rising costs of housing development and operation. Assuming an average of $500,000 in HOME funds per year, a 5 year Consolidated Plan period, and the maximum allowable HOME subsidy per unit of $185,136 per two bedroom unit, the City will provide funding for at least 4 extremely low income units and 10 low income units in the Consolidated Plan period. This does not include the hundreds of previously created HOME and CDBG units which the City continues to monitor for compliance.

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SP-50 Public Housing Accessibility and Involvement – 91.215(c) Need to Increase the Number of Accessible Units (if Required by a Section 504 Voluntary Compliance Agreement)
N/A
Activities to Increase Resident Involvements
N/A
Is the public housing agency designated as troubled under 24 CFR part 902? No
Plan to remove the ‘troubled’ designation
N/A

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SP-55 Barriers to affordable housing – 91.215(h)
Barriers to Affordable Housing
The City adopted its Housing Element (HE) for the 5th RHNA cycle on April 28, 2015. The HE serves as the Ci’ty's framework for housing goals and policies, detailing programs needed for meeting existing and future housing needs and for increasing affordable housing opportunities. The 5th Cycle HE addresses the planning period of January 31, 2015 to January 31, 2023 and the 6th cycle will address the next eight years. The 2015 HE contains an evaluation of potential constraints to housing production. The following narrative is adapted from the report.

To identify potential constraints to housing production, City staff analyzed the specific constraint categories as described in state law and discussed the City’s regulations with local developers. Planning and zoning regulations establish rules for how land may be used, thereby limiting the amount of development in a city. Although local ordinances and policies are typically adopted to protect the health, safety, and welfare of residents, they may have the consequence of creating constraints to the development of housing. This consequence may be intentional (as is the case with growth control ordinances) or unintentional (such as with certain zoning requirements).

Additionally, a 2018 study by Bay Area Council’s Economic Institute entitled, “Policy Choices and the Affordability Crisis in Alameda County,” notes that Alameda County added 125,000 jobs since 2012, but only permitted 27,505 housing units over the same period (http://www.bayareaeconomy.org/files/pdf/AlamedaHousing.pdf). This competitive market for housing encourages pricing to climb for both for sale homes and rental properties across all market segments.

That same study identified Berkeley’s progressive ADU policies as a model for cities to expand affordability and build additional units on existing parcels. As previously stated in MA-40, Berkeley is working to address constraints that have been identified and improve existing successful initiatives, like the ADU program. Expanding the Housing Trust Fund through ballot approved bond and fee structures additionally addresses the issue of high costs facing affordable housing development.

As described in MA-40 and NA-10 the major constraints facing Berkeley are housing costs and an ongoing need for policy changes, which are being addressed by existing City programs and/or by State directives. The development record and densities of approved projects are the best evidence that there are not significant constraints to housing production imposed by the city of Berkeley. However, housing policies must continually be revisited to minimize potential constraints. Some areas of potential change identified in 2015 included: identification and consideration of options to revise the zoning regulations in lower and medium-density areas for infill developments, consideration of revisions to the accessory dwelling unit regulations, and continued improvement to the development review process.

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Strategy to Remove or Ameliorate the Barriers to Affordable Housing As stated in MA-40, the following are considered potential constraints in Berkeley: accessory dwelling unit (ADU) requirements, infill development regulations and permit review process. Outlined below are strides the City has made, either through local initiative or by State direction, to lessen these constraints:

ADUs: The city of Berkeley has revised its ADU ordinance three times since 2015 and is about to undergo another round of changes. The current ordinance was less restrictive than State regulations in terms of allowable size (e.g. there was no limiting relationship between the size of the primary and the accessory dwelling unit), parking (ADUs were not required to provide off-street parking) and setbacks (the state required 5 feet, Berkeley only required 4 feet). After new State ADU law comes into effect on January 1, 2020, existing constraints will be removed, as outlined in Berkeley’s 2015 Housing Element.

Infill Development: Additionally, while the zoning ordinance includes five multi-family zoning districts and the City has seen a number multi-family development projects, Housing Policy H-34 of the 2015 Housing Element encourages the review of infill development regulations in residential districts to identify and change possible constraints. Since adoption of the 2015 Housing Element, the City of Berkeley has increased density in the Telegraph Avenue Commercial District and is currently engaged in active planning processes for the Adeline Corridor and Southside Priority Development Areas.

Furthermore, Assembly Bill 2923, signed by the Governor in 2019, requires the City of Berkeley to adopt Transit Oriented Development at Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations within the next two years.

These projects help to lessen the constraints on infill development.

Permitting Process: The permit process in Berkeley may be considered a constraint to housing production, although based on the amount of affordable and market-rate development that has been approved and the density of those projects, it does not appear to have deterred new development and the City met most of the previous California Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) targets.

However, Policy H-34 of the 2015 Housing Element calls for the City to continue to improve and streamline the development review process and to evaluate regulations to identify and reduce unnecessary impediments to housing development and affordable housing projects. Since the 2015 Housing Element was adopted, the City has begun a process to develop objective standards for zoning, which will help streamline the permitting process. In addition, State housing law packages adopted in 2017, 2018 and 2019 have created new pathways for streamlining projects with a majority of affordable units (e.g. SB-35). In addition to State Law, the City is examining its regulations, with the intent of simplifying and clarifying regulations, through its Zoning Ordinance Revision Project. Although this won’t streamline the permitting process, it will provide the public with a document that is easy to read and easy to understand.

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SP-60 Homelessness Strategy – 91.215(d)
Reaching out to homeless persons (especially unsheltered persons) and assessing their individual needs
The North County HRC is focused on single adults who are literally homeless in Berkeley, Emeryville and Albany. The staff at the North County HRC work in close partnership with Berkeley homeless service partners who provide a range of services including shelter, transitional housing, SSI advocacy, primary care, mental health and alcohol and other drug services, and drop-in services.

HRC staff conduct assessments through 211 referrals, during HRC drop-in hours, and at regularly scheduled service partner locations. Additionally, assessments are conducted on the streets, in parks and at encampments throughout Berkeley with the goal of identifying individual needs and matching them to appropriate and available resources including physical and mental health services, housing navigation services, shelter, transitional housing programs, addiction services and SSI advocacy.

Services providers are focused on removing barriers and quickly moving people into permanent housing.

Housing navigators support participants in a variety of ways from housing problem solving to, assisting with identification documents to housing search activities. The HRC outreach team partners with the City’s Homeless Outreach and Treatment Team (HOTT) and University of California Berkeley’s Outreach staff.

Addressing the emergency and transitional housing needs of homeless persons The HRC assesses people to determine needs and appropriate and available resources. Initial conversations are geared towards housing problem solving with the goal of reconnecting people with housed friends or family. In some cases, these conversations are supported with one-time limited financial assistance. The HRC is the access point into emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing financial assistance, and will provide housing search assistance and other housing supports. On a daily basis, HRC staff identify the number of shelter and transitional housing beds available and reach out to people who have been assessed and have expressed interest in shelter to fill the beds. Additionally, depending on the need and availability of shelter beds, the HRC will support medically fragile people who are working with housing navigators or partnering agency case managers with short-term motel stays when a more permanent housing placement is imminent. HRC will also make referrals through this front door to other existing services in the community, such as medical services, alcohol and other drug treatment programs, and SSI advocacy.

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and families to affordable housing units, and preventing individuals and families who were recently homeless from becoming homeless again.

The intake and assessment process assists HRC staff in understanding an individual’s level of need and the level of assistance needed.

The goal of this process is to ensure people are matched as quickly as possible to the appropriate amount of assistance needed to end their homelessness (typically rapid re-housing) and reserve the most costly interventions (permanent supportive and transitional housing) for those with the highest needs and greatest barriers.

Additionally, staff has access to small amounts of one-time flexible funds to support people’s successful transition to these opportunities. Staff utilizes rapid rehousing funds to quickly move people into housing. This typically includes paying the security deposit and approximately six months of rental assistance; the monthly subsidy decreases over the six month period. Due to the exorbitant rental prices rents in the bay area, HRC staff have incorporated larger units in their portfolio. This has allowed people with limited income and a willingness to share housing more opportunities to be permanently housed.

Help low-income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely low-income individuals and families who are likely to become homeless after being discharged from a publicly funded institution or system of care, or who are receiving assistance from public and private agencies that address housing, health, social services, employment, education or youth needs
Low income households in Berkeley at risk of homelessness and being discharged from institutions will benefit from the groundwork laid by the Alameda County-wide Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC). The CoC’s discharge planning efforts are summarized below.

Health Care: Persons are not routinely discharged from health care facilities into homelessness, and the CoC worked with a variety of health care institutions to reduce discharges into literal homelessness. California recently enacted Senate Bill (SB) 1152 that outlines requirements of hospitals and emergency departments related to the care and discharge of homeless patients. The Alameda County Health Care Services Agency (HCSA), a member of the HUD CoC, convened several work group sessions on the new legislation in partnership with the Northern California Hospital Council and its members. The sessions focused on improving collaboration and coordination among the CoC and community-based agencies including training and information sharing on coordinated entry processes. The County and hospitals have established several medical respite/recuperative care programs for homeless patients exiting emergency departments and hospitals with a large project in the planning phases on formal federal land. The County also established a locally funded housing subsidy pool to provide permanent housing subsidies for high priority homeless patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities and hospitals. Finally, Alameda County actively participates in a Medicaid waiver program Attachment 4

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focused on expanding resources and collaboration among health and housing providers to address homelessness.

Mental Health: The CoC works with Housing Services Office of Behavioral Health Care Services (BHCS) to improve discharge planning from mental health facilities. To that end, the Housing Services Office, with coordination by the CoC created a homelessness prevention/rapid re-housing fund, modeled after and delivered in partnership with the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program. The fund has been used to help hospitalized persons continue to pay rent so units are not lost, or to obtain units upon exit from the facility. The CoC worked with permanent supportive housing providers to develop protocols allowing tenants hospitalized for more than 30 days to retain their units. The CoC and the Housing Services Office trained staff on how to assess patients’ housing needs and assist in resolving them as part of discharge planning, utilizing the Office’s centralized housing resource database and webpage. BHCS also contracts for dedicated emergency hotel beds for use while ACT teams work on locating permanent housing. BHCS also pays subsidies for licensed residential care facilities to which people routinely exit and expanded this program over the past year. BHCS is also working on a new crisis and transitional residential program for homeless individuals with a serious mental illness.

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SP-65 Lead based paint Hazards – 91.215(i)
Actions to address LBP hazards and increase access to housing without LBP hazards While lead-based paint was banned in 1978 by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), it is still a significant problem in cities where the housing stock is relatively old and built before the ban. In Berkeley, over 90 percent of the housing stock was built before 1979.

The City of Berkeley Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program collaborates with the Berkeley Health, Housing & Community Services Department’s State lead-certified Risk Assessor/Inspector, Project Designer, and Project Monitor. Berkeley’s program also provides case management services to families with children who have elevated blood lead levels. Services range from Public Health Nursing case management for children with blood lead levels above 15 µg/dL to health education for children with levels between 5-14 µg/dL.

The Alameda County Healthy Homes Department (ACHHD) also has a HUD Lead Hazard Control grant to remediate lead hazards in qualifying Berkeley housing units that are vacant, or occupied by a low income household with either a child under 6, a pregnant woman, or a child under 6 years who visits twice a week for at least three hours each time. Since July 1, 2015, ACHHD has completed lead evaluations at 52 pre-1978 low-income housing units and has made 49 housing units lead-safe at 21 properties. The ACHHD was recently awarded a new 42-month lead hazard control grant which is expected to begin January 1st, 2020. The ACHHD will market to and expects to enroll eligible Berkeley properties into the program which will complete 144 units County-wide over the grant period.

ACHHD provides lead safety and healthy housing training. Since July 1, 2015, the ACHHD has provided lead safety training to 23 individuals with the City of Berkeley, associated with Berkeley-based non- profits, or with residential properties or housing-related businesses in Berkeley including Community Energy Services Corp, Berkeley Mission Homes, and the Northern California Land Trust. In addition, broader healthy housing training, which included lead safety, was provided to 6 City of Berkeley staff.

The ACHHD plans to continue to make lead safety training opportunities available for City of Berkeley staff, organizations, and property owners.

The ACHHD’s outreach and education activities promote lead safety, regulatory compliance, and participation in ACHHD lead hazard control grant programs to property owners, property managers. The ACHHD coordinates lead poisoning prevention outreach activities with the City of Berkeley Public Health. Outreach partners and locations for property owner presentations, staff trainings, and literature distribution have included the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board and Permit Office, the Berkeley Housing Authority, Tool Lending Library, North Berkeley Senior Center, YMCA, Berkeley Apartment Owners Association, the East Bay Rental Housing Association which is in Oakland but serves Berkeley property owners, the Ecology Center, and local paint and hardware stores. The ACHHD participates in local collaborations and with partners including the Berkeley Tobacco Prevention Coalition, Bay Area Lead Programs, Berkeley Black Infant Health, Kerry’s Kids, Rebuilding Together East Bay North, Habitot, and the Safe Kids Coalition.

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How are the actions listed above related to the extent of lead poisoning and hazards? The City’s old housing stock increases the risk of lead-based paint hazard. Approximately 87 percent of renter-occupied units are built before 1980. For owner-occupied units, the figure is 94 percent. There have been years of education and assistance to the public but the City does not know the extent of lead poisoning and hazards. The City will continue to take action as necessary to reduce lead-based paint hazards as required by HUD regulations.

How are the actions listed above integrated into housing policies and procedures? All participants of the City’s Housing Choice Voucher Program and prospective tenants of a pre-1978 residential building are required to receive a copy of the EPA booklet entitled “Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home.” Landlords must also provide a disclosure form for the tenants to sign that informs them either of any known lead-based paint the property or that no testing has been done. The Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program also provides information to property owners, realtors, and contractors. The actions above will also assist the City in meeting its policy of encouraging housing types that are environmentally and chemically safe, a policy of the City of Berkeley Housing Element.

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SP-70 Anti-Poverty Strategy – 91.215(j)
Jurisdiction Goals, Programs and Policies for reducing the number of Poverty-Level Families The City funds a wide variety of social service programs designed to assist households with poverty level incomes. These programs include childcare and a range of services for special needs populations, which are outlined in other sections of this Consolidated Plan. This section will highlight the City’s strategies to increase livable wage employment opportunities by supporting related community services and working with public and private regional partners. Strategies include:
• Funding and refinement of anti-poverty programs provided by community-based organizations and by the City. Federally funded community agency contracts are outlined in the Annual Action Plan.
• Continue implementation of the City of Berkeley’s Living Wage Ordinance. • Foster regional coordination on economic development to benefit low income Berkeley residents.
• Linking homelessness and homelessness prevention programs, such as the coordinated entry system, to employment training and placement opportunities.

The City has contracted with workforce development programs to provide training, education and job placement for low income, under-employed, and unemployed residents in addition to administering local hire policies and a youth employment program:
• Inter-City Services provides employment, training, and education and continues to serve veterans as funded under the Governor’s 15 percent Discretionary pool of Workforce Investment Act (WIOA) funds.
• Biotech Partners operates the Biotech Academy at Berkeley High School, targeting youth from under-represented populations in the fields of science and technology (African American, Latino, South East Asian, female and low income youth) and who may be at risk of not graduating from high school.
• The Bread Project provides training in culinary arts and bakery production, and includes the formerly incarcerated as their target population. They operate a social enterprise (wholesale bakery) that creates opportunities for trainees to obtain crucial on-the-job experience. • Rising Sun Center for Opportunity (formerly known as Rising Sun Energy Center) Green Energy Training Services (GETS) provides pre-apprenticeship classroom and hands-on training in the Building and Construction trades which serves as a pathway for careers in construction including green and clean technologies. Rising Sun also operates the California Youth Energy Services (CYES) program funded by the CA Public Utilities Commission, providing summer jobs for youth conducting residential energy audits.
• Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA) receives WIOA funding through Alameda County Workforce Development Board (ACWDB) to provide workforce development services to in-school and out- of-school youth. The area of workforce development is a focus area for increased coordination, Attachment 4

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including establishing methods to maximize and leverage resources. BYA, utilizing city funds, provides training to disadvantaged youth in all aspects of park and landscape maintenance in addition to summer and after-school programs for children and youth. • UC Theatre Concert Careers Pathways (UCCCP) is a nine-month program for young people ages 17-25, providing workshops and paid internships for participants to learn all aspects of live music venue production.

The C’ty's anti-poverty strategy continues to be closely tied to the funding of approximately 50 community agencies to provide services as described above to enable people in poverty to attain self- sufficiency, support at-risk youth to succeed in school and graduate, and protect the health and safety of low income people. The City also funds anti-poverty programs with general funds for job training and creation/job placement agencies.

How are the Jurisdiction poverty reducing goals, programs, and policies coordinated with this affordable housing plan
The City will undertake the following additional actions to reduce poverty which are coordinated with this Consolidated Plan:
• Continuing the City’s Local Hire policies which include the Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) between the City of Berkeley and the Building trades (created in 2011) which applies to publicly funded construction projects estimated at $500,000 or above, and, the First Source local hiring policy which applies to both public infrastructure projects estimated between $100,000 - $499,999 and private development over 7,500 square feet. These policies work towards creating a pathway into building and construction trades jobs for Berkeley residents. • The YouthWorks employment program will continue its partnerships with the YMCA Teen Center, Public Health Division, Berkeley Public Library, Public Works Department and Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Department. YouthWorks targets low income, at-risk youth from and provides all youth with training regarding important workplace skills. City of Berkeley departments and organizations serve as worksites providing valuable work experience to Berkeley youth. YouthWorks provides positive and meaningful youth-focused activities, which address youth unemployment, crime and poverty, teach fundamental life and workplace skills and help them to explore, prepare for, transition, and ultimately succeed in the world of work.

YouthWorks will continue to develop and coordinate new opportunities for Berkeley youth in the public service jobs.

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SP-80 Monitoring – 91.230
Describe the standards and procedures that the jurisdiction will use to monitor activities carried out in furtherance of the plan and will use to ensure long-term compliance with requirements of the programs involved, including minority business outreach and the comprehensive planning requirements
Monitoring Completed Developments: The Housing Services Division of the Health, Housing and Community Services Department (HHCS) is responsible for monitoring affordable housing developments funded with Housing Trust Fund (HTF) money to ensure ongoing compliance with federal regulations under the HOME and CDBG programs and other local requirements. The HTF Program pools funds from various sources to achieve the City’s General Plan and Consolidated Plan goals of developing and preserving long-term affordable housing. To achieve this purpose, the City provides loan and grants to qualified developers to undertake activities which create, preserve and expand the City’s affordable housing stock. The federal and local requirements are incorporated in the development loan agreements and regulatory agreements associated with each project. Currently, there are a total of 54 HTF properties subject to a regulatory agreement. Of the 54 HTF properties, 46 are rental properties of which 17 have HOME-assisted units. The monitoring procedures are documented in the City of Berkeley Monitoring Procedures for the HTF Program.

Monitoring During Construction: Consistent with federal requirements and good lending practices, the City is very involved in monitoring funded developments during construction. Individual projects may require a varying degree of City staff involvement depending upon the project size, complexity of the construction activity, type of sponsor, and subrecipient’s development expertise/process.

Community Agency Services Contract Monitoring: HHCS staff both prepare and monitor more than 50 community agency contracts for services annually. The City requires outcome reporting for all community agency contracts, and has drawn on outcome reporting information in the RFP process since November 2003.

Community Facilities Improvements Monitoring: The CDBG Coordinator reviews the contract between the non-profit and the general contractor to ensure that all local and federal requirements are passed on. The CDBG Coordinator is responsible for submitting the Semi-Annual Labor Enforcement Report (HUD 4710) and the Annual Contractor and Subcontractor Activity Report (HUD 2516). These reports include both information from the community facility improvement projects and information from any other construction activity undertaken by the HHCS.

Senior and Disabled Home Rehabilitation Loans Monitoring: The City’s contracts include insurance and permitting requirements, payment instructions, the construction drawings and the scope of work detailing the work to be executed. The payment schedules and change orders document the procedure employed to implement payments, changes to the scope of work and time schedules. All pre 1978 Attachment 4

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properties must employ lead-safe work practice and are tested when the work is completed to ensure there has not been contamination during the construction process.

The program administrative staff processes the progress payments for work completed. The progress payments are based on 95 percent of the cost associated in the line item breakdown for the work completed. The progress payment includes the pay request, payment tabulation, lien waivers and approved permit signatures. All payments require the owner(s), Contractor, and the City’s Project Manager/Inspector to approve the payment. The final five percent retainage payment is held for 31 days after the Notice of Completion has been recorded and any documentation that may be required to close out the contract. In order to refine the program, improve services, and ensure the program is meeting current needs, staff incorporate both participant feedback and improvements identified through routine program review into program procedures and Council approved guidelines.

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Expected Resources
AP-15 Expected Resources – 91.220(c)(1,2)
Introduction

Anticipated Resources
Program Source of
Funds
Uses of Funds Expected Amount Available Year 1 Expected Amount
Available
Remainder
of ConPlan
$
Narrative
Description Annual
Allocation: $
Program
Income:
$
Prior Year
Resources:
$
Total:
$
CDBG public -
federal
Acquisition
Admin and Planning
Economic Development
Housing
Public Improvements
Public Services
2,737,801

255,925

222,352

3,216,079

16,080,393

See below
HOME public -
federal
Acquisition
Homebuyer assistance
Homeowner rehab
Multifamily rental new
construction
Multifamily rental rehab
New construction for
ownership
TBRA
778,203

20,000

0 798,203

3,991,915

See below
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Program Source of
Funds
Uses of Funds Expected Amount Available Year 1 Expected Amount
Available
Remainder
of ConPlan
$
Narrative
Description Annual
Allocation: $
Program
Income:
$
Prior Year
Resources:
$
Total:
$
ESG public -
federal
Conversion and rehab for
transitional housing
Financial Assistance
Overnight shelter
Rapid re-housing (rental
assistance)
Rental Assistance
Services
Transitional housing
234,480

0 0

234,480

1,171,770

See below
Other:

CARES Act
public -
federal
Prevent, prepare for, and
respond to coronavirus.

CDBG-
CV1&3:
$2,501,926
$0 $0 $0
CARES Act
allocation
Other:

CARES Act
public -
federal
Prevent, prepare for, and
respond to coronavirus.

ESG-CV1&2:
$6,648,603 $0 $0 $0
CARES Act
allocation
AP Table 63 - Expected Resources – Priority Table

Explain how federal funds will leverage those additional resources (private, state and local funds), including a description of how matching requirements will be satisfied
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Grant (CSBG), General Fund, and other sources of funding. These organizations leverage significant financial and in-kind support from individual community members, foundations, and private organizations that help meet the needs identified in this plan.

In addition to leveraging at the individual agency level, the City has historically matched the investment of CDBG, HOME, and ESG dollars with the investment of General Funds. In PY18 over three quarters of the funding for community agency programs came from General Funds. The City meets the HOME 25 percent match requirement. The City meets the dollar for dollar match requirements for the ESG program by allocating General Funds to various homeless services providers. Shelter programs alone receive over $348,489 in City General Funds each year.

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If appropriate, describe publically owned land or property located within the jurisdiction that may be used to address the needs identified in the plan The City has long-term leases of City-owned property with non-profit organizations that address the needs identified. Programs operating in leased City-owned properties include:
• Dorothy Day House –Year-round and Emergency Winter Shelters and Community Resource Center
• BOSS’ Harrison House Shelter for Homeless men, women and families; • BOSS’ Sankofa House – emergency shelter for homeless families; • Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center’s Bridget House – transitional housing for homeless families; and
• Bay Area Community Services Pathways Stair Center.

The City also has long-term leases for affordable permanent housing at:
• Ocean View Gardens;
• UA Cooperative Housing; and
• William Byron Rumford Senior Plaza.

The City has committed more than $27 million in local funding for the development of the City-owned Berkeley Way parking lot to address the needs identified in the plan. On September 9, 2014, after a Request for Qualifications process, the City Council approved the selection of a development team consisting of Bridge Housing, the Berkeley Food and Housing Project, and Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects (LMSA) as the preferred development team for the site. Since then the City has been working closely with the project team on a three-part project including homeless services and meal space, emergency shelter, permanent supportive housing, and affordable apartments. The project sponsors have secured all required funding and construction will begin in spring 2020.

The City is currently exploring the possible use of the City-owned Ashby BART station area are rights as well as the West Berkeley Services Center as possible future housing sites.

Discussion
N/A
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Annual Goals and Objectives

AP-20 Annual Goals and Objectives
Goals Summary Information
Sort
Order
Goal Name Start
Year
End
Year
Category Geographic
Area
Needs Addressed Funding Goal Outcome Indicator
1 Increase
affordable
Housing Supply
and Quality
2020 2024 Affordable
Housing
BERKELEY Affordable
Housing
CDBG: $2,011,690

HOME: $528,652

Rental units constructed: 3 to
4 Household Housing Unit
Rental units rehabilitated:
55 Household Housing Units

Homeowner Housing
Rehabilitated:
2433 Household Housing Unit

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Sort
Order
Goal Name Start
Year
End
Year
Category Geographic
Area
Needs Addressed Funding Goal Outcome Indicator
2 Improve Public
Facilities and
Public Services
2020 2024 Non-Housing
Community
Development
BERKELEY Non-Housing
Community
Development
CDBG:
$606,829$906,829

Public Facility or Infrastructure
Activities other than
Low/Moderate Income
Housing Benefit:
385300 Persons Assisted

Public service activities other
than Low/Moderate Income
Housing Benefit:
1,105 Persons Assisted.

3 Provide Homeless
Prevention,
Emergency
Shelter, Outreach
and Rapid Re-
Housing
2020 2024 Homeless BERKELEY Homelessness ESG: $234,354

Tenant-based rental assistance
/ Rapid Rehousing: 10
Households Assisted
Emergency Shelter: TBD
Households Assisted
Outreach: 100 Households
Assisted
Prevention: TBD Households
Assisted
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Sort
Order
Goal Name Start
Year
End
Year
Category Geographic
Area
Needs Addressed Funding Goal Outcome Indicator
4 Prevent, prepare
for and respond
to COVID-19
2020 2024 Affordable
Housing
Homeless
Non-Housing
Community
Development
BERKELEY Affordable
Housing,
Homelessness,
Community
Development,
Non-Housing
Community
Development,
and responding
to needs of
COVID-19
CDBG-CV1&3: $
2,501,926
ESG-CV1&2:
$6,648,603
CDBG-CV supported:

Rental units acquired and/or
rehabilitated: 0
Public service activities other
than Low/Moderate Income
Housing Benefit:
up to 3,265 Persons Assisted

ESG-CV supported:

Tenant-based rental assistance
/ Rapid Rehousing:
75 Households Assisted
Emergency Shelter: 455
Households Assisted

Table 64 – Goals Summary

Goal Descriptions
1 Goal Name Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Quality Goal
Description
CDBG and HOME funds will be used for affordable housing acquisition and rehabilitation, and single family rehabilitation programs.

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2 Goal Name Improve Public Facilities and Public Services Goal
Description
CDBG funds will be used to rehabilitate public facilities and homeless and fair housing public services. 3 Goal Name Provide Homeless Prevention, Emergency Shelter, Outreach and Rapid Re-Housing Goal
Description
ESG funds will be used to provide outreach, services emergency shelter and/or rapid re-Housing to literally homeless households.
4 Goal Name Prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19 Goal
Description
CDBG-CV and ESG-CV (CARES Act) funds will be used to prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19

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Projects
AP-35 Projects – 91.220(d)
Introduction
With its CDBG, HOME, and ESG funds, the City of Berkeley will fund eligible projects in the following categories: housing development, rehabilitation and services projects, public services, public/community facility improvement projects, emergency shelter grant programs, program planning and administration, and the Housing Trust Fund.

Projects
# Project Name
1 City of Berkeley Planning and Administration
2 Housing Services
3 Single Family Rehabilitation Programs
4 Housing Trust Fund
5 Public Services
6 Community Facility Rehabilitation
7 ESG20 - Berkeley- Emergency Shelter, Outreach, Rapid Rehousing and HMIS Activities 8 CV- City of Berkeley Planning and Administration
9 CV- Public Services

Table 65 – Project Information

Describe the reasons for allocation priorities and any obstacles to addressing underserved needs
See sections NA and MA of the Consolidated Plan.

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AP-38 Project Summary
Project Summary Information
1 Project Name City of Berkeley Planning and Administration Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Quality, Improve Public Facilities and Public Services, & Provide Homeless Prevention, Emergency Shelter, Outreach and Rapid Re-Housing services
Needs Addressed Affordable Housing, Homeless, & Non-Housing Community Development Funding CDBG: $597,560 HOME: up to $199,551 (25% under HOME COVID-19 waiver plus the estimated $20,000 in program income)
Description The project will fund City staff to plan and administer CDBG and HOME projects.

HOME Admin based on projected entitlement with the 25% HOME COVID-19 waiver plus $20,000 in anticipated program income is $199,551.

Target Date 6/30/2021
Estimate the number
and type of families
that will benefit from
the proposed
activities
N/A
Location Description Citywide.

Planned Activities Information about the planned activities is included in Section AP-38 Project Summaries.
2 Project Name Housing Loan Services
Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Quality Needs Addressed Affordable Housing
Funding CDBG: $70,008
Description City staff provide loan services to support single family rehabilitation, housing trust fund projects, and other federally funded housing related activities.

Target Date 6/30/2021
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Estimate the number
and type of families
that will benefit from
the proposed
activities
The project will serve approximately 106 active housing rehabilitation loans.

Location Description Various locations within the City of Berkeley.

Planned Activities Services provided under this project will include accounting, processing loan payments and loan payoff demands, deeds of reconveyance, lien releases and loan subordination requests, collections, personal financial analysis, and structuring of temporary repayment agreements. 3 Project Name Single Family Rehabilitation Programs
Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Quality Needs Addressed Affordable Housing
Funding CDBG: $767,708917, 708
Description Activities related to single family rehabilitation efforts will be funded under this project. These projects will cover health and safety improvements as well as accessibility improvements such as the installation of ramps/lifts for low income homeowners and renters.

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The project will benefit an estimated 4144 low-income households annually.

Location Description Various locations within the City of Berkeley.

Planned Activities Activities include health and safety, accessibility, and energy efficiency improvements. CIL's program removes barriers to housing for 21 low- income, disabled residents by installing ramps, lifts and making other interior and exterior modifications to ensure accessibility of their homes. Habitat for Humanity provides home repairs, access modifications, and safety upgrades 18 low-income households focusing on essential health and safety of the home. City staff work with senior and/or disabled homeowners, providing loans of up to $100,000 for the Senior & Disabled Home Rehabilitation Loan Program.

Project Name Housing Trust Fund
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Goals Supported Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Quality Needs Addressed Affordable Housing
Funding CDBG: $1,023,974HOME: $598,652
Description Activities that provide funding for City staff in support of projects funded with City of Berkeley Housing Trust Fund dollars, includes funding for projects and CHDO operating funds.

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17 units (households) will be directly supported with federal funding during the five-year Consolidated Plan period for an average of 3-4 per year. During the same time period staff will also support the development of an additional 371 affordable units with local funds. These totals will include 34 senior units and 81 special needs (homeless and/or disabled units).

An additional 49 low-income housing units will be rehabilitated at Rosewood Manor (35 units) and Lorin Street Apartments (14 units).

Location Description Citywide
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Planned Activities City staff actively facilitate development, rehabilitation and/or preservation of affordable housing through working with developers, other city staff, lenders and other public agencies for the acquisition and rehabilitation of multi-family housing. $28,115 plus an additional $41,885 for a total of $70,000 will be dedicated to CHDO operating. The CHDO operating is increased under the HOME COVID-19 waiver.

This is the City of Berkeley’s Housing Trust Fund, and the funds support Housing Development staff. 570.201 (k) “provides that CDBG funds may be used to pay costs in support of activities eligible for funding under the HOME program. This includes services such as housing counseling in connection with tenant-based rental assistance and affordable housing projects, energy auditing, preparation of work specifications, loan processing, inspections, tenant selection, management of tenant-based rental assistance, and other services related to assisting owners, tenants, contractors, and other entities participating or seeking to participate in the HOME program.”

HOME funded Housing Trust funds have been proportionately adjusted after exercising the City’s administration under the HOME COVID-19 waiver allowing up to 25% of the entitlement to be used for administration.

Funded activities include working with funded projects throughout predevelopment, supporting public participation in project selection and development, preparing and executing loan agreements, and conducting federally required environmental review. Staff are currently working with 8 affordable housing developments in varying stages of predevelopment with reservations totaling nearly $60M in City funds, including HOME funds. Staff are currently focusing on Jordan Court, at 1601 Oxford, which will close its City financing, including HOME funds, by August 2020. In addition, this funding supports the City’s implementation of CHDO operating funding. Staff recently completed a competitive process for operating funds, and will take recommendations for funding awards to Council.

PY20 and earlier year’s CDBG funds will be used for rehabilitation work at Lorin Station (14 units) and Rosewood Manor (35 units), two affordable housing properties owned and operated by South Berkeley Neighborhood Development Corporation (SBNDC). Both housing properties have immediate rehabilitation needs related to plumbing issues and roof repairs.

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Goals Supported Improve Public Facilities and Public Services Needs Addressed Homelessness
Non-Housing Community Development
Funding CDBG: $453,921
Description Services including homeless programs (daytime respite, men's shelter and Coordinated Entry System), and fair housing services are funded under this project.

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1,105 low-income and homeless households are expected to be served through these activities.

Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Bay Area Community Services operates Berkeley's Coordinated Entry System which will screen, conduct intakes, and provide housing navigation services to approximately 920 people. Berkeley Food and Housing Program will provide emergency shelter to approximately 115 adult homeless men. Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity will provide outreach, training, fair housing counseling services to up to 70 households, investigation of an estimated 25 fair housing complaints, 10 tenant/landlord mediations, and 10 fair housing testing/audits with follow-up training for non-compliant property owners.

6 Project Name Community Facility Rehabilitation
Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Improve Public Facilities and Public Services Needs Addressed Non-Housing Community Development
Funding CDBG: $152,908302,908
Description Activities that fund the rehabilitation of public facilities are funded under this project.

Target Date 6/30/2021
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It is projected that improved community facility improvements provided by the City of Berkeley administered program will benefit a minimum of 324300 people.

Location Description Various locations within the City of Berkeley.

Planned Activities Activities include improving community facilities by funding substantial rehabilitation to applicants of the City administered Community Facility Improvement Program. Additionally, the City of Berkeley’s Adult Mental Health Clinic and the City’s Public Health Clinic will both are planned to be completed, serving some of the City’s lowest income and most vulnerable populations. Substantial Amendment #5 allocates funds to multi-year public facility rehabilitation projects at Insight Housing and Larkin Street Youth Services which are in progress and planned to be completed, serving 85 Berkeley residents in need of shelter and housing/critical services.
7 Project Name ESG20-Berkeley - Emergency Shelter, Outreach, Rapid Rehousing and HMIS Activities
Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Provide Homeless Prevention, Emergency Shelter, Outreach and Rapid Re-Housing services
Needs Addressed Homelessness
Funding ESG: $234,354
ESG-CV1&2: $6,648,603
Description ESG funds will be used for Emergency Shelter, Outreach, Rapid Re- Housing and HMIS costs.

ESG-CV1&2 will be used for Emergency Shelter, Rapid Re-Housing, HMIS and Administration.

Target Date 6/30/2021
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ESG:
7 households will be served with Rapid Rehousing financial assistance. 50 persons will be assisted with Street Outreach.

No persons will be assisted with Emergency Shelter or Homeless Prevention activities during this year’s plan.

ESG-CV1&2:
75 households will be served with Rapid Rehousing financial assistance. 455 persons will be assisted with Emergency Shelter.

Location Description Various locations.

Planned Activities ESG funds will be used to provide financial assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services to rapidly re-house approximately 7 households, and support approximately 50 people through street outreach and engagement activities.

ESG-CV funds will be used to provide:
1) Emergency shelter related to COVID – 19 including increased shelter costs (417 beneficiaries), the Berkeley Respite Program (38 beneficiaries) for a total of 455 shelter beneficiaries. 2) Rapid Rehousing (75 beneficiaries).
3) City administration of the funds.
8 Project Name CV- City of Berkeley Planning and Administration Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 Needs Addressed Affordable Housing
Homelessness
Non-Housing Community Development
Funding CDBG-CV1&3: $500,385
Description The project will fund City staff to plan and administer CDBG-CV projects and activities.

Target Date 6/30/2021
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Planned Activities Information about the planned activities is included in Section AP-38 CV- Project Summaries.
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Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 Needs Addressed Affordable Housing
Homelessness
Non-Housing Community Development
Funding CDBG-CV1&3: $ 2,001,541
Description Housing retention and mobile coronavirus testing/vaccine program for highest priority populations in Berkeley including seniors, unhoused people and shelter workers and residents.

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Up to $200,000 for up to 3,000 low-income persons tested/vaccinated and $1,801,561 for over 265 provided with housing retention support.

Location Description Various locations within the City of Berkeley.

Planned Activities Mobile coronavirus testing/vaccine program for highest priority populations in Berkeley including seniors, unhoused people and shelter workers and residents. This will result in over 3,000 tests administered to 3,000 individuals from our highest needs population.

The Berkeley COVID-19 response Housing Retention Program (HRP) provides rental assistance to low-income households who are unable to pay rent due to COVID-19. The program anticipates serving over 265 households. Any remaining or unused testing/vaccine funds will go towards the HRP.

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Description of the geographic areas of the entitlement (including areas of low-income and minority concentration) where assistance will be directed As discussed in MA-50, the City does not have areas of low income or minority concentration and therefore does not allocate federal funds geographically.

Geographic Distribution
Target Area Percentage of Funds
BERKELEY 100
Table 66 - Geographic Distribution

Rationale for the priorities for allocating investments geographically N/A
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Affordable Housing
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Introduction
This section includes HOME-funded units only. The City does not anticipate that any new construction will be completed in the year July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021. As of this writing in November 2019, the City is working with six proposed development projects with a total of 386 permanent housing units and more than $71 million in City funding, including $1.8 million (three percent) in HOME funds. At least two developments will start construction in spring 2019, and are expected to be completed in the following program year (2021-2022), adding 177 units to the City’s Housing Trust Fund portfolio, including a portion of HOME units.

One Year Goals for the Number of Households to be Supported Homeless 0
Non-Homeless 0
Special-Needs 0
Total 0
Table 67 - One Year Goals for Affordable Housing by Support Requirement

One Year Goals for the Number of Households Supported Through The Production of New Units 0
Total 0
Table 68 - One Year Goals for Affordable Housing by Support Type

Discussion
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Introduction
The Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) is not a department of the City of Berkeley. BHA Board members are appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council.

Actions planned during the next year to address the needs to public housing N/A. The BHA no longer owns any public housing.

Actions to encourage public housing residents to become more involved in management and participate in homeownership
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If the PHA is designated as troubled, describe the manner in which financial assistance will be provided or other assistance
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AP-65 Homeless and Other Special Needs Activities – 91.220(i) Introduction
The City uses a variety of approaches to support homeless and other vulnerable populations.

Describe the jurisdictions one-year goals and actions for reducing and ending homelessness including
Reaching out to homeless persons (especially unsheltered persons) and assessing their individual needs
HRC staff will continue to conduct assessments through 211 referrals, during HRC drop-in hours, and at regularly scheduled service partner locations, and a street based locations throughout Berkeley. Street based outreach staff will continue to engage people and provide basic necessities, such as water and hygiene kits.

Eligible people will be matched to appropriate and available resources including physical and mental health services, housing navigation services, shelter, transitional housing programs, addiction services and SSI advocacy.

The HRC will provide housing navigation services tied to rapid-rehousing and flexible financial assistance to support additional people in moving to permanent housing. Housing navigators support participants in a variety of ways from housing problem solving to, assisting with identification documents to housing search activities.

Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons The City will continue to provide funding for shelter and transitional housing as described in section MA-

30. The City funds multiple agencies to provide 298 year round shelter beds, 30 seasonal shelter beds and 27 transitional housing beds. After working hours, unfilled beds are filled through an evening Shelter Reservation Hotline. The Shelter Bed Hotline opens after 7:00 pm and makes available shelter beds operated by BFHP that were not filled after the daytime shelter bed reservation process. Sometimes people have a bed reserved but do not come in to the shelter in the evening. Before this program was implemented in 2009, these beds stayed vacant all night.

As part of the City’s COVID-19 response, the City will provide additional resources to existing shelters to mitigate the spread of the virus, modify one congregate shelter to provide individual living spaces to residents, provide rapid re-housing resources to people living in hotels as part of Project Roomkey, provide additional outreach to people living in encampments, and bring additional testing/vaccine resources to encampment sites.

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with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth) make the transition to permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the period of time that individuals and families experience homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals and families to affordable housing units, and preventing individuals and families who were recently homeless from becoming homeless again
Housing Navigators focus on the highest need people, which are prioritized using the standardized assessment tool. They assist with collecting identification documentation needed to apply for housing opportunities, housing searches and linking participants to services that will help to retain housing. The City’s Shelter Plus Care COACH Project will be expanded by 53 vouchers this year. These vouchers will be matched to the highest need people in North County through the county’s HomeStretch process. The City’s Aging Services Division will support enrolled participants with housing search and retention services, regardless of the age of the participant.

The North County HRC has flexible and rapid rehousing funds, which assist in reducing people’s length of homelessness. The City allocates ESG, and City and County General Funds to support these efforts.

While funding is available, providers report that the lack of available units with rents within HUD’s Fair Market Rent (FMR) makes it difficult to rapidly re-house participants within the County. Often, participants are being housed in neighboring counties making it challenging to provide ongoing housing retention services. This has resulted in some delays in spending City of Berkeley ESG funds for rapid re- housing. Starting in PY19, the City of Berkeley has shifted a portion of its ESG allocation to fund the Pathway Stair Center and HRC outreach. Also, the HRC has incorporated more shared housing opportunities through the use of larger units. This has provided people with limited income and a willingness to share housing more opportunities to be permanently housed.

Helping low-income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely low-income individuals and families and those who are: being discharged from publicly funded institutions and systems of care (such as health care facilities, mental health facilities, foster care and other youth facilities, and corrections programs and institutions); or, receiving assistance from public or private agencies that address housing, health, social services, employment, education, or youth needs
The City uses General Funds to fund services that prevent people who are not literally homeless but are at imminent risk of homelessness per the HUD Homeless definition (Category 2) from becoming homeless. Prevention assistance may include support to a household to retain its current housing or to move to other housing without having to become literally homeless. While the ESG regulations allow for federal funds to be provided to those categorized as “at-risk” but not necessarily at “imminent risk”, Berkeley uses its ESG funds for rapidly rehousing people who are literally homeless.

Berkeley funds prevention assistance for people who meet “immediate risk” criteria defined as:

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“An individual or family who will imminently lose their primary nighttime residence, provided that:
• the primary nighttime residences will be lost within 14 days of the day of application for homeless assistance;
• No subsequent residence has been identified; and,
• the individual or family lacks the resources of support networks, e.g., family, friends, faith-based or other social networks, needed to obtain other permanent housing.” Alameda County has mental health, foster youth, health care, and corrections discharge policies intended to prevent discharges of individuals from these systems into homelessness, described in detail in the Consolidated Plan.

The City is working with local hospitals to share information about the North County HRC and available homeless services in Berkeley to reduce discharges to local daytime drop-in centers and shelters that can’t support the needs of medically fragile people with severe disabling conditions. The City will continue to participate in countywide and regional efforts to reduce discharges into homelessness.

Discussion
The City of Berkeley supports a wide range of homeless programs, including emergency/crisis drop in centers and shelters, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, prevention and rapid rehousing services. All contracted service providers report outcomes based on the countywide outcome standards developed by EveryOne Home, in order to inform future adjustments to the service system.

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Introduction:

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Actions it planned to remove or ameliorate the negative effects of public policies that serve as barriers to affordable housing such as land use controls, tax policies affecting land, zoning ordinances, building codes, fees and charges, growth limitations, and policies affecting the return on residential investment
As stated in section MA-40, the following are considered potential constraints in Berkeley: accessory dwelling unit (ADU) requirements, infill development regulations and permit review process. While the City’s accessory dwelling unit requirements meet state law, they may be a constraint to development of additional units; therefore, the 2015 Housing Element includes a housing program to evaluate the regulations and consider changes to development standards for ADUs, a process that is currently underway. Additionally, while the zoning ordinance includes five multi-family zoning districts and the City has seen a number multi-family development projects, Housing Policy H-34 of the 2015 Housing Element encourages the review of infill development regulations in residential districts to identify and change possible constraints.

The permit process in Berkeley may be considered a constraint to housing production, although based on the amount of affordable and market-rate development that has been approved and the density of those projects, it does not appear to have deterred new development. However, Policy H-34 calls for the City to continue to improve and streamline the development review process and to evaluate regulations to identify and reduce unnecessary impediments to housing development and affordable housing projects.

With the passage of California Senate Bill 35 Berkeley, like all California cities, has an expedited path to planning and environmental approvals for affordable housing developments meeting certain State- established criteria. In 2018, the City approved land use entitlements for three City-funded projects under the SB35 rules: 2012 Berkeley Way, 1601 Oxford and 2001 Ashby.

Discussion:

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Introduction:

The City of Berkeley uses a range of strategies to address the housing, homeless, and community development goals identified in the Consolidated Plan. This section discusses actions planned to foster and maintain affordable housing, to reduce lead-based paint hazards, to reduce the number of poverty- level families in Berkeley, and to coordinate activities in these areas with other entities.

Actions planned to address obstacles to meeting underserved needs One of Berkeley’s major obstacles to meeting underserved needs is the limited amount of federal, state, and local resources available given the diversity of needs in the community and high cost of housing in the Bay Area. The City of Berkeley will continue to pursue new State and Federal resources as available to meet underserved needs.

Actions planned to foster and maintain affordable housing The City has several on-going programs which foster and maintain affordable housing in Berkeley:
• Rent Stabilization Program. In 1980, Berkeley residents passed the Rent Stabilization and Eviction for Good Cause Ordinance. The Ordinance regulates most residential rents in Berkeley, provides tenants with increased protection against unwarranted evictions and is intended to maintain affordable housing and preserve community diversity. • Affordable Housing Mitigation Fee (AHMF). This fee requires developers of new market rate rental housing to pay a fee into the Housing Trust Fund or to provide affordable apartments instead. Resulting units are affordable both to people with incomes less than 50 percent of Area Median and less than 80 percent. The Council adopted a formula for increasing the rate over time.
• Condominium Conversion Ordinance (CCO). The CCO governs the conversion of rental apartments and tenancy-in-common buildings to condominiums, and other types of mutual or cooperative housing. A mitigation fee for production of permanently affordable housing will be collected.
• Commercial Linkage Fee. The Affordable Housing Mitigation Program was approved on April 20, 1993. It imposed fees on commercial new construction in which the newly constructed gross floor area is over 7,500 square feet.
• Housing Trust Fund (HTF). The City of Berkeley created its HTF in 1990 to help develop and preserve below-market-rate housing. The HTF program pools funds for affordable housing construction from a variety of sources with different requirements, makes them available through one single application process to local developers, then monitors development and operation of the funded housing.
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market rate ownership housing to include affordable ownership units or pay a fee. On November 19, 2013, City Council approved completing a nexus study to determine the appropriate fee applicable to new for-sale housing.
• Mortgage Credit Certificate. MCC is a federal income tax credit that provides qualified low income homebuyers a tax credit worth up to 15 percent of their annual mortgage interest paid on their home loan. MCC recipients adjust their federal income tax withholding, which increases their take-home pay, making monthly mortgage payments more affordable. The City participates in the Alameda County MCC program.
• Senior and Disabled Loan Rehab Program. HHCS administers the program as an effort to preserve the City’s housing stock and to assist low- and moderate-income senior and disabled homeowners, funded by CDBG and CalHOME. The applicants receive a zero interest loan, secured by a deed of trust on their home, which is repaid when title to the property changes hands, normally as a result of the sale of the property or inheritance by the owner’s heirs.

Actions planned to reduce lead-based paint hazards
The City will continue to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program in its Senior and Disabled Rehabilitation Loan Program. Similarly, organizations working with the City of Berkeley on single family rehabilitation will work with the City and Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs to increase awareness of lead issues among their clients and incorporate lead safe work practices into their activities.

The City of Berkeley Public Health Division and the Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program will work together to increase awareness and knowledge about lead poisoning prevention in Berkeley including providing lead-safe painting classes, in-home consultations, garden soil lead testing kits, presentations, educational materials, and other services.

The City of Berkeley Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program collaborates with the Berkeley Health, Housing & Community Services Department’s State lead-certified Risk Assessor/Inspector, Project Designer, and Project Monitor. Berkeley’s program also provides case management services to families with children who have elevated blood lead levels. Services range from Public Health Nursing case management for children with blood lead levels above 15 µg/dL to health education for children with levels between 5-14 µg/dL.

The Alameda County Healthy Homes Department (ACHHD) also has a HUD Lead Hazard Control grant to remediate lead hazards in qualifying Berkeley housing units that are vacant, or occupied by a low income household with either a child under 6, a pregnant woman, or a child under 6 years who visits twice a week for at least three hours each time. Since July 1, 2015, ACHHD has completed lead evaluations at 52 pre-1978 low-income housing units and has made 49 housing units lead-safe at 21 properties. The ACHHD was recently awarded a new 42-month lead hazard control grant which is expected to begin January 1st, 2020. The ACHHD will market to and expects to enroll eligible Berkeley properties into the program which will complete 144 units County-wide over the grant period.

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ACHHD provides lead safety and healthy housing training. Since July 1, 2015, the ACHHD has provided lead safety training to 23 individuals with the City of Berkeley, associated with Berkeley-based non- profits, or with residential properties or housing-related businesses in Berkeley including Community Energy Services Corp, Berkeley Mission Homes, and the Northern California Land Trust. In addition, broader healthy housing training, which included lead safety, was provided to 6 City of Berkeley staff.

The ACHHD plans to continue to make lead safety training opportunities available for City of Berkeley staff, organizations, and property owners.

The ACHHD’s outreach and education activities promote lead safety, regulatory compliance, and participation in ACHHD lead hazard control grant programs to property owners, property managers. The ACHHD coordinates lead poisoning prevention outreach activities with the City of Berkeley Public Health. Outreach partners and locations for property owner presentations, staff trainings, and literature distribution have included the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board and Permit Office, the Berkeley Housing Authority, Tool Lending Library, North Berkeley Senior Center, YMCA, Berkeley Apartment Owners Association, the East Bay Rental Housing Association which is in Oakland but serves Berkeley property owners, the Ecology Center, and local paint and hardware stores. The ACHHD participates in local collaborations and with partners including the Berkeley Tobacco Prevention Coalition, Bay Area Lead Programs, Berkeley Black Infant Health, Kerry’s Kids, Rebuilding Together East Bay North, Habitot, and the Safe Kids Coalition.

Actions planned to reduce the number of poverty-level families The City funds a wide variety of social service programs designed to assist households with poverty level incomes. These programs include childcare and a range of services for special needs populations, which are outlined in other sections of this Consolidated Plan. This section will highlight the City’s strategies to increase livable wage employment opportunities by supporting related community services and working with public and private regional partners. Strategies include:
• Funding and refinement of anti-poverty programs provided by community-based organizations and by the City. Federally funded community agency contracts are outlined in the Annual Action Plan.
• Continue implementation of the City of Berkeley’s Living Wage Ordinance. • Foster regional coordination on economic development to benefit low income Berkeley residents.
• Linking homelessness and homelessness prevention programs, such as the coordinated entry system, to employment training and placement opportunities.

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education and job placement for low income, under-employed, and unemployed residents:
• Inter-City Services provides employment, training, and education and continues to serve veterans as funded under the Governor’s 15% Discretionary pool of Workforce Investment Act (WIOA) funds.
• Biotech Partners operates the Biotech Academy at Berkeley High School, targeting youth from under-represented populations in the fields of science and technology (African American, Latino, South East Asian, female and low income youth) and who may be at risk of not graduating from high school.
• The Bread Project provides training in culinary arts and bakery production, and includes the formerly incarcerated as their target population. They operate a social enterprise (wholesale bakery) that creates opportunities for trainees to obtain crucial on-the-job experience. • Rising Sun Center for Opportunity (formerly known as Rising Sun Energy Center) Green Energy Training Services (GETS) provides pre-apprenticeship classroom and hands-on training in the Building and Construction trades which serves as a pathway for careers in construction including green and clean technologies. Rising Sun also operates the California Youth Energy Services (CYES) program funded by the CA Public Utilities Commission, providing summer jobs for youth conducting residential energy audits.
• Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA) receives WIOA funding through Alameda County Workforce Development Board (ACWDB) to provide workforce development services to in-school and out- of-school youth. The area of workforce development is a focus area for increased coordination, including establishing methods to maximize and leverage resources. BYA, utilizing city funds, provides training to disadvantaged youth in all aspects of park and landscape maintenance in addition to summer and after-school programs for children and youth. • UC Theatre Concert Careers Pathways (UCCCP) is a nine-month program for young people ages 17-25, providing workshops and paid internships for participants to learn all aspects of live music venue production.
• Continuing the City’s Local Hire policies which include the Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) between the City of Berkeley and the Building trades (created in 2011) which applies to publicly funded construction projects estimated at $500,000 or above, and, the First Source local hiring policy which applies to both public infrastructure projects estimated between $100,00 - $499,999 and private development over 7,500 square feet. develop the • The YouthWorks employment program continued its partnerships with City and nonprofit agencies. YouthWorks targets low income, at-risk youth and provides all youth with workplace skills training. City of Berkeley departments and local community agencies serve as worksites providing valuable work experience to Berkeley youth 14-25 years old. • The City’s Recreation Division of the Park, Recreation & Waterfront Department partners with the Berkeley Unified School District and YouthWorks on the Achievers Program, which provides leadership development, career exploration and peer-led tutoring. This program is also used as a stepping stone for entry into the City’s YouthWorks program.

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• Funded through the City’s Public Works Department, the Downtown Streets Team, a non-profit organization, homeless and low-income persons volunteer to beautify commercial districts while engaging in case management and employment services.

The City's anti-poverty strategy continues to be closely tied to the funding of approximately 50 community agencies to provide services as described above to enable people in poverty to attain self- sufficiency, support at-risk youth to succeed in school and graduate, and protect the health and safety of low income people. The City also funds anti-poverty programs with general funds for job training and creation/job placement agencies.

Actions planned to develop institutional structure
During the next year, the City of Berkeley will continue to coordinate the housing and community services activities within the department through regular senior staff meetings and coordination on specific topics. The City’s Health & Human Services and its Housing Departments merged in PY12. Since that time, senior leadership of all Divisions meets weekly to share information on Division activities which promotes closer coordination. For example, in PY2019, the Housing & Community Services Division and the Aging Services Division collaborated to hire two new staff who will provide supportive services to house homeless residents who are assisted through Continuum of Care Rental Assistance administered by the Housing & Community Services Division. The Division leadership will continue to seek opportunities to increase coordination during PY20.

Actions planned to enhance coordination between public and private housing and social service agencies
City staff will also continue to participate in the implementation of EveryOne Home, the countywide plan to end homelessness. EveryOne Home spearheads Alameda County’s Continuum of Care. Staff will continue to participate in the initiative’s Leadership Board, which includes most public funders of housing and homeless services in the county, as well as leadership from key community based organizations. Leadership Board membership helps coordination efforts across the county. Staff also participates in other committees composed of other funders (such as Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services and the Social Services Agency) as well as many community based organizations.

Recent countywide collaboration efforts include the implementation and ongoing refinement of the Coordinated Entry System, issuance of an updated countywide strategic report by EveryOne Home, coordination and approval of countywide performance measures aligned with HUD priorities; and implementation of the countywide Whole Person Care funds to support the development and operations of regional housing resource centers.

City staff continue to collaborate with service agencies, from legal advocacy assistance, to disability rights organizations for unit modifications, the VA for VASH vouchers, and the Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) for Mainstream Voucher allocations. Additionally with Project-based voucher Attachment 4

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allocations and through work with owners of Below Market Rate units, BHA has partnered with both non-profit and for-profit developers of housing in Berkeley, to house those participating in our programs.

Discussion:

The majority of Berkeley’s activities furthering the goals of the Consolidated Plan are provided by community agency partners. This will continue to be the case in PY20.

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Program Specific Requirements
AP-90 Program Specific Requirements – 91.220(l)(1,2,4)
Introduction:

Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)
Reference 24 CFR 91.220(l)(1)
Projects planned with all CDBG funds expected to be available during the year are identified in the Projects Table. The following identifies program income that is available for use that is included in projects to be carried out.

1. The total amount of program income that will have been received before the start of the next program year and that has not yet been reprogrammed $255,925

2. The amount of proceeds from section 108 loan guarantees that will be used during the year to address the priority needs and specific objectives identified in the grantee's strategic plan. 0

3. The amount of surplus funds from urban renewal settlements 0

4. The amount of any grant funds returned to the line of credit for which the planned use has not been included in a prior statement or plan 0

5. The amount of income from float-funded activities 0
Total Program Income: $255,925

Other CDBG Requirements

1. The amount of urgent need activities 0

2. The estimated percentage of CDBG funds that will be used for activities that benefit persons of low and moderate income. Overall Benefit - A consecutive period of one, two or three years may be used to determine that a minimum overall benefit of 70 percent of CDBG funds is used to benefit persons of low and moderate income. Specify the years covered that include this Annual Action Plan. 87.00%

HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME)
Reference 24 CFR 91.220(l)(2)

1. A description of other forms of investment being used beyond those identified in Section 92.205 is as follows:

The City of Berkeley uses no forms of investment other than ones described in §92.205(b) Attachment 4

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(Refinancing Costs).

2. A description of the guidelines that will be used for resale or recapture of HOME funds when used for homebuyer activities as required in 92.254, is as follows:

No homeownership or tenant-based rental assistance activities are anticipated for PY20.

3. A description of the guidelines for resale or recapture that ensures the affordability of units acquired with HOME funds? See 24 CFR 92.254(a)(4) are as follows:

No homeownership activities are anticipated for PY20.

4. Plans for using HOME funds to refinance existing debt secured by multifamily housing that is rehabilitated with HOME funds along with a description of the refinancing guidelines required that will be used under 24 CFR 92.206(b), are as follows:

The City of Berkeley’s HTF Guidelines apply to any project using HOME funds to refinance existing debt. Per the Guidelines, Project owners submit funding requests to the City, or reply to the City’s Requests for Proposals for funding, with the following information, among other things:
a) As a condition precedent to funding, Owners must demonstrate an extension of affordability term. For new HOME funds invested in the Project, the minimum affordability term is the term required by 24 CFR 92 et seq., but, typically, the required extension of affordability is 55 years. b) As a condition precedent to funding, Owners must demonstrate that the refinancing preserves the affordable Project through rehabilitation.

1. Minimum rehab costs/unit must correspond to at least the value identified in a current physical needs assessment to ensure that the long-term needs of the Project can be met.

2. Typical rehab/unit costs are no less than $10,000/unit, the minimum rehab value required by the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee Regulations. c) Owners indicate if their refinancing request includes new construction that adds net new units to the Project
d) Owners provide extensive Project data, including audited financial statements, cash flows, rent rolls, services plans, PNAs, and rehabilitation proformas to demonstrate that:

1. The project is sound financially and disinvestment has not occurred

2. The long-term needs of the Project and residents will be met by the rehab Attachment 4

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3. The proposed rehab is financially feasible, includes no barriers to refinancing existing mortgage loans, does not include the refinancing of any existing federal or federally-insured loans, and leverages other non-federal funds to the greatest extent possible

Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
Reference 91.220(l)(4)

1. Include written standards for providing ESG assistance (may include as attachment) The City’s standards for providing ESG assistance are attached as Attachment 5: City of Berkeley ESG Manual.

2. If the Continuum of Care has established centralized or coordinated assessment system that meets HUD requirements, describe that centralized or coordinated assessment system.

The Alameda County Continuum of Care has established its coordinated entry system (CES). The CES has regional Housing Resource Centers that provide a range of services and resources. Each HRC conducts assessments using a standardized tool that prioritizes individuals and families based on need. The people with the highest needs are matched to appropriate and available services and resources including housing navigation, emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing.

3. Identify the process for making sub-awards and describe how the ESG allocation available to private nonprofit organizations (including community and faith-based organizations).

The City of Berkeley was allocated $227,398 in ESG funding for PY19. Funds will be used primarily for rapid rehousing and street outreach. Funds may be used, however, for shelter activities depending on community needs. The City of Berkeley will utilize the maximum amount possible for administration (Seven and a half percent of the grant) and allocate funds to support the County- wide Homeless Management Information System, known as InHouse.

ESG funds were allocated to the North County HRC through the FY20-24 Community Agency Request for Proposals (RFP) allocation process. Bay Area Community Services successfully competed to operate the HRC and will therefore be awarded the ESG funding.

4. If the jurisdiction is unable to meet the homeless participation requirement in 24 CFR 576.405(a), the jurisdiction must specify its plan for reaching out to and consulting with homeless or formerly homeless individuals in considering policies and funding decisions regarding facilities and services funded under ESG.

The policy-making entity for the City of Berkeley which makes decisions regarding the facilities, services, and other programs to receive funding under the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) is the Attachment 4

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Berkeley City Council. The Berkeley City Council is elected by the citizens of Berkeley. The City cannot mandate that a homeless or formerly homeless individual be on the City Council. Therefore, the City must develop and implement a plan to consult with homeless or formerly homeless individuals in making policies and decisions regarding programs that receiving funding under ESG.

5. Describe performance standards for evaluating ESG.

The performance standards to be applied to ESG activities is attached as an image labeled Outcome Measures. These standards were developed in 2009-2010 through the leadership of EveryOne Home (the Continuum of Care) and partially funded by City of Berkeley General Funds. This matrix presents outcome standards for each type of program in the Continuum of Care. Most were established as a percentage of the average outcomes achieved by all County programs (for example, the average permanent housing placement rate of all emergency shelters) and will be adjusted over time to ensure continued improvement.

Systemwide Performance Targets for Rapid Re-Housing Services Rapid Re-Housing Target

How Much?
Service Population: Unduplicated count of
individuals served (HUD Element, APR Q5a)
observe
Service Population: Proportion of chronically
homeless individuals served (HUD Element, APR Q5a)
observe
Service Population: Unduplicated count of households
served(HUD Element, Annual
Performance Report/APR Q8a)
observe
Service Population: Proportion of chronically
homeless households served (HUD Element, APR Q26a)
observe

How Well?
Data Quality: Data entry within 3 days (HUD
Element, APR Q6e)
100%
Data Quality: Completion. Adult participants with income info. recorded in HUD Element at entry and annual or exit assessments (HUD Element, APR
Q18)
90%
Average length of time from enrollment to move in
(HUD Element, Apr Q22c)
60%
within 2
months

With What Impact?
Are participants growing their income? (HUD
Element, APR Q19a3)
50%
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Are participants accessing mainstream benefits?
(HUD Element, APR Q20b)
85%
Are participants enrolled in health insurance?(HUD
Element, APR Q21)
85%

Are we successfully moving people into permanent
housing? (HUD Element, APR Q23a&b)
80%
Exits to Homelessness: What proportion of people
exit to homeless destinations? (HUD Element APR Q23a&b) <5%

Together Priority Home Partnership and the Housing Retention program make up the housing retention and rapid rehousing segment of the City’s continuum of services. The City will continue to work with EveryOne Home and community agencies to ensure that prevention and rapid rehousing funds are fully utilized and play an important role in ending homelessness in Berkeley.

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Appendix - Alternate/Local Data Sources

1 Data Source Name
Berkeley Housing Authority
List the name of the organization or individual who originated the data set.

Berkeley Housing Authority
Provide a brief summary of the data set.

The table was updated with the most current data available from PIC (PIH Information Center) What was the purpose for developing this data set?

Provide the year (and optionally month, or month and day) for when the data was collected.

December 2019
Briefly describe the methodology for the data collection.

Describe the total population from which the sample was taken.

Describe the demographics of the respondents or characteristics of the unit of measure, and the number of respondents or units surveyed.

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Attachment 4

CITY OF BERKELEY
SUBSTAINTIAL AMENDMENT #1

ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
JULY 1, 2021 – JUNE 30, 2022 (PY 2021)
For the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
San Francisco Field Office of Community Planning
and Development
May, 2021July, 2024
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2 Table of Contents
Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 3 AP-05 Executive Summary - 24 CFR 91.200(c), 91.220(b) ........................................................................ 3 PR-05 Lead & Responsible Agencies – 91.200(b) ...................................................................................... 7 AP-10 Consultation – 91.100, 91.200(b), 91.215(l) ................................................................................... 8 AP-12 Participation – 91.105, 91.200(c) ................................................................................................. 12 Expected Resources ................................................................................................................................ 1716 AP-15 Expected Resources – 91.220(c)(1,2) ....................................................................................... 1716 Annual Goals and Objectives .................................................................................................................. 2221 Projects ............................................................................................................................................... 2625 AP-35 Projects – 91.220(d) ................................................................................................................. 2625 AP-38 Project Summary ...................................................................................................................... 2726 AP-50 Geographic Distribution – 91.220(f) ......................................................................................... 3433 Affordable Housing ................................................................................................................................. 3534 AP-55 Affordable Housing – 91.220(g) ............................................................................................... 3534 AP-60 Public Housing – 91.220(h) ....................................................................................................... 3635 AP-65 Homeless and Other Special Needs Activities – 91.220(i) ........................................................ 3736 AP-75 Barriers to affordable housing – 91.220(j) ............................................................................... 3938 AP-85 Other Actions – 91.220(k) ........................................................................................................ 4140 Program Specific Requirements .............................................................................................................. 4746

Attachment 1: City of Berkeley CDBG, ESG, and HOME Projects - revised Attachment 2: Public Notice and Community Participation Summary – to be updated Attachment 3: Systemwide Performance Targets for Rapid Re-Housing Services

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3 Executive Summary
AP-05 Executive Summary - 24 CFR 91.200(c), 91.220(b)

1. Introduction
This Annual Action Plan is the 2nd Annual Action Plan for the current Consolidated Planning period.

2. Summarize the objectives and outcomes identified in the Plan The City of Berkeley (COB) has ambitious objectives for spending its federal entitlement grant funding.

Berkeley allocates these and other state and local funds to maximize assistance for its low and moderate-income households through:
• Housing acquisition, rehabilitation, repair, and accessibility improvements, • Assisting homeless adults and families including those with disabilities and other special needs, through emergency shelter, transitional housing, and service-enriched affordable, supportive housing; and
• Funding public facilities improvements to protect and sustain the infrastructure critical to community services and economic vitality in Berkeley.

The COB has long placed a high priority on affordable housing and community services because they reflect important community values. The City now invests more General Fund dollars into related programs than it receives in federal funding for these activities. The City is committed to maintaining high-quality programs for those in need but faces challenges due to uncertainty in future federal funds available. At the same time, ESG, HOME, Consolidated Plan, and Annual Action Plan requirements have substantially increased. Uncertain funding and increased administrative burden will impact the City’s ability to address all of the many needs identified.

Approved Allocations. As summarized in AP-38 and detailed in Attachment 1, the COB plans to allocate $2,726,906 (HUD award) in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds together with $503,823 (estimated) in prior years’ carryover and $629,755 (estimated) in CDBG program income to fund:
• $1,476,057- $1,326,057 in housing projects and programs; • $453,921 in public services;
• $1,298,159- $1,448,159for community and public facilities activities; and • $632,347 to administer all facets of the City’s CDBG program.

The COB will utilize its PY21 ESG allocation of $233,523 (HUD award) to serve literally homeless people through the City’s Pathways STAIR Program ($209,333), support the County-wide Homeless Attachment 5

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4 Management Information System, ($6,676), and support its program planning and administration activities at 7.5% ($17,514).

The COB will utilize its PY21 HOME allocation of $754,813 (HUD award) and $20,000 (projected) in program income for program administration at 10% ($77,481 including projected program income), Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) operations ($30,000) and will allocate the remaining balance to its Housing Trust Fund ($667,332).

3. Evaluation of past performance
The City reviews and evaluates its performance through its annual submission of the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report. The City tracks single family and multi-family housing rehabilitation efforts and housing development efforts.

The City's Single Family Rehabilitation (SFR) program comprised of 1) the City's Senior and/or Disabled Rehab Home Loan Program (SDRLP), 2) the Center for Independent Living, and 3) Habitat for Humanity Silicon Valley is evaluated on an ongoing basis to ensure that the most significant health and safety improvements are prioritized and that sufficient outreach is occurring to increase the number of unduplicated households served overtime.

In PY17, the City restructured its community facility RFP process to be more responsive to emergent agency needs. The City shifted its RFP process to a rolling application period with a minimum grant amount of $100,000. The program continues to focus on CDBG priorities for substantial rehabilitation for health and safety, ADA, and/or energy efficiency improvements. CDBG funds were allocated for renovations to the City’s Adult Mental Health Clinic in PY2017 and PY2018. In PY19 the City released the RFP/NOFA for PY19 funds and held a workshop with over 20 participants. However no complete applications were received during the year, and it is suspected that the coronavirus pandemic impacted potential applicant’s priorities and capacity. Through a substantial amendment the City repurposed PY19 and PY20 facility funds to an emergent housing rehabilitation program. PY21 facility funds will once again be available for nonprofit and government applicants.

Outcomes for all public services community agency programs funded with federal funds are tracked, and prior outcomes are used to inform funding decisions. The City also uses countywide Homeless Count and program outcome data to inform its goals on homelessness.

4. Summary of Citizen Participation Process and consultation process The City typically completes a fall public hearing with one or more commissions to obtain input on general community needs. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, commissions’ work was on hold, and the City satisfied the Citizen Participation Plan public hearing requirement by conducting two public hearings (September 2020 & February 2021) in response to CARES Act funding.

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5 The draft Annual Action was posted on the City's website, and a copy was presented to the Housing Advisory Commission (HAC) March 4, 2021 meeting. At its March meeting, the HAC approved the PY21 Draft Annual Action Plan. A Public Hearing on the PY21 Draft Annual Action Plan was held on April 27, 2021 before the Berkeley City Council. Outreach was accomplished via hard copy and electronic flyer mailings to interested parties, including Alameda County-wide Homeless Continuum of Care, community agencies serving low-income people, and public buildings such as recreation centers, senior centers, libraries and other government buildings.

Additional public participation for Amendment #1 – to be added

5. Summary of public comments
There was one public comment and a discussion among commissioners at Housing Advisory Commission meetings on March 4, 2021. Comments included expanding outreach to publish information in more widely read media outlets, adding detail about non-HUD funded program that the City has/is working on to the draft plan, exploring opportunities to enhance Berkeley’s fair housing work by bringing the work in-house, and a comment about the commission aligning their work with other commissions to advance source of income discrimination concerns with City leadership.

Public comment at the April 27, 2021 City Council Public Hearing included testimony from three individuals. Comments from the public and Council discussion included: support for housing reparations and improving housing quality especially as it impacts health, support for Section 8, loan programs effective for keeping low-income seniors in homes, community impact from the Habitat for Humanity program in Berkeley, and future support for Hotel purchase in line with HomeKey. Additional written comments were submitted during the comment period and related to complaints regarding a rehabilitation project the City is not funding, repairs needed at an affordable housing development, support for purchasing a hotel with support services, both the removal of and support of monitored encampments, encampment clean up both by the unhoused and increased garbage routes, create overnight parking lots with toilets, more investments in mental health, more supports for formerly incarcerated individuals, requests for funding to feed the homeless, creating a liaison between residents and Council to help enforce no smoking policies, and lastly that the report is too long and difficult to read.

Amendment #1 Public Participation response were as follows: - to be added

6. Summary of comments or views not accepted and the reasons for not accepting them Attachment 5

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6 All comments were accepted and/or addressed and will remain recorded in this report should additional HUD funds become available for public services and housing. None of the comments received resulted in changes to the Plan.

7. Summary
None.

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7 PR-05 Lead & Responsible Agencies – 91.200(b)

1. Agency/entity responsible for preparing/administering the Consolidated Plan Describe the agency/entity responsible for preparing the Consolidated Plan and those responsible for administration of each grant program and funding source.

Agency Role Name Department/Agency

CDBG Administrator BERKELEY Health, Housing & Community Services Department
HOME Administrator BERKELEY Health, Housing & Community Services Department
ESG Administrator BERKELEY Health, Housing & Community Services Department
Table 1 – Responsible Agencies

Narrative (optional)
The City of Berkeley’s Health, Housing & Community Services Department (HHCS) is the lead agency for overseeing the development of the plan. The Department coordinates the City’s funding allocation and monitoring for community based organizations, administration of the Housing Trust Fund, and operation of other housing and community services programs such as the Shelter Plus Care program, and Senior and Disabled Home Rehabilitation Loan Program. The Department also includes the Mental Health, Public Health, and Aging Services divisions, which provide direct services to the community, and it includes the Environmental Health division.

Consolidated Plan Public Contact Information
Rhianna BabkaKat Larrowe
Community Services Specialist III
2180 Milvia Street, 2nd Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-981-54107555
[email protected]@berkeleyca.gov
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8 AP-10 Consultation – 91.100, 91.200(b), 91.215(l)

1. Introduction
During the next year, the City of Berkeley will continue to coordinate the housing and community services activities within the department through regular senior staff meetings, such as regular Homeless Team meetings, coronavirus response for vulnerable and low-income populations meetings, and will continue to coordinate with other City Departments on specific topics. It will also consult with EveryOne Home, the countywide coordinating body and plan to end homelessness, and its partners at Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services and Social Services Agency as well as community stakeholders in Berkeley.

Provide a concise summary of the jurisdiction’s activities to enhance coordination between public and assisted housing providers and private and governmental health, mental health and service agencies (91.215(l))
City staff continue to participate in the implementation of EveryOne Home. EveryOne Home spearheads Alameda County’s Homeless Continuum of Care. Staff will continue to participate in the initiative’s various committees and/or Leadership Board, which includes most public funders of housing and homeless services in the county, as well as leadership from key community based organizations, including those which develop affordable housing. Leadership Board membership helps coordinate efforts across the county. In PY21, City will continue to work with EveryOne Home, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services, Social Service Agency and the County’s new Office of Homeless Care and Coordination to continue to implement the Countywide Coordinated Entry System (CES) for homeless services and will participate in EveryOne Home’s ongoing implementation of multiple CES sites throughout the county. Other recent countywide collaboration efforts include completion of the Centering Racial Equity in Homeless System Design Report, CES redesign efforts, Alameda County’s 2019 Point in Time Homeless Count and report and the ongoing implementation of the Home Stretch registry, an initiative targeting people who are chronically homeless and highly vulnerable.

City homeless services and mental health staff will continue to participate in monthly meetings with the Berkeley Housing Authority and homeless service partners to coordinate mainstream voucher housing opportunities.

Describe coordination with the Continuum of Care and efforts to address the needs of homeless persons (particularly chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans, and unaccompanied youth) and persons at risk of homelessness In PY21, the City will continue to work with EveryOne Home, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services, Social Service Agency and the County’s new Office of Homeless Care and Coordination to Attachment 5

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9 implement the newly redesigned North County Coordinated Entry System (CES), which includes the Berkeley, Emeryville and Albany, for homeless services and will participate in EveryOne Home’s ongoing implementation of the Coordinated Entry System throughout the county. These efforts have led to the redesign of the standardized screening, intake and assessments protocols across the Continuum of Care to streamline the assessment process and better match people who are homeless with the best fit available housing solution.

Describe consultation with the Continuum(s) of Care that serves the jurisdiction's area in determining how to allocate ESG funds, develop performance standards for and evaluate outcomes of projects and activities assisted by ESG funds, and develop funding, policies and procedures for the operation and administration of HMIS Consultation with EveryOne Home, the Alameda-Countywide Continuum of Care, City of Berkeley, the City of Oakland, and the Alameda County Housing and Community Services Department was initiated in 2012. The discussion focused on how to implement the new ESG requirements in a way that would be consistent countywide and would continue the collaboration launched in 2009 with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing (HPRP) funds. The group held several meetings in PY12, resulting in the development of a policies and procedures manual that was used to implement the Priority Home Partnership Program. The most recent version, which includes policies and procedures for shelter and outreach activities was attached to the 2020 Consolidated Plan. Additionally, the Alameda-Countywide Continuum of Care, City of Berkeley, the City of Oakland, and the Alameda County Housing and Community Services Department will be implementing new ESG-CV Standards and Expectations (attached).

2. Describe Agencies, groups, organizations and others who participated in the process and describe the jurisdiction’s consultations with housing, social service agencies and other entities

1 Agency/Group/Organization EveryOne Home
Agency/Group/Organization Type Services - Housing
Services - Children
Services - Persons with Disabilities
Services - Homeless
Services - Employment
What section of the Plan was addressed by
Consultation?
Homeless Needs - Chronically homeless
Homeless Needs - Families with children
Homelessness Needs - Veterans
Homelessness Strategy
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10 Briefly describe how the
Agency/Group/Organization was consulted.

What are the anticipated outcomes of the
consultation or areas for improved
coordination?
The City of Berkeley adopted EveryOne Home's
plan to end homelessness in 2006 and the City
continues to participate in the implementation
of the plan. See above coordination with
EveryOne Home, Alameda County Behavioral
Health Care Services and SSA.
2 Agency/Group/Organization ALAMEDA COUNTY HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT and ALAMEDA COUNTY OFFICE

OF HOMELESS CARE AND COORDINATION
Agency/Group/Organization Type Services - Housing
Services - Children
Services - Persons with Disabilities
Services - Employment
What section of the Plan was addressed by
Consultation?
Homeless Needs - Chronically homeless
Homeless Needs - Families with children
Homelessness Needs - Veterans
Homelessness Strategy
Briefly describe how the
Agency/Group/Organization was consulted.

What are the anticipated outcomes of the
consultation or areas for improved
coordination?
See above coordination with Alameda County.

Table 2 – Agencies, groups, organizations who participated

Identify any Agency Types not consulted and provide rationale for not consulting Not applicable.

Other local/regional/state/federal planning efforts considered when preparing the Plan Name of Plan Lead Organization How do the goals of your Strategic Plan overlap with the goals of each plan?
Continuum of
Care EveryOne Home
In 2019, the City of Berkeley adopted EveryOne Home's plan to end homelessness: 2018 Strategic Update and the City continues to participate in the implementation of the plan.

Table 3 – Other local / regional / federal planning efforts

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11 Narrative (optional)
Not applicable.

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12 AP-12 Participation – 91.105, 91.200(c)

1. Summary of citizen participation process/Efforts made to broaden citizen participation Summarize citizen participation process and how it impacted goal-setting The City’s Housing Advisory Commission (HAC) reviewed the draft plan during a public meeting on March 4, 2021 that was advertised on the City’s website and calendar.

The City published a public hearing notice on March 26, 2021 in the Berkeley Voice in accordance with its citizen participation plan for a April 27, 2021 Public Hearing at the Berkeley City Council meeting. It also sent the notification to residents of public and assisted housing, users of community and senior centers, libraries, and residents being served by over 50 community based agencies funded by the City of Berkeley.

The public hearing notice was also released through City’s Public Information Office including an email distribution list, the City’s news webpage, Nextdoor, and Twitter.

Substantial Amendment #1 Public Participation response were as follows: - to be added

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13 Citizen Participation Outreach
Sort
Order
Mode of
Outreach
Target of
Outreach
Summary of
response/
attendance
Summary of
comments received
Summary of
comments not
accepted
and reasons
URL (If
applicable)
1 Public
Meeting
Housing
Advisory
Commissio
n (HAC)
representat
ives
March 4,
2021
members of
the HAC
discussed
the Draft
Annual
Action Plan,
and one
member of
the public
made
public
comment.
22 persons,
including
commission
ers, were
present.

HAC members
reviewed and
discussed the AAP
at its March 4, 2021
meeting.

Comments and
questions
pertaining to the
AAP focused on
expanding outreach
to more widely
read outlets,
adding detail about
non-HUD funded
program that the
City has/is working
on to the draft
plan, exploring
opportunities to
enhance Berkeley’s
fair housing work
by bringing the
work in-house, and
a comment about
commission
aligning their work
with other
commissions to
advance source of
income
discrimination
concerns with City
leadership.

All comments
were
accepted.
https://ww
w.cityofber
keley.info/
Housing_A
dvisory_Co
mmission/
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14 2 Public
Hearing
Minorities

Non-English
Speaking -
Specify
other
language:

Spanish and
Mandarin

Persons
with
disabilities

Residents
of Public
and
Assisted
Housing

Low income
Berkeley
Residents
This Public
Hearing
was held at
the April
27, 2021,
City of
Berkeley
Council
Meeting.

Public comment
included testimony
from three
individuals.

Comments from
the public and
Council discussion
included: support
for housing
reparations and
improving housing
quality especially as
it impacts health,
support for Section
8, loan programs
effective for
keeping low-
income seniors in
homes, community
impact from the
Habitat for
Humanity program
in Berkeley, and
future support for
Hotel purchase in
line with HomeKey.

Additional written
comments were
submitted during
the comment
period and related
to complaints
regarding a
rehabilitation
project the City is
not funding, repairs
needed at an
affordable housing
development,
support for
All comments
were accepted
and/or
addressed and
will remain
recorded in
this report
should
additional
HUD funds
become
available for
public services
and housing.

None of the
comments
received
resulted in
changes to the
Plan.
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15 Sort
Order
Mode of
Outreach
Target of
Outreach
Summary of
response/
attendance
Summary of
comments received
Summary of
comments not
accepted
and reasons
URL (If
applicable)
purchasing a hotel
with support
services, both the
removal of and
support of
monitored
encampments,
encampment clean
up both by the
unhoused and
increased garbage
routes, create
overnight parking
lots with toilets,
more investments
in mental health,
more supports for
formerly
incarcerated
individuals,
requests for
funding to feed the
homeless, creating
a liaison between
residents and
Council to help
enforce no smoking
policies, and lastly
that the report is
too long and
difficult to read.

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16 Sort
Order
Mode of
Outreach
Target of
Outreach
Summary of
response/
attendance
Summary of
comments received
Summary of
comments not
accepted
and reasons
URL (If
applicable)

3. To be
added –
Housing
Advisory
Committ
ee

4. To be
added –
Public
hearing/
City
Council

Table 4 – Citizen Participation Outreach
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17 Expected Resources
AP-15 Expected Resources – 91.220(c)(1,2)
Introduction
Berkeley is an entitlement jurisdiction. The City will receive $3,715,242 (awarded) in federal Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) funds comprised of $2,726,906 in CDBG, $754,813 in HOME and $233,523 in ESG funds. Additionally, the City will add $629,755 (estimated) in CDBG Program Income and $503,823 (estimated) in unused CDBG carry over and $20,000 (projected) in HOME Program Income to these amounts.

Anticipated Resources
Progra
m
Source
of
Funds
Uses of Funds
Expected Amount Available Year 1 Expecte
d
Amount
Availabl
e
Remain
der of
ConPlan
$
Narrative
Description
Annual
Allocation
: $
Progra
m
Income:
$
Prior Year
Resources
: $
Total:
$
CDBG
public
-
federa
l
Acquisition
Admin and
Planning
Economic
Development
Housing
Public
Improvement
s
Public
Services
$
2,726,90
6 $629,7
55 $503,823

$3,860,4
84 $11,581
,452

CDBG funds are
allocated to
public services,
housing services
and
rehabilitation,
and public
facility
improvements.

The City of
Berkeley does
not currently
use CDBG funds
for economic
development.

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18 Progra
m
Source
of
Funds
Uses of Funds
Expected Amount Available Year 1 Expecte
d
Amount
Availabl
e
Remain
der of
ConPlan
$
Narrative
Description
Annual
Allocation
: $
Progra
m
Income:
$
Prior Year
Resources
: $
Total:
$
HOME
public
-
federa
l
Acquisition
Homebuyer
assistance
Homeowner
rehab
Multifamily
rental new
construction
Multifamily
rental rehab
New
construction
for ownership
TBRA
$754,813

$20,00
0 (projec
ted)
$0

$774,813

$2,324,
439

The City
allocates 10% of
the HOME
allocation to
administration,
up to 5% for
CHDO operating
costs, and the
remaining (or
approximately
85%) to the City
Housing Trust
Fund.

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PY 2021
19 Progra
m
Source
of
Funds
Uses of Funds
Expected Amount Available Year 1 Expecte
d
Amount
Availabl
e
Remain
der of
ConPlan
$
Narrative
Description
Annual
Allocation
: $
Progra
m
Income:
$
Prior Year
Resources
: $
Total:
$
ESG
public
-
federa
l
Conversion
and rehab for
transitional
housing
Financial
Assistance
Overnight
shelter
Rapid re-
housing
(rental
assistance)
Rental
Assistance
Services
Transitional
housing
$233,523

0 0

$233,523

$700,56
9 The City of
Berkeley uses
ESG funds for
Rapid
Rehousing,
Shelter and
Outreach for
literally
homeless
individuals and
families. A small
portion of the
ESG funds are
used to support
the County-
wide HMIS
system. The City
allocates 7.5%
of the allocation
to Planning and
Admin.

Table 5 - Expected Resources – Priority Table

Explain how federal funds will leverage those additional resources (private, state and local funds), including a description of how matching requirements will be satisfied Many of the housing and community services programs described in the Consolidated Plan will continue to be delivered by nonprofit community based organizations. The City contracts with a wide range of housing and service providers using CDBG, HOME, ESG, Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), General Fund, and other sources of funding. These organizations leverage significant financial and in-kind support from individual community members, foundations, and private organizations that help meet the needs identified in this plan.

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20 In addition to leveraging at the individual agency level, the City has historically matched the investment of CDBG, HOME, and ESG dollars with the investment of General Fund. In PY20 over three quarters of the funding for community agency programs came from General Fund. The City meets the HOME 25 percent match requirement. The City meets the dollar for dollar match requirements for the ESG program by allocating General Funds to various homeless services providers. Shelter programs alone receive over $254,726 in City General Funds each year.

If appropriate, describe publically owned land or property located within the jurisdiction that may be used to address the needs identified in the plan The City has long-term leases of City-owned property with non-profit organizations that address the needs identified. Programs operating in leased City-owned properties include:
• Dorothy Day House –Year-round and Emergency Winter Shelters and Community Resource Center
• BOSS’ Harrison House Shelter for Homeless men, women and families; • BOSS’ Sankofa House – emergency shelter for homeless families; • Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center’s Bridget House – transitional housing for homeless families; and
• Bay Area Community Services Pathways STAIR Center.
• Options Recovery Services – substance use treatment services.

The City also has long-term leases for affordable permanent housing at:
• Ocean View Gardens;
• UA Cooperative Housing; and
• William Byron Rumford Senior Plaza.

The City has committed more than $27 million in local funding for the development of the City-owned Berkeley Way parking lot to address the needs identified in the plan. On September 9, 2014, after a Request for Qualifications process, the City Council approved the selection of a development team consisting of Bridge Housing, the Berkeley Food and Housing Project, and Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects (LMSA) as the preferred development team for the site. Since then the City has been working closely with the project team on a three-part project including homeless services and meal space, emergency shelter, permanent supportive housing, and affordable apartments. The project sponsors have secured all required funding and construction began in fall 2020. Construction is scheduled for completion in May 2022, and lease up is scheduled for May through September 2022. Berkeley Way will consist of 89 affordable housing for households at 50-60% AMI, 53 units of Permanent Supportive Attachment 5

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21 Housing, 32-bed dormitory style shelter beds and 12 transitional housing beds for veterans.

The City is currently exploring the possible use of the City-owned Ashby BART station area air rights as well as the West Berkeley Services Center as possible future housing sites. In Fall 2020, the City engaged in discussions with BART to plan for future development of affordable housing on two BART sites in Berkeley, including the Ashby BART station and North Berkeley BART station. In Spring 2021, discussions between the City and BART will continue around developing a pathway for investing local subsidy in future housing developments that achieve at a minimum 35% affordable housing at both BART sites.

Discussion
Not applicable.

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PY 2021
22 Annual Goals and Objectives

AP-20 Annual Goals and Objectives
Goals Summary Information
Sort
Order Goal Name Start
Year
End
Year Category Geographi
c Area
Needs
Addressed Funding Goal Outcome
Indicator
1 Increase
affordable
Housing
Supply
and
Quality
202
0 202
4 Affordable
Housing
BERKELEY Affordable
Housing
CDBG:
$1,326,057
$1,476,057

HOME:
$667,332

Rental units
constructed: 3 to 4
Household
Housing Unit
Rental units
rehabilitated:
58 Household
Housing Units

Homeowner
Housing
Rehabilitated:
2629 Household
Housing Unit

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23 Sort
Order Goal Name Start
Year
End
Year Category Geographi
c Area
Needs
Addressed Funding Goal Outcome
Indicator
2 Improve
Public
Facilities
and Public
Services
202
0 202
4 Non-
Housing
Community
Developme
nt
BERKELEY Non-
Housing
Communit
y
Developm
ent
CDBG:
$1,902,080
$1,752,080
(estimated
)

Public Facility or
Infrastructure
Activities other
than
Low/Moderate
Income Housing
Benefit:
224200 Persons
Assisted

Public service
activities other
than
Low/Moderate
Income Housing
Benefit:
1,105 Persons
Assisted.

3 Provide
Homeless
Preventio
n,
Emergenc
y Shelter,
Outreach
and Rapid
Re-
Housing
202
0 202
4 Homeless BERKELEY Homelessn
ess
ESG:
$233,523

Tenant-based
rental assistance /
Rapid Rehousing:
10 Households
Assisted
Emergency
Shelter: 0
Households
Assisted
Outreach: 100
Households
Assisted
Prevention: 0
Households
Assisted
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24 Sort
Order Goal Name Start
Year
End
Year Category Geographi
c Area
Needs
Addressed Funding Goal Outcome
Indicator
4 Prevent,
prepare
for and
respond to
COVID-19
202
0 202
4 Affordable
Housing
Homeless
Non-
Housing
Community
Developme
nt
BERKELEY Affordable
Housing,
Homelessn
ess,
Communit
y
Developm
ent, Non-
Housing
Communit
y
Developm
ent, and
responding
to needs of
COVID-19
$0 N/A
Table 6 – Goals Summary

Goal Descriptions
1 Goal Name Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Quality Goal
Description
CDBG and HOME funds will be used for affordable housing acquisition and rehabilitation, and single family rehabilitation programs. 2 Goal Name Improve Public Facilities and Public Services Goal
Description
CDBG funds will be used to rehabilitate public facilities and homeless and fair housing public services.
3 Goal Name Provide Homeless Prevention, Emergency Shelter, Outreach and Rapid Re- Housing
Goal
Description
ESG funds will be used to provide outreach, services emergency shelter and/or rapid re-Housing to literally homeless households.
4 Goal Name Prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19 Goal
Description
CDBG (PY20), CDBG-CV and ESG-CV (CARES Act) funds will be used to prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19
Table 7 – Goal Descriptions
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PY 2021
25 Estimate the number of extremely low-income, low-income, and moderate-income families to whom the jurisdiction will provide affordable housing as defined by HOME 91.215(b):

BRIDGE Housing Corporation and the Berkeley Food and Housing Project’s Berkeley Way project (53 extremely low income and 89 low income units) started construction in July 2020, and Satellite Affordable Housing Associate’s Jordan Court (34 affordable units, with seven reserved for extremely low income households at 30% AMI and fourteen reserved for low income households at 60% AMI) started construction in August 2020. Seventeen of Jordan Court’s units are supported by the HOME funds.

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PY 2021
26 Projects
AP-35 Projects – 91.220(d)
Introduction
With its CDBG, HOME, and ESG funds, the City of Berkeley will fund eligible projects in the following categories: housing development, rehabilitation and services projects, public services, public/community facility improvement projects, emergency shelter grant programs, program planning and administration, and the Housing Trust Fund.

Projects
# Project Name
1 City of Berkeley Planning and Administration
2 Housing Services
3 Single Family Rehabilitation Programs
4 Housing Trust Fund
5 Public Services
6 Community Facility Rehabilitation
7 ESG21 - Berkeley- Emergency Shelter, Outreach, Rapid Rehousing and HMIS Activities Table 8 - Project Information

Describe the reasons for allocation priorities and any obstacles to addressing underserved needs
The City continues to funds activities that have been identified as a need in the Consolidated Plan.

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27 AP-38 Project Summary
Project Summary Information
1 Project Name City of Berkeley Planning and Administration Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Quality, Improve Public Facilities and Public Services, & Provide Homeless Prevention, Emergency Shelter, Outreach and Rapid Re-Housing services
Needs Addressed Affordable Housing, Homeless, & Non-Housing Community Development Funding CDBG: $632,347
HOME: $77,481 (includes the estimated $20,000 in program income) Description The project will fund City staff to plan and administer CDBG and HOME projects.

HOME Admin based on projected entitlement with $20,000 in anticipated program income.

Target Date 6/30/2022
Estimate the number
and type of families
that will benefit from
the proposed
activities
N/A
Location Description Citywide.

Planned Activities Information about the planned activities is included in Section AP-38 Project Summaries.
2 Project Name Housing Loan Services
Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Quality Needs Addressed Affordable Housing
Funding CDBG: $70,008
Description City staff provide loan services to support single family rehabilitation, housing trust fund projects, and other federally funded housing related activities.

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28 Target Date 6/30/2022
Estimate the number
and type of families
that will benefit from
the proposed
activities
The project will serve approximately 75 active home rehabilitation loans from the Senior and Disabled Rehabilitation Loan Program, and 40 loans from housing trust fund projects and other federally funded housing related activities, for a total of 115 loans.

Location Description Various locations within the City of Berkeley.

Planned Activities Services provided under this project will include accounting, processing loan payments and loan payoff demands, deeds of reconveyance, lien releases and loan subordination requests, collections, personal financial analysis, and structuring of temporary repayment agreements. 3 Project Name Single Family Rehabilitation Programs
Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Quality Needs Addressed Affordable Housing
Funding CDBG: $767,708$917,708
Description Activities related to single family rehabilitation efforts will be funded under this project. These projects will cover health and safety improvements as well as accessibility improvements such as the installation of ramps/lifts for low income homeowners and renters.

Target Date 6/30/2022
Estimate the number
and type of families
that will benefit from
the proposed
activities
The project will benefit an estimated 3538 low-income households annually.

Location Description Various locations within the City of Berkeley.

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29 Planned Activities Activities include health and safety, accessibility, and energy efficiency improvements. CIL's program removes barriers to housing for 21 (estimated 13 homeowners and 8 renters) low-income, disabled residents by installing ramps, lifts and making other interior and exterior modifications to ensure accessibility of their homes. Habitat for Humanity provides home repairs, access modifications, and safety upgrades 12 low-income households focusing on essential health and safety of the home. City staff work with senior and/or disabled homeowners, providing loans of up to $100,000 for the Senior & Disabled Home Rehabilitation Loan Program.
4 Project Name Housing Trust Fund
Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Quality Needs Addressed Affordable Housing
Funding CDBG: $488,341
HOME: $697,332
Description Activities that provide funding for City staff in support of projects funded with City of Berkeley Housing Trust Fund dollars, includes funding for projects and CHDO operating funds.

Target Date 6/30/2022
Estimate the number
and type of families
that will benefit from
the proposed
activities
17 units (households) will be directly supported with federal funding during the five-year Consolidated Plan period for an average of 3-4 per year. During the same time period staff will also support the development of an additional 371 affordable units with local funds. These totals will include 34 senior units and 81 special needs (homeless and/or disabled units).

An additional 49 low-income housing units will be rehabilitated at Rosewood Manor (35 units) and Lorin Street Apartments (14 units).

Location Description Citywide
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30 Planned Activities City staff actively facilitate development, rehabilitation and/or preservation of affordable housing through working with developers, other city staff, lenders and other public agencies for the acquisition and rehabilitation of multi-family housing. Specific activities include working with project sponsors throughout predevelopment, supporting public participation in project selection and development, preparing and executing loan agreements, and conducting federally required environmental review. $30,000 will be dedicated to CHDO operating.

The aforementioned actitivities are funded by the City of Berkeley’s Housing Trust Fund, which includes HOME funds. Together with the HTF and Admin funds allowed under the CDBG and HOME program, the funds also support Housing Development staff. 570.201 (k) “provides that CDBG funds may be used to pay costs in support of activities eligible for funding under the HOME program. This includes services such as housing counseling in connection with tenant-based rental assistance and affordable housing projects, energy auditing, preparation of work specifications, loan processing, inspections, tenant selection, management of tenant-based rental assistance, and other services related to assisting owners, tenants, contractors, and other entities participating or seeking to participate in the HOME program.” Staff are currently working with 10 affordable housing developments in varying stages of predevelopment with reservations totaling nearly $60M in City funds, including HOME funds. Staff are currently focusing on Jordan Court, at 1601 Oxford, which is currently under construction. In addition, this funding supports the City’s implementation of CHDO operating funding.

PY20 and earlier year’s CDBG funds are being used for rehabilitation work at Lorin Station (14 units) and Rosewood Manor (35 units), two affordable housing properties owned and operated by South Berkeley Neighborhood Development Corporation (SBNDC). Both housing properties have immediate rehabilitation needs related to plumbing issues and roof repairs.
5 Project Name Public Services
Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Improve Public Facilities and Public Services Needs Addressed Homelessness
Non-Housing Community Development
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31 Funding CDBG: $453,921
Description Services including homeless programs (daytime respite, men's shelter and Coordinated Entry System), and fair housing services are funded under this project.

Target Date 6/30/2022
Estimate the number
and type of families
that will benefit from
the proposed
activities
1,105 low-income and homeless households are expected to be served through these activities.

Location Description Citywide
Planned Activities Bay Area Community Services operates Berkeley's Coordinated Entry System which will screen, conduct intakes, and provide housing navigation services to approximately 920 people. Berkeley Food and Housing Program will provide emergency shelter to approximately 115 adult homeless men. Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity will provide outreach, training, fair housing counseling services to up to 70 households, investigation of an estimated 25 fair housing complaints, 10 tenant/landlord mediations, and 10 fair housing testing/audits with follow-up training for non-compliant property owners.

6 Project Name Community Facility Rehabilitation
Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Improve Public Facilities and Public Services Needs Addressed Non-Housing Community Development
Funding CDBG: $1,448,159$1,298,159
Description Activities that fund the rehabilitation of public facilities are funded under this project.

Target Date 6/30/2022
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PY 2021
32 Estimate the number
and type of families
that will benefit from
the proposed
activities
It is projected that improved community facility improvements provided by the City of Berkeley administered program will benefit a minimum of 200 people. The number of beneficiaries may increase as new community facility projects are identified through the upcoming NOFA and accepted applications. Substantial Amendment #1 will add funds to a public facility project with Insight Housing’s Dwight Way Shelter serving an annual population of 73XX.

Location Description Various locations within the City of Berkeley.

Planned Activities Activities include improving community facilities by funding substantial rehabilitation to applicants of the City administered Community Facility Improvement Program. Substantial Amendment #1 will add funds to a public facility project with Insight Housing’s Dwight Way Shelter for homeless persons in Berkeley. As of time of this substantial amendment the project is currently under construction and will be using public facility funds from several years to complete the project. 7 Project Name ESG21-Berkeley - Emergency Shelter, Outreach, Rapid Rehousing and HMIS Activities
Target Area BERKELEY
Goals Supported Provide Homeless Prevention, Emergency Shelter, Outreach and Rapid Re-Housing services
Needs Addressed Homelessness
Funding ESG: $233,523

Description ESG funds will be used for Emergency Shelter, Outreach, Rapid Re- Housing and HMIS costs.

Target Date 6/30/2022
Estimate the number
and type of families
that will benefit from
the proposed
activities
10 households will be served with Rapid Rehousing financial assistance. 100 persons will be assisted with Street Outreach.

Location Description Various locations.

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Annual Action Plan
PY 2021
33 Planned Activities ESG funds will be used to provide financial assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services to rapidly re-house approximately 10 households, and support approximately 100 people through street outreach and engagement activities.

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Annual Action Plan
PY 2021
34 AP-50 Geographic Distribution – 91.220(f)
Description of the geographic areas of the entitlement (including areas of low-income and minority concentration) where assistance will be directed As discussed in MA-50 of the Consolidated Plan, the City does not have areas of low income or minority concentration and therefore does not allocate federal funds geographically.

Geographic Distribution
Target Area Percentage of Funds
BERKELEY 100
Table 9 - Geographic Distribution

Rationale for the priorities for allocating investments geographically Not applicable.

Discussion
Not applicable.

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Annual Action Plan
PY 2021
35 Affordable Housing
AP-55 Affordable Housing – 91.220(g)
Introduction
This section includes HOME-funded units only. The City does not anticipate that any new construction will be completed in the year July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021. As of this writing in February 2021, the City is working with two HOME-assisted projects with a total of 177 permanent housing units and more than $33 million in City funding, including $2.4 million (7 percent) in HOME funds. The two developments – Berkeley Way and Jordan Court- started construction in summer 2020, and are expected to be completed in the following program year (2022-2023), adding 177 units to the City’s Housing Trust Fund portfolio, including a portion of HOME units.

One Year Goals for the Number of Households to be Supported Homeless 0
Non-Homeless 0
Special-Needs 0
Total 0
Table 10 - One Year Goals for Affordable Housing by Support Requirement

One Year Goals for the Number of Households Supported Through The Production of New Units 0
Total 0
Table 11 - One Year Goals for Affordable Housing by Support Type

Discussion
Not applicable.

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PY 2021
36 AP-60 Public Housing – 91.220(h)
Introduction
The Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) is not a department of the City of Berkeley. BHA Board members are appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council.

Actions planned during the next year to address the needs to public housing Not applicable.

Actions to encourage public housing residents to become more involved in management and participate in homeownership
Not applicable.

If the PHA is designated as troubled, describe the manner in which financial assistance will be provided or other assistance
Not applicable.

Discussion
Not applicable.

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Annual Action Plan
PY 2021
37 AP-65 Homeless and Other Special Needs Activities – 91.220(i) Introduction
The City uses a variety of approaches to support homeless and other vulnerable populations.

Describe the jurisdictions one-year goals and actions for reducing and ending homelessness including reaching out to homeless persons (especially unsheltered persons) and assessing their individual needs
Goals for PY21 include 1) housing all residents of the Safer Ground COVID-19 Respite hotels and the City’s Respite Program utilizing ESG Rapid Re-Housing funding, 2) applying for funding from the State of California under Project HomeKey to support a new Permanent Supportive Housing project by converting an old hotel, 3) entering into a contract and lease to support the development of 39 units of modular housing for unhoused residents of Berkeley, and 4) continue to fund and otherwise support the North County Berkeley/Albany/Emeryville Housing Resource Center – the front door to the homeless Coordinated Entry System which provides outreach, assessments, housing problem solving, housing navigation and tenancy sustaining services to unhoused residents. HRC staff will begin to implement the updated assessment process. It will include three phases: housing program solving (HPS), crisis assessment and housing assessment. The former will be focused on households that can be rapidly rehoused with limited support while the latter will be focused on households needing permanent supportive housing. This phased approach coupled with HPS flex funds will result in more varied households having access to needed supports. Staff will provide these assessments through 211 referrals, during HRC drop-in hours, and at street based locations throughout Berkeley. Street based outreach staff will continue to engage people and provide basic necessities, such as water and hygiene kits.

Eligible people will be matched to appropriate and available resources including housing problem solving resources, housing navigation services, shelter, transitional and permanent housing programs, physical, mental health and addiction services and SSI advocacy.

The HRC will provide housing navigation services tied to rapid-rehousing and flexible financial assistance to support additional people in moving to permanent housing. Housing navigators support participants in a variety of ways from housing problem solving to assisting with identification documents and housing search activities. Once permanently housed, HRC staff will work with participants to maintain housing.

Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons The City will continue to provide funding for shelter and transitional housing as described in section MA- 30 of the Consolidated Plan. The City funds multiple agencies to provide 298 year round shelter beds, 30 seasonal shelter beds and 27 transitional housing beds. As part of the City’s COVID-19 response, the census at these programs has been reduced by approximately 50% so staff and participants can maintain 6’ social distancing. Additionally, funds have been provided to expand shelter operations to 24/7 and to provide three meals per day so participants don’t have to leave during the day.

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38 To offset the census reduction, while providing a safe space, the City implemented a non-congregate shelter program to house 18 households who meet the CDC’s criteria for at-risk populations, 65+ or having an underlying medical condition requiring extra precautions against COVID-19. These shelter enhancements are expected to be in place until the City’s Shelter In Place (SIP) order is lifted. Rapid re- housing resources are being offered to help people move into permanent housing.

Additionally, the City expanded the Berkeley Emergency Storm Shelter operations from an inclement weather shelter to supporting a 24/7 winter shelter operation through mid-April.

Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth) make the transition to permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the period of time that individuals and families experience homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals and families to affordable housing units, and preventing individuals and families who were recently homeless from becoming homeless again
The HRC will have Housing Navigation resources to focus on the highest need people, which will be prioritized for permanent supportive housing and households who need shorter term assistance.

Assistance will be provided to help with collecting documentation needed to apply for housing opportunities, housing searches and linking participants to services that will help to retain housing.

The North County HRC has flexible and rapid rehousing funds, which assist in reducing people’s length of homelessness. The City will allocate ESG and local funds to support these efforts. While funding is available, there is still a lack of available units, within HUD’s Fair Market Rent (FMR) to support households with extremely low incomes making it difficult to rapidly re-house households in the County.

Often, households are being housed in neighboring counties making it challenging to provide ongoing housing retention services. This has resulted in some delays in spending City of Berkeley ESG funds for rapid re-housing. Starting in PY19, the City of Berkeley shifted a portion of its ESG allocation to fund the Pathway STAIR Center and HRC outreach. Also, the HRC has incorporated more shared housing opportunities through the use of larger units. This has provided people with limited income and a willingness to share housing more opportunities to be permanently housed.

Helping low-income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely low-income individuals and families and those who are: being discharged from publicly funded institutions and systems of care (such as health care facilities, mental health facilities, foster care and other youth facilities, and corrections programs and institutions); or, receiving assistance from public or private agencies that address housing, health, social services, Attachment 5

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Annual Action Plan
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39 employment, education, or youth needs.

The City uses General Funds and CDBG-CV to fund services that prevent people who are not literally homeless but are at imminent risk of homelessness per the HUD Homeless definition (Category 2) from becoming homeless. Prevention assistance may include support to a household to retain its current housing or to move to other housing without having to become literally homeless. While the ESG regulations allow for federal funds to be provided to those categorized as “at-risk” but not necessarily at “imminent risk”, Berkeley uses its ESG funds for rapidly rehousing people who are literally homeless.

Berkeley funds prevention assistance for people who meet “immediate risk” criteria defined as:
“An individual or family who will imminently lose their primary nighttime residence, provided that:
• the primary nighttime residences will be lost within 14 days of the day of application for homeless assistance;
• No subsequent residence has been identified; and,
• The individual or family lacks the resources of support networks, e.g., family, friends, faith-based or other social networks, needed to obtain other permanent housing.” Alameda County has mental health, foster youth, health care, and corrections discharge policies intended to prevent discharges of individuals from these systems into homelessness, described in detail in the Consolidated Plan.

During the coronavirus pandemic, the City expanded the housing retention program to assist households unable to pay rent due to a COVID-19 related loss of income. Households must provide a dated Notice of Eviction from landlord stating amount owed for back rent OR a letter of verification from landlord stating the amount owed for back rent, since there is currently an eviction moratorium.

The City is working with local hospitals to share information about the North County HRC and available homeless services in Berkeley to reduce discharges to local daytime drop-in centers and shelters that can’t support the needs of medically fragile people with severe disabling conditions. The City will continue to participate in countywide and regional efforts to reduce discharges into homelessness.

Discussion
The City of Berkeley supports a wide range of homeless programs, including emergency/crisis drop in centers and shelters, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, prevention and rapid rehousing services. All contracted service providers report outcomes based on the countywide outcome standards developed by EveryOne Home, in order to inform future adjustments to the service system.

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City of Berkeley
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PY 2021
40 AP-75 Barriers to affordable housing – 91.220(j)
Introduction:

None.

Actions it planned to remove or ameliorate the negative effects of public policies that serve as barriers to affordable housing such as land use controls, tax policies affecting land, zoning ordinances, building codes, fees and charges, growth limitations, and policies affecting the return on residential investment
As stated in section MA-40 of the Consolidated Plan, the following are considered potential constraints in Berkeley: accessory dwelling unit (ADU) requirements, infill development regulations and permit review process. While the City’s accessory dwelling unit requirements meet state law, they may be a constraint to development of additional units; therefore, the 2015 Housing Element includes a housing program to evaluate the regulations and consider changes to development standards for ADUs, a process that is currently underway. Additionally, while the zoning ordinance includes five multi-family zoning districts and the City has seen a number multi-family development projects, Housing Policy H-34 of the 2015 Housing Element encourages the review of infill development regulations in residential districts to identify and change possible constraints.

The permit process in Berkeley may be considered a constraint to housing production, although based on the amount of affordable and market-rate development that has been approved and the density of those projects, it does not appear to have deterred new development. However, Policy H-34 calls for the City to continue to improve and streamline the development review process and to evaluate regulations to identify and reduce unnecessary impediments to housing development and affordable housing projects.

With the passage of California Senate Bill (SB) 35 Berkeley, like all California cities, has an expedited path to planning and environmental approvals for affordable housing developments meeting certain State- established criteria. In 2018, the City approved land use entitlements for three City-funded projects under the SB35 rules: 2012 Berkeley Way, 1601 Oxford and 2001 Ashby.

The City also anticipates a reduction in barriers to affordable housing with the passage of California Senate Bill 330 (2019) which reduces the number of allowable public hearings for Housing Accountability Act (HAA) compliant projects to five.

The City also adopted the Adeline Corridor Plan (December 2020) which introduced a local density bonus program that incentivizes the development of affordable housing in the corridor.

Discussion
Not applicable.

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City of Berkeley
Annual Action Plan
PY 2021
41 AP-85 Other Actions – 91.220(k)
Introduction:

The City of Berkeley uses a range of strategies to address the housing, homeless, and community development goals identified in the Consolidated Plan. This section discusses actions planned to foster and maintain affordable housing, to reduce lead-based paint hazards, to reduce the number of poverty- level families in Berkeley, and to coordinate activities in these areas with other entities.

Actions planned to address obstacles to meeting underserved needs One of Berkeley’s major obstacles to meeting underserved needs is the limited amount of federal, state, and local resources available given the diversity of needs in the community and high cost of housing in the Bay Area. The City of Berkeley will continue to pursue new State and Federal resources as available to meet underserved needs.

Actions planned to foster and maintain affordable housing The City has several on-going programs which foster and maintain affordable housing in Berkeley:
• Rent Stabilization Program. In 1980, Berkeley residents passed the Rent Stabilization and Eviction for Good Cause Ordinance. The Ordinance regulates most residential rents in Berkeley, provides tenants with increased protection against unwarranted evictions and is intended to maintain affordable housing and preserve community diversity. In 2017 Council adopted the Tennant Protection Ordinance, to prohibit illegal evictions through the use of fraudulent and/or misleading representations, intimidating conduct, and coercive conduct. • Affordable Housing Mitigation Fee (AHMF). This fee requires developers of new market rate rental housing to pay a fee into the Housing Trust Fund or to provide affordable apartments instead. Resulting units are affordable both to people with incomes less than 50 percent of Area Median and less than 80 percent. The Council adopted a formula for increasing the rate over time.
• Condominium Conversion Ordinance (CCO). The CCO governs the conversion of rental apartments and tenancy-in-common buildings to condominiums, and other types of mutual or cooperative housing. A mitigation fee for production of permanently affordable housing will be collected.
• Commercial Linkage Fee. The Affordable Housing Mitigation Program was approved on April 20, 1993. It imposed fees on commercial new construction in which the newly constructed gross floor area is over 7,500 square feet.
• Housing Trust Fund (HTF). The City of Berkeley created its HTF in 1990 to help develop and preserve below-market-rate housing. The HTF program pools funds for affordable housing construction from a variety of sources with different requirements, makes them available Attachment 5

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42 through one single application process to local developers, then monitors development and operation of the funded housing.
• Inclusionary Housing Ordinance for ownership housing. The ordinance requires developers of market rate ownership housing to include affordable ownership units or pay a fee. On November 19, 2013, City Council approved completing a nexus study to determine the appropriate fee applicable to new for-sale housing.
• Relocation Ordinance. In 2011, the City of Berkeley adopted a local ordinance to prevent tenants from being permanently displaced if they must vacate their unit temporarily while repairs are completed to bring the unit into code compliance. The Ordinance requires the Owner to allow the tenants to move back into the unit once repairs are completed, and to provide financial compensation to tenants to mitigate the costs associated with being temporarily displaced. • Mortgage Credit Certificate. MCC is a federal income tax credit that provides qualified low income homebuyers a tax credit worth up to 15 percent of their annual mortgage interest paid on their home loan. MCC recipients adjust their federal income tax withholding, which increases their take-home pay, making monthly mortgage payments more affordable. The City participates in the Alameda County MCC program.
• Senior and Disabled Loan Rehab Program. HHCS administers the program as an effort to preserve the City’s housing stock and to assist low- and moderate-income senior and disabled homeowners, funded by CDBG and CalHOME. The applicants receive a zero interest loan, secured by a deed of trust on their home, which is repaid when title to the property changes hands, typically as a result of the sale of the property or inheritance by the owner’s heirs. • Fair Chance to Housing. In March of 2020, Berkeley City Council passed the Fair Chance Access to Housing Ordinance, prohibiting the use of criminal history and/or criminal background checks in the tenant selection process for rental housing.
• Tennant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA). In March of 2021, the City is advancing a TOPA Ordinance that tis expected to be finalized by the end of the year. TOPA provides tenants the legal opportunity to collectively purchase, or assign rights to an affordable housing developer, the property they live in when the property is ready to sell. It also provides technical assistance, education, and financing to help make these purchases possible.

Actions planned to reduce lead-based paint hazards
The City will continue to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program in its Senior and Disabled Rehabilitation Loan Program. Similarly, organizations working with the City of Berkeley on single family rehabilitation will work with the City and Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs to increase awareness of lead issues among their clients and incorporate lead safe work practices into their activities.

The City of Berkeley Public Health Division and the Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program will work together to increase awareness and knowledge about lead poisoning prevention in Berkeley Attachment 5

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43 including providing lead-safe painting classes, in-home consultations, garden soil lead testing kits, presentations, educational materials, and other services.

The City of Berkeley Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program collaborates with the Berkeley Health, Housing & Community Services Department’s State lead-certified Risk Assessor/Inspector, Project Designer, and Project Monitor. Berkeley’s program also provides case management services to families with children who have elevated blood lead levels. Services range from Public Health Nursing case management for children with blood lead levels above 15 µg/dL to health education for children with levels between 5-14 µg/dL.

The Alameda County Healthy Homes Department (ACHHD) also provides HUD-funded lead hazard control grants for addressing lead hazards in qualifying Berkeley pre-1978 housing units that are occupied by a low income household with a priority for units with a child under 6 living in the unit, a pregnant occupant, or a child under 6 years who visits twice a week for at least three hours each time. Since July 1, 2020, ACHHD has completed lead evaluation at one unit in Berkeley which is under contract for lead hazard repair, has approved another unit for service and has seven units in the application process. The goal of the program is to make 144 housing units lead-safe county-wide over the 42-month grant period.

ACHHD also provides lead safety and healthy housing training. For coronavirus safety, in person trainings have been suspended under the County’s Shelter-In-Place orders. The ACHHD has increased traditional media, social media, and web content to continue outreach and education.

The ACHHD’s outreach and education activities promote lead safety, regulatory compliance, and participation in ACHHD lead hazard control grant programs to property owners, property managers. The ACHHD coordinates lead poisoning prevention outreach activities with the City of Berkeley Public Health. Outreach partners and locations for property owner presentations, staff trainings, and literature distribution have included the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board and Permit Office, the Berkeley Housing Authority, Tool Lending Library, North Berkeley Senior Center, YMCA, Berkeley Property Owners Association, the East Bay Rental Housing Association which is in Oakland but serves Berkeley property owners, the Ecology Center, and local paint and hardware stores. The ACHHD participates in local collaborations and with partners including the Berkeley Tobacco Prevention Coalition, Bay Area Lead Programs, Berkeley Black Infant Health, Kerry’s Kids, Rebuilding Together East Bay North, Habitot, and the Safe Kids Coalition.

Actions planned to reduce the number of poverty-level families The City funds a wide variety of social service programs designed to assist households with poverty level incomes. These programs include childcare and a range of services for special needs populations, which are outlined in other sections of this Consolidated Plan. This section will highlight the City’s strategies to increase livable wage employment opportunities by supporting related community services and working Attachment 5

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44 with public and private regional partners. Strategies include:
• Funding and refinement of anti-poverty programs provided by community-based organizations and by the City. Federally funded community agency contracts are outlined in the Annual Action Plan.
• Continue implementation of the City of Berkeley’s Living Wage Ordinance. • Foster regional coordination on economic development to benefit low income Berkeley residents.
• Linking homelessness and homelessness prevention programs, such as the coordinated entry system, to employment training and placement opportunities. The HRC will begin providing employment services.

The City has contracted with the a number of workforce development programs to provide training, education and job placement for low income, under-employed, and unemployed residents:
• Inter-City Services provides employment, training, and education and continues to serve veterans as funded under the Governor’s 15% Discretionary pool of Workforce Investment Act (WIOA) funds.
• Biotech Partners operates the Biotech Academy at Berkeley High School, targeting youth from under-represented populations in the fields of science and technology (African American, Latino, South East Asian, and female and low income youth) and who may be at risk of not graduating from high school.
• The Bread Project provides training in culinary arts and bakery production, and includes the formerly incarcerated as their target population. They operate a social enterprise (wholesale bakery) that creates opportunities for trainees to obtain crucial on-the-job experience. • Rising Sun Center for Opportunity (formerly known as Rising Sun Energy Center) Green Energy Training Services (GETS) provides pre-apprenticeship classroom and hands-on training in the Building and Construction trades which serves as a pathway for careers in construction including green and clean technologies. Rising Sun also operates the California Youth Energy Services (CYES) program funded by the CA Public Utilities Commission, providing summer jobs for youth conducting residential energy audits.
• Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA) receives WIOA funding through Alameda County Workforce Development Board (ACWDB) to provide workforce development services to in-school and out- of-school youth. The area of workforce development is a focus area for increased coordination, including establishing methods to maximize and leverage resources. BYA, utilizing city funds, provides training to disadvantaged youth in all aspects of park and landscape maintenance in addition to summer and after-school programs for children and youth. • UC Theatre Concert Careers Pathways (UCCCP) is a nine-month program for young people ages 17-25, providing workshops and paid internships for participants to learn all aspects of live music venue production.

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City of Berkeley
Annual Action Plan
PY 2021
45 • Continuing the City’s Local Hire policies which include the Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) between the City of Berkeley and the Building trades (created in 2011) which applies to publicly funded construction projects estimated at $500,000 or above, and, the First Source local hiring policy which applies to both public infrastructure projects estimated between $100,000 - $499,999 and private development over 7,500 square feet. develop the • The YouthWorks employment program continued its partnerships with City and nonprofit agencies. YouthWorks targets low income, at-risk youth and provides all youth with workplace skills training. City of Berkeley departments and local community agencies serve as worksites providing valuable work experience to Berkeley youth 14-25 years old. • The City’s Recreation Division of the Park, Recreation & Waterfront Department partners with the Berkeley Unified School District and YouthWorks on the Achievers Program, which provides leadership development, career exploration and peer-led tutoring. This program is also used as a stepping stone for entry into the City’s YouthWorks program. • Funded through the City’s Public Works Department, the Downtown Streets Team, a non-profit organization, homeless and low-income persons volunteer to beautify commercial districts while engaging in case management and employment services.

The City's anti-poverty strategy continues to be closely tied to the funding of approximately 50 community agencies to provide services as described above to enable people in poverty to attain self- sufficiency, support at-risk youth to succeed in school and graduate, and protect the health and safety of low income people. The City also funds anti-poverty programs with general funds for job training and creation/job placement agencies.

Actions planned to develop institutional structure
During the next year, the City of Berkeley will continue to coordinate the housing and community services activities within the department through regular senior staff meetings and coordination on specific topics. The City’s Health & Human Services and its Housing Departments merged in PY12. Since that time, senior leadership of all Divisions meets weekly to share information on Division activities which promotes closer coordination. For example, in PY19, the Housing & Community Services Division and the Aging Services Division collaborated to hire two new staff who will provide supportive services to house homeless residents who are assisted through Continuum of Care Rental Assistance administered by the Housing & Community Services Division. And in PY20, the senior leadership of each Division, facilitated by the City’s Homeless Services Coordinator, will explore mechanisms to better coordinate housing, services, and public and mental health services. The Division leadership will continue to seek opportunities to increase coordination during PY21.

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46 service agencies
City staff will also continue to participate in the implementation of EveryOne Home, the countywide plan to end homelessness. EveryOne Home spearheads Alameda County’s Continuum of Care. Staff will continue to participate in the initiative’s Leadership Board, which includes most public funders of housing and homeless services in the county, as well as leadership from key community based organizations. Leadership Board membership helps coordination efforts across the county. Staff also participates in other committees composed of other funders (such as Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services, Social Services Agency, and the Office of Homeless Care and Coordination) as well as many community based organizations.

Recent countywide collaboration efforts include the implementation and ongoing refinement of the Coordinated Entry System, issuance of an updated countywide strategic report by EveryOne Home, coordination and approval of countywide performance measures aligned with HUD priorities; and implementation of the countywide Whole Person Care funds to support the development and operations of regional housing resource centers. The City will continue to work with County partners on CES redesign efforts including the coordination of services provided by the HRC. It will also participate in the next phase of the Centering Racial Equity in Homeless System Design Report, which includes implementing a Racial Equity Plan. Lastly, the City will continue to coordinate with the County, BHA and other partners to market landlord incentive programs to increase the portfolio of available private market units.

City staff continue to collaborate with service agencies, from legal advocacy assistance, to disability rights organizations for unit modifications, the VA for VASH vouchers, and the Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) for Mainstream Voucher allocations. Additionally with Project-based voucher allocations and through work with owners of Below Market Rate units, BHA has partnered with both non-profit and for-profit developers of housing in Berkeley, to house those participating in our programs.

Discussion:

The majority of Berkeley’s activities furthering the goals of the Consolidated Plan are provided by community agency partners. This will continue to be the case in PY21.

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