AGENDA REPORT
TO: Edward D. Reiskin
City Administrator
FROM: Christina Mun,
Interim Director, Housing
and Community
Development
SUBJECT: 2021/22 Consolidated Annual
Performance & Evaluation Report
DATE: September 28, 2022
RECOMMENDATION
Staff Recommends That The City Council Conduct A Public Hearing And Upon Conclusion Receive The City Of Oakland’s Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report (CAPER) For Fiscal Year (FY) 2021/22 Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships, Housing Opportunities For Persons With AIDS, Emergency Solutions Grant Programs And Coronavirus Aid Relief & Economic Security Act Funds Allocated Under The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG-CV) and Housing Opportunities For Persons With AIDS (HOPWA-CV) To Be Submitted To The United States Department Of Housing And Urban Development.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report transmits to the public and to the City Council (Council), the City of Oakland’s Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021/22 as mandated by the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) under Title 24, Part 91, Sections 91.105 and 91.520(a) of the Code of Federal Regulations (24 C.F.R. §§
91.105; 91.520(a).
In 2021 the HUD Community Planning & Development (CPD) Department awarded the City of Oakland (City) a total of $14,766,961 under four HUD/CPD Formula Entitlement grants as authorized by Council Resolution No. 88709 C.M.S., passed on June 15, 2021 . A breakdown of the awards by grant is provided in Table A below.
City Administrator Approval Date:
Oct 6, 2022
Edward D. Reiskin, City Administrator
Subject: 2021/22 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report Date: September 28, 2022
City Council
October 18, 2022
Table A: HUD/CPD 2021/22 Grant Awards
Grant Awards
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) $7,750,367
HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) $3,124,987
Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) $657,139
Housing Opportunities for Persons Living With AIDS (HOPWA) $3,234,468 TOTAL 2021/22 HUD CPD FORMULA GRANT AWARDS $14,766,961
Consistent with the City’s FY 2020/21 - 2024/25 Five Year Consolidated Plan (Con Plan), FY 2021/22 CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA funds were utilized to support the following Annual Action Plan (AAP) priorities for FY 2021/22 to benefit Oakland residents earning low- and moderate income (LMI), LMI areas of Oakland, the unsheltered, businesses serving LMI communities, and persons with HIV/AIDS.
1. Affordable Housing
2. Homeless Solutions
3. Economic Development
4. Community Development/Public Services
5. Neighborhood Stabilization
6. Public Facility Improvements and Infrastructure
Approximately 14,937 households received direct benefit from services and projects administered under CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG programs for FY 2021/22, including CDBG-CV, ESG-CV and HOPWA-CV activities specific to COVID responses under these programs.
Of the 14,937 households served 48% identify as Black/African American, 16% as White, less than 1% Asian, 2 % American Indian, 2 % Native Hawaiian, 23% mixed race and non-reported racial backgrounds. 19% of persons served reported having Hispanic ethnicity 1, 82% Non-Hispanic ethnicity, and .2 % did not report ethnicity.
A summary of activities reported in the FY 2021/22 CAPER is provided in Attachment A of this report. The full CAPER is also available online at https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/2021- 2022-consolidated-annual-performance-and-evaluation-report-caper.
In the months of April, June and September of 2020, HUD/CPD awarded to the City, five (5) U.S.
Department of Housing & Urban Development Coronavirus Aid Relief & Economic Security Act (CARES Act) allocations under three (3) grants to prepare for, prevent and respond to coronavirus impacts. FY 2020/2021 HUD/CPD CARES Act allocations awarded are provided in Table B below.
1 Per HUD reporting requirements, race data is collected for five single race and four multiple-race combinations. Hispanic or Latinx is reported as an ethnicity of either of the nine race categories.
Edward D. Reiskin, City Administrator
Subject: 2021/22 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report Date: September 28, 2022
City Council
October 18, 2022
Table B: 2020 HUD/CPD CARES Act Allocations Utilized in FY 2021/22
ROUND/GRANT CDBG-CV ESG-CV HOPWA-CV
ROUND 1 $4,532,841 $2,275,917 $447,972
ROUND 2 $19,288,175
ROUND 3 $3,712,594
TOTAL BY GRANT $8,245,435 $21,564,092 $447,972
The City’s recommended uses of CDBG-CV1, CDBG-CV3, ESG-CV1, ESG-CV2 and HOPWA- CV1 funds were approved by Council and HUD through the submission of the First and Second Substantial Amendments to the 2019/20 AAP authorized by Council Resolution No. 88135 C.M.S and 88416 C.M.S. and through the submission of the 2020/21 - 2024/25 Con Plan authorized by Council Resolution No. 88202 C.M.S. Per HUD instruction, all CDBG-CV, ESG-CV and HOPWA-CV allocations and planned activities were later combined and entered as a Substantial Amendment to the 2019/20 AAP.
In alignment with the authorized uses, FY 2021/22 CV activities served Oakland residents to prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus impacts through the provision of:
1. CDBG-CV: Housing stability, outreach, housing related legal services and short- term rental assistance to keep Oakland residents housed during and following the coronavirus pandemic;
2. ESG-CV: Rapid rehousing, homeless prevention, shelter, and portable hygiene stations for unsheltered and those at risk of becoming homeless; and
3. Rental assistance to homeless persons living with HIV/AIDS that are transitioning out Operation Roomkey hotel rooms to permanent housing.
CDBG-CV, ESG-CV and HOPWA-CV accomplishments and activities are reported in summary, starting page 11 of Attachment A to this report and in the 2021/22 CAPER.
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the acceptance of the City’s 2020/21 CAPER for final submission to HUD.
BACKGROUND / LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Under Title 24, Part 91, Section 91.520 of the Code of Federal Regulations (24 C.F.R. §
91.520), the City is required to report annually on the progress it has made in carrying out its Five-Year Consolidated Plan (Con Plan), the AAP and Substantial Amendments to the Con Plan or AAP.
Edward D. Reiskin, City Administrator
Subject: 2021/22 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report Date: September 28, 2022
City Council
October 18, 2022
Per 24 C.F.R. § 91.105 (d) the City’s citizen participation plan must provide citizens with reasonable notice and an opportunity to comment on performance reports. The citizen participation plan must provide a period, not less than 15 days, to receive comments on the performance report that is to be submitted to HUD before its submission.
The City’s FY 2021/22 performance report or Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report (CAPER) includes a description of the resources made available, the investment of available resources, the geographic distribution and location of investments, the families and persons assisted (including the racial and ethnic status of persons assisted), actions taken to affirmatively further fair housing, and other actions planned and approved under the 2020/21 – 2024/25 Five Year Consolidated Plan (Con Plan), 2021/22 AAP and Substantial Amendments to the AAP.
The 2021/22 Annual Action Plan (AAP) for funds allocated under HUD/Community Planning & Development (CPD) Formula Grants: CDBG, HOME, ESG, HOPWA is approved by Oakland City Council Resolution No. 88709. ESG-CV1, and HOPWA-CV1 is approved by Oakland City Council per Resolution No. 88202 C.M.S. passed on June 15, 2020.
The First Substantial Amendment to the 2019/20 AAP was submitted authorizing the acceptance and appropriation of CDBG-CV 1 funds as authorized by Oakland City Council Resolution No. 88135 C.M.S. passed on May 6, 2020.
The Second Substantial Amendment to the 2019/20 AAP was submitted authorizing the acceptance and appropriation of ESG-CV2 and CDBG-CV3 as authorized by Oakland City Council Resolution No. 88416 passed on December 1, 2020.
Per statutory requirements mandated by 24 C.F.R.§91.520 (a), the CAPER is due to HUD within 90 days after the close of the City’s program year. The City of Oakland's program year ended June 30, 2022. Per 24 C.F.R.§91.520 (a), submission of the CAPER was due September 28, 2022.
The CAPER includes activities directly funded with HUD CPD Formula Grant funds, HUD CPD CARES Act allocations, and resources that are leveraged by these funds. A Final FY 2021/22 CAPER will be submitted to HUD as a final report upon required public hearing and 15-day public comment and review period.
Hearing this item at the October 18, 2022 Council meeting enables the City to submit the CAPER within a reasonable grace period while also complying with public participation and public hearing requirements.
ANALYSIS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES
The City’s 2021/22 CAPER, AAP and the Five-Year Con Plan identifies six priority goals carried out with HUD/CPD funds as listed below:
1. Affordable Housing
2. Homeless Solutions
3. Economic Development
4. Community Development - Public Services
5. Neighborhood Stabilization
Edward D. Reiskin, City Administrator
Subject: 2021/22 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report Date: September 28, 2022
City Council
October 18, 2022
6. Public Facility Improvement & Infrastructure Improvements
The CAPER reports accomplishments of these goals through protection, preservation and production strategies (3Ps) for affordable housing. Said 3P activities will help to support and advance the Citywide priorities of housing, homeless solutions, economic and cultural security.
In addition, Substantial Amendments to the 2019/20 AAP identifies priority COVID responses for HUD/CPD CARES Act sources:
1. Rapid Rehousing, shelter, eviction prevention and other service to the unsheltered to prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID impacts for the city’s homeless population;
2. Emergency rental assistance, housing stability, housing related legal services to keep housed, Oakland residents with low- and moderate-incomes housed in response to COVID-19 impacts; and
3. Rental assistance/rapid rehousing for persons living with HIV/AIDS, transitioning to permanent housing from Roomkey hotel/motel units.
In establishing these priorities, needs analysis were performed from a race and equity lens perspective to best-target resources to the most vulnerable residents in consideration of housing needs, the state of homelessness, the level of under-served communities, the disparities of opportunity and access Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and Oakland residents living with low- to moderate- incomes.
The 2021/22 CAPER reports and evaluates progress towards meeting the goals set in the 2021/22 AAP and 2019/20 AAP Substantial Amendments for the 2021/22 program year.
Performance highlights are for FY 2021/22 are provided below.
Highlights:
Affordable Housing
In alignment with the City’s 2021/22 Annual Action Plan and the City’s Housing & Community Development Strategic Plan promoting and actualizing Protection, Preservation and Production (3Ps) for Affordable Housing, the City increased production across all three strategic categories in the 2021/22 program year.
• New construction and rehabilitation for seven (7) sites were completed within the report year, yielding a total of 433 affordable housing units completed in FY 2021/22. Additionally started new construction for 3 sites to yield 360 units. • Acquisition closed on one (1) site for a total of 23 affordable housing units, • City Financing is committed for another 264 units of affordable housing at four (4) sites. • First Time Homebuyers - Three (3) households were able to move into their first house with the assistance of Oakland First Time Homebuyers program. • Owner-occupied Rehabilitation - 60 LMI homeowners received grants or loans to complete necessary rehabilitation, preserving the existing housing inventory and enabling them to remain safely in their homes.
• Seismic Retrofit Program - 32 units (four multi-unit - complexes) were seismically retrofitted using shear walls and steel bracing, to preserve existing inventory of affordable housing.
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Subject: 2021/22 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report Date: September 28, 2022
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• Code Compliance Relocation & Anti-Displacement Programs - Nine (9) households received financial assistance and 834 households received information and referrals to prevent displacement and homelessness.
Oakland Housing Authority Public Housing/Affordable Housing
Oakland Housing Authority (OHA)
• Production - Completed Construction/Rehabilitation of 281 units • Production - Began Construction/Rehabilitation of 468 units • Voucher Program provided an average of 12,616 Making Transition Work housing vouchers.
• Lease Programs - Under the lease programs served an average of 681 public housing residents were served per month
Hunger & Homeless Services
The City of Oakland provided varied hunger and homeless services to extremely low-, low- and moderate-income residents of Oakland.
• Hunger Program – 7,700 households benefitted from the distribution of 4,200 brown bags of groceries over 10 months and a holiday hot meal distribution in November of 2021 (Community Day of Thanks Dinner).
• Homeless Encampments – 14,128 units of harm reduction supplies were distributed along with street services to unsheltered individuals living on the street, in their vehicles or other public places not intended for human habitation. More than 1,079 living in encampments received services for housing, information and social services. • Shelter - 687 homeless residents received overnight shelter and services. • Rapid Rehousing & Supportive Housing - 326 homeless received rapid rehousing, 584 residents received Transitional Housing and services. Of the 584, 344 exited to permanent housing and 27% exited to a temporary destination • HIV/AIDS – 83 persons living with HIV/AIDS and their households received HIV/AIDS Short Term Rental Mortgage Utility Assistance, 109 housing subsidy assistance, and 9 housing placement
Economic Development
Economic Development activities benefitted:
• 661 businesses with technical assistance, information and referrals. • 20 businesses serving low- and moderate-income areas, received loans under the Commercial Lending program.
• 316 jobs were created and/or retained through services provided under the City’s Business Assistance Center, Main Street Launch, Construction Resource Center and East Oakland Community Development Corp.
Public Facility and Infrastructure Improvement
Capital improvements were completed for:
• Three (3) Oakland Park and Recreation (OPR) Centers, completed by Oakland Public Works.
• One (1) rehabilitation of a domestic violence facility was completed.
Edward D. Reiskin, City Administrator
Subject: 2021/22 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report Date: September 28, 2022
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• Capital Improvement for Five (5) OPR projects and one (1) emergency shelter remain underway.
Community Development Public Services
More than 7,500 low- and moderate-income residents and businesses benefitted from completed CDBG funded activities, including but not limited to transitional housing and shelter for the homeless, youth and senior services, work experience, technical assistance and business workshops, the economic development activities, and public facility improvements.
COVID Related Projects
The following projects were administered providing housing, services, and other forms of assistance to prevent, prepare for, and respond to Coronavirus in FY 2021/22
• Emergency Rental Assistance – 2,152 Oakland residents received emergency rental assistance. The average payment per household is $10,584. From project start, to date, 3,197 ERAP applications have been approved, 3,130 paid and 3,549 in process or waiting to be processed.
• CDBG-CV – 5,702 Oakland renters received information, outreach, application assistance, housing stability services and housing related legal services under ERAP for FY 2021/22.
• HOPWA-CV – Six (6) persons living with HIV/AIDS and their households received Roomkey rental assistance and other HIV/AIDS housing services in response to and prevention of COVID impacts.
• ESG-CV – 162 homeless persons impacted by or during COVID received emergency shelter services, rapid rehousing services, homelessness prevention, and hygiene station.
Further detail on projects and activities completed and underway during FY 2021/22 is provided in Attachment A.
Staff recommends that City Council accepts and authorizes for submission to HUD, the 2021/22 CAPER with public comments and feedback from the City’s 15-day review period and the public hearing scheduled for October 18, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT
The CAPER is a HUD-mandated annual report on the performance, evaluation, and accomplishments achieved under HUD CPD Formula Grant programs (CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG) towards goals set in the corresponding City of Oakland Annual Action Plan (FY 2021/22) and Five Year Consolidated Plan (FY 2020/21 – 2024/25).
Funds awarded under the 2021/22 HUD/CPD award expires in September 2028 for CDBG, 2026 for HOME, 2024 for HOPWA, and 2023 for ESG.
For HUD/CPD CARES Act funds awarded to the City during FY 2020/21, 80% of CDBG-CV Edward D. Reiskin, City Administrator
Subject: 2021/22 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report Date: September 28, 2022
City Council
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funds must be expended by Fall of 2023 and fully expended by 2026; 20% of ESG-CV funds must be expended by Fall of 2021, 80% by Spring of 2022, and 100% by Fall of 2022; 100% of HOPWA-CV funds must be expended by Fall of 2023.
The City is in compliance with each of the expenditure periods listed above.
PUBLIC OUTREACH / INTEREST
Per 24 C.F.R. § 91.105(d)(1), the City publishes and posts the CAPER for Oakland residents’ review and feedback. To provide residents with reasonable opportunity to review the CAPER and provide feedback, the CAPER is posted for not less than a fifteen-day period prior to submitting the CAPER to HUD and presenting to City Council in a public hearing.
A Public Notification of the City’s 2021/22 CAPER was posted in the East Bay Times, The Post, El Mundo, and Sang Tao newspaper publications, announcing the availability of the draft CAPER for Oakland residents’ review and comments. Said notice also included the following information concerning the 2021/22 CAPER:
• CAPER Public Comment Period – October 5, 2022 – October 20, 2022 • Due Date for Public Comments – October 20, 2022
• Forwarding Information for Public Comments to:
[email protected] or
City of Oakland/Community Development & Engagement (CDE) Division 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 5313
Oakland, CA 94612
Attention: Greg Garrett, CDE Manager
• Online access for the CAPER and Council Calendar at
https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/2021-2022-consolidated-annual-performance- and-evaluation-report-caper.
In addition, staff provided email notices to the various community contact lists made available to the City’s CDE Division in addition to the seven Community Development District Boards, CDBG applicants and recipients, residents, and other CDE contacts.
This item is presented on October 18, 2022 as a public hearing for the 2021/22 CAPER to provide another opportunity to obtain public comment regarding the City’s performance and accomplishments in housing, community development, public services, strategies and outcomes reported in the CAPER under the CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG programs.
Public comments submitted during the public comment period, community meetings or the public hearing will be entered and made part of Section CR-40 of the 2021/22 CAPER prior to submitting the CAPER for HUD review and approval.
Edward D. Reiskin, City Administrator
Subject: 2021/22 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report Date: September 28, 2022
City Council
October 18, 2022
COORDINATION
The 2021/22 CAPER is submitted in coordination with Department of Housing & Community Development, Economic Workforce Development, Human Services Department, Oakland Public Works, Oakland Housing Authority, and recipients of HUD/CPD Formula Grant and CARES Act funds for FY 2020/21. This report has been reviewed by the Offices of the City Attorney and by the Budget Bureau.
SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES
Economic: CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOPWA supports activities and services that benefit low- and moderate-income residents of Oakland, unsheltered residents, special needs populations and persons to provide for affordable housing, economic opportunities and suitable living environments; all of which contribute to sustainable economic opportunities for Oakland residents.
Environmental: A environmental review process is required for all HUD-assisted projects to ensure that the proposed project does not negatively impact the surrounding environment and that the property site itself will not have an adverse environmental or health effect on end users.
Not every project is subject to a full environmental review (i.e., every project's environmental impact must be examined, but the extent of this examination varies).
Race & Equity: CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA supports activities for low- and moderate- income residents, unsheltered individuals and persons living with HIV/AIDS. Support to these populations and subpopulations, seeks to minimize disparities in outcomes by race in all areas of well-being, including but not limited to housing, suitable living environments, economic opportunities, community development, and public services.
Demographic data indicates that the COVID-19 health pandemic disproportionately impacts Oakland’s lower-income residents and in particular the African American and Latino communities. The associated dual crisis of homelessness and housing instability also disproportionately impacts these same communities.
ACTION REQUESTED OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion receive the City Of Oakland’s (CAPER) for FY 2021/22 Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships, Housing Opportunities For Persons With AIDS, Emergency Solutions Grant Programs and CARES Act funds allocated under CDBG-CV, ESG-CV and HOPWA-CV programs To Be Submitted To The United States Department Of Housing And Urban Development.
Edward D. Reiskin, City Administrator
Subject: 2021/22 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report Date: September 28, 2022
City Council
October 18, 2022
For questions regarding this report, please contact Gregory D. Garrett, CDE Manager, at [email protected].
Respectfully submitted,
Christina Mun
Christina Mun
Interim Director,
Department of Housing & Community
Development
Reviewed by:
Emily Weinstein, Deputy Director
Community Development Services
Prepared by:
Greg Garrett, Manager
Community Development &
Engagement
Attachments (1):
A: CAPER Summary of Accomplishments
Attachment A - FY 2021-2022 CAPER Summary
1 ATTACHMENT A
2021/22 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE & EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER)
SUMMARY
The City of Oakland receives annual federal grant funding under the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Community Planning and Development (CPD) for the following programs: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investments Partnership (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Programs. The City of Oakland Housing & Community Development Department (DHCD) and the Human Services Department (HSD) administers the grant funding for programs that are implemented by DHCD, HSD, the City’s Housing Development Services, Residential Lending/Rehabilitation, Community Development & Engagement, Oakland Public Works, Economic Development, Community Housing Services and selected non-profit agencies.
The Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for program year 2021/22 reports the City’s accomplishments and progress towards meeting goals set forth for in the 2021/22 Annual Action Plan for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
A total of $14,766,961 of HUD/CPD Formula grant funds, awarded to the City under the 2021/22 CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG programs was allocated along with other match and leverage funds to support the following priorities set in the 2021/22 Annual Action Plan and DHCD’s Strategic Action Plan, centering race and equity in the “how” of the City’s implementation of these Strategies. See Table 1
Table 1: Program Year Priorities
PRIORITIES STRATEGIES/ACTIVITIES
Affordable Housing New Production
Housing Stabilization and Preservation
Anti-displacement
Relocation
Rental Assistance
Policy & Advocacy
Operations Support
Homeless Solutions Rapid Rehousing
Homeless Facilities
PATH Strategy
Support Services
Economic Development Technical Assistance
Financial Assistance
Capacity Building for Businesses
Community Development -
Public Services
Youth & Senior Services
Housing Services
Recreation
Legal Services/Assistance
Crime Prevention
Attachment A - FY 2021-2022 CAPER Summary
2 PRIORITIES STRATEGIES/ACTIVITIES
Other
Public Facility &
Infrastructure
Improvements
Recreation Centers/Parks
Health Centers
Senior/Youth Facilities
Homeless/Special Needs Facilities for Housing
Street Improvements
Street Scaping
Neighborhood Stabilization Code Compliance Relocation
Displacement Prevention
Oakland Department of Housing & Community Development’s (DHCD) response to the priorities listed above is DHCD’s Strategic Action Plan the Strategic Action Plan. The DHCD Strategic Action Plan promotes and implements the “3 Ps” Strategy Framework:
Table 2: Three P Strategy Framework
STRAGEGY ACTIVITIES
Protection Strengthen Renter Protections
Issue Rent Relief
Preservation
Acquire Homeless Housing
Support Community Organization
Promote Affordable Housing Ownership
Maintain Existing Affordable Housing Inventory
Production Leverage Every Dollar to Produce More Affordable Units Deepen Affordability
The following is a summary of accomplishments included in the City’s 2021/22 CAPER for activities funded under the CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG, Coronavirus Aid Relief & Economic Security allocations under the CDBG-CV, ESG-CV and HOPWA-CV and other fund resources used to leverage HUD/CPD funds awarded to the City. Attachment A Tables 3-8 compares FY 2021/22 accomplishments to FY 2020/21 accomplishments.
Affordable Housing
In alignment with the City’s 2021/22 Annual Action Plan and the City’s Housing & Community Development Strategic Plan promoting and actualizing Protection, Preservation and Production (3Ps) for Affordable Housing, the City increased production across all three strategic categories in the 2021/22 program year. See Table 3 below for detail.
Production:
Under the Production Strategy, new construction of 290 units were completed at five development sites: The Coliseum, Nova, Aurora, and Brooklyn Basin #3. Construction of another 360 units of affordable housing were underway by the end of the program year. Acquisition of Shadetree, provides for the development of 22 units of affordable housing (6 studio, 12 one-bedroom, and 6 two-bedroom units).
Attachment A - FY 2021-2022 CAPER Summary
3 Through the Community Buyer Program three housing units were added for homeownership and three homebuyer households received financial assistance under the First-Time Homebuyers Program.
Preservation:
Through Preservation Strategy activities, 143 units of existing affordable rental housing were re- habilitated at the Fruitvale Studios and Frank G Mar sites through housing development ser- vices. Another 32 units were preserved through seismic retrofitting of three multi-unit affordable housing sites and one owner-occupied site.
The City facilitated three programs for the provision of rehabilitation of 60 existing owner-occupied residential properties. The City offered to low- and moderate-income homeowners, 0-3% loans for up to $150,000 for emergency home repairs, deferred maintenance, or code violation correc- tions and completed rehabilitation of 10 owner-occupied units. Grants up to $15,000 were offered for lead-based paint remediation, accessibility improvements and up to $24,000 for wheelchair lifts. Under this program 14 units were completed. And for elderly homeowners in need of minor repairs including plumbing, carpentry, electrical, railings, grab bars, toilets, water heaters, doors, and locks, grants up to $2,499 were offered, completing minor repairs for 36 owner-occupied homes.
Protection
In program year 2021/22, the City’s anti-displacement & relocation programs served extremely low- to moderate-income residents of Oakland with code enforcement-related relocation assis- tance, financial assistance, information and referral, and limited case management in order to prevent anti-displacement or episodes of housing instability for Oakland residents.
834 beneficiaries received information and referral to prevent displacement for low-income renters. Staff worked with 99 tenants and property owners who received Notices of Violations (NOV), ultimately requiring for owner-paid relocation payments and assistance to residential ten- ants who are displaced due to city code enforcement activities. The City may provide financial assistance to the tenant when the property owner fails to provide required assistance to the ten- ant. However, required payments to an eligible tenant household, shall continue to be an obliga- tion of the property owner and shall be reimbursed by the property owner to the city. The City provided 9 households with relocation financial assistance to ensure that displaced tenants were provided sufficient relocation assistance to secure safe, sanitary and decent replacement hous- ing.
Fair Housing activities facilitated by East Bay Community Law Center and partner agencies pro- vided a total of 278 unduplicated tenants residing in Oakland with a wide array of legal services that included advice and counsel, document preparation and filing, wrote demand letters and provided advocacy by phone on behalf of tenants. Direct representation for clients facing housing instability or homelessness related to eviction, health and safety issues, reasonable accommoda- tions, landlord harassment, and Section 8 issues. 16 unduplicated clients were provided with criminal record remedy legal services of which 8 clients were represented in court to clear their records and allow opportunities for more safe and stable housing options and employment for long-term stability.
Attachment A - FY 2021-2022 CAPER Summary
4 City’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program, launched in 2020 provides rental assistance, hous- ing related legal services, outreach and other housing stability services to extremely low- to mod- erate-income residents of Oakland. As of March 31, 2022 ERAP received 12,978 applications for emergency rent assistance (11,481 unduplicated). Over 3,130 tenant applications have been paid to date with an average payment of $10,584 per household. Of the 3,130 paid tenant appli- cations, 2,142 were paid out within FY 2021/22 enabling tenants to stay housed and sheltered in place when needed in the second year of COVID pandemic impacts.
Table 3: Affordable Housing 2021/22 Accomplishments Compared to Prior Year Affordable Housing
Activity 2021/22 2020/21
Number of Units Type of Units Number of
Units
Production
Completed Construction
(New Construction &
Rehabilitation)
433 Units (7 sites)
[Rehabilitation – 143, New
and Construction – 290]
Affordable
Rental/Permanent
Supportive Housing
Units
428 Units
(6 sites)
259 New
Construction
Units
169 Rehab
Units
Acquisition (to Convert
to Affordable Housing)
23 (1 site)
Affordable
Rental/Permanent
Supportive Housing
Units
269 Units
(7 sites)
Started New
Construction
360 (3 developments) Affordable
Rental/Permanent
Supportive Housing
Units
323 Units
(4
developments)
Financing (City Funding
Commitment)
264
(4 Developments)
Affordable
Rental/Permanent
Supportive Housing
Units
448 Units
(6 Sites)
First Time Homebuyers 3 First Time
Homebuyers (FTHB)
12 FTHB Class Enrollees Workshops postponed due to
COVID
Households/
Attendees
Workshops
postponed due
to COVID
Attachment A - FY 2021-2022 CAPER Summary
5 Affordable Housing
Activity 2021/22 2020/21
FTHB Completion
Certificates
Referred to other HUD
certified FTHB workshops
Households/
Attendees
Referred to
other HUD
certified FTHB
workshops
Preservation
Access Improvement
grants/Owner-occupied
and Rental & Lead Paint
Remediation
14 Completed
Disabled Households
&
Very Low-Income
Households with
Children Age 6 & Un-
der
4 Completed
Owner Occupied for
Emergency Re-
pair/Home Maintenance
Improvement Program
10 Completed
Houses/Households
8 Completed
Minor Home Repairs
36 Houses/
Households
Houses/Households
58 Houses/
Households
Seismic Retrofit 32 Units
4 Sites
Multi Units 72 Units
4 Sites
Protection
Information and Refer-
ral/Case Management to
prevent displacement
and homelessness
834 Low- and moderate-
income Individuals
658
Relocation Information,
Referral and Financial
Assistance
99 (9 financial assistance)
Low- and moderate-
income Individuals
201
(9 financial as-
sistance)
Fair Housing/Fair
Chance
278 Legal services & rep-
resentation for hous-
ing stability and
homeless prevention
218
Attachment A - FY 2021-2022 CAPER Summary
6 Affordable Housing
Activity 2021/22 2020/21
Emergency Rental As-
sistance
2,142
Low-income tenant
households impacted
during COVID
Low-income
tenant house-
holds
Public Housing/Affordable Housing - Oakland Housing Authority
The Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) provides and administers various types of affordable housing programs to the citizens of Oakland. OHA administers traditional public housing and housing choice voucher programs on behalf of HUD in addition to various non-traditional local housing programs because OHA is a participant in HUD’s Moving To Work (MTW) demonstration program. MTW allows OHA the flexibility to create innovative local programs based on the needs of the community. OHA administers several special purpose voucher programs such as VASH, Mainstream and Family Unification Program (FUP) to serve specific populations such as veterans, those suffering with mental or other disabilities, and foster youth. Additionally, OHA uses its funding and MTW flexibility to partner with developers using Low Income Housing Tax Credits to create additional affordable housing.
OHA’s housing is established to provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities and comes in all sizes and types, from scattered single-family houses to high rise apartments for elderly families.
The chart below summarizes the inventory of the OHA portfolio of housing types across the various programs. Detailed information on all of OHA’s affordable housing activities can be found in OHA’s Annual MTW Report and Plan which is located on OHA’s website: www.oakha.org.
Attachment A - FY 2021-2022 CAPER Summary
7 Table 4: Public Housing 2021/22 Accomplishments Compared to Prior Year
Oakland Housing Authority Housing Activity FY 2021/22 FY 2020/21 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION (units)
Acquisition/Began Construction/Rehabilitation 468 405
Completed Construction/Rehabilitation 281 294
MTW PUBLIC HOUSING (average households served per month) 151 699 VOUCHER (SECTION 8) AND OTHER HUD PROGRAMS (average households served per month) Moving to Work (MTW) Housing Choice Vouchers
General MTW Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) 11,441 11,141
Non-MTW Tenant-Based Assistance
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) 300 293
Mainstream 212 160
Family Unification Program (FUP) 12 36
Tenant Protection Vouchers 236 141
Other HUD Programs
Shelter plus Care (S+C) 274 331
Moderate Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab) 141 143
TOTAL VOUCHERS AND OTHER HUD PROGRAMS 12,616 12,545
MTW LOCAL PROGRAMS (average households served per month) Parents and Children Together (PACT) 13 13
Local Housing Assistance Program (LHAP) 13 13
Sponsor-based Housing Assistance Program (SBHAP) 151 91 Building Bridges SRO 152 14
Building Bridges THP+ 25 25
Building Bridges CalWORKs 24 24
Oak Groves Disposition Transition 149 69
Building Bridges Key To Home 5 5
Tax Credit Units 149 675
TOTAL LOCAL PROGRAMS 681 929
TOTAL MTW VOUCHER AND LEASE PROGRAMS* 13,448 13,873
Attachment A - FY 2021-2022 CAPER Summary
8 Hunger & Homeless Solutions (Protection)
The City of Oakland provided varied hunger and homeless services to extremely low-, low- and moderate-income residents of Oakland. Under the Hunger Program, we completed 4,200 brown bag distributions across 14 -15 sites for 10 months out of the year and the City annual Community Day of Thanks dinner serving 3,500 meals to Oakland residents, benefitting an av- erage of 7,700 households.
687 homeless residents were provided overnight shelter, 326 homeless residents were provided rapid rehousing, 584 people received Transitional Housing and services. Of the 584, 344 exited transitional housing to permanent housing, and 72 (27%) exited to a temporary destination. 172 Oakland residents exited homelessness to transitional or permanent housing. Throughout the Oakland Eligible Metropolitan Statistical Area approximately 109 persons living with HIV/AIDS received housing subsidy assistance, 482 received support services and 571 received information and referral services, including assisting 83 households Short Term Rent Mortgage Utility (STRMU) assistance and 9 HIV/AID housing placements.
Through the Homeless Mobile Outreach Program, prioritizing unsheltered individuals living in en- campments, approximately 14,128 units of harm reduction supplies including food, water, blan- kets, fire extinguishers, PPE, flashlights, socks, etc. were distributed, that allowed the provision of street-based services to hundreds of unduplicated, unsheltered persons living in homeless en- campments, in their vehicles or on the streets. Outreach efforts served an average of 1,079 home- less residents monthly.
Table 5: Hunger & Homeless 2021/22 Accomplishments Compared to Prior Year Hunger & Homeless
Activity 2021/22 2020/21
Number of Units Type of Units Number of Units
Overnight Shelter 687 Homeless
Individuals
552
Rapid Rehousing Assistance 326 Homeless
Individuals
195
Supportive Housing &
Services
584 Families
Singles
438
Exited Homelessness to
Transitional Housing (TH) or
Permanent Housing (PH)
172 to TH/PH Homeless
Individuals
960
Exited Transitional Housing
to Permanent Housing
344 Individuals 301
Attachment A - FY 2021-2022 CAPER Summary
9 Hunger & Homeless
Activity 2021/22 2020/21
Added HIV/AIDS Housing^ 0 Housing Units 2
HIV/AIDS Short Term Rental
Mortgage Utility Assistance
83 People living with
HIV/AIDS
124
HIV/AIDS Housing Subsidy
Assistance
109 People living with
HIV/AIDS
Not Reported
HIV/AIDS Permanent
Housing Placements
9 People living with
HIV/AIDS
11 Street Outreach/Harm
Reduction Supplies*
14,128 Harm Reduction
Kits Distributed
17,914
Homeless Encampment
Services
1,079 Homeless
Individuals
895
Food Distribution/Hot Meals 7,700 Low- moderate-
income
individuals
7,200
Economic Development
For program year 2021/22, Economic Development activities benefitted 661 businesses with technical assistance, information and referrals. 20 of the 661 businesses serving low- and moderate-income areas, received loans under the Commercial Lending program. 316 jobs were created and/or retained through services provided under the City’s Business Assistance Center, Main Street Launch, Construction Resource Center and East Oakland Community Development Corp.
Attachment A - FY 2021-2022 CAPER Summary
10 Table 6: Economic Development 2021/22 Accomplishments Compared to Prior Year Economic Development
Activity 2021/22 2020/21
Number of Units Type of Units Number of Units
Financial Assistance
(Loans)
20 Businesses 7
Technical
Assistance/Trade
Classes/Instruction
661 Businesses &
Construction Workers
463
Community Development District Board Recommended CDBG Activities for Community Development, Public Services & Public Facility and Infrastructure Improvements & Other Community Development Projects
Through the Community Development District Board funding recommendations, approximately $1.5M of CDBG funding supported the completion of capital improvements to nine (9) public facilities and open space parks benefitting low- and moderate-income areas of Oakland, seniors, veterans, and the unsheltered. Under the District Boards’ recommended projects, more than 7,500 low- and moderate-income residents and businesses benefitted from completed CDBG funded activities, including but not limited to transitional housing and shelter for the homeless, youth and senior services, work experience, technical assistance and business workshops, the economic development activities, and public facility improvements.
Table 7: Other Community Development Activities 2021/22 Accomplishments Compared to Prior Year
Community
Development District
Board Recommended
Activities
2021/22 2020/21
Number of Units Type of Units
Public Facility &
Infrastructure Capital
Improvements
Completed
4 Completed
5 Underway
Public
Facilities
8 Completed
9 Underway
Economic Development 661 Businesses 545
CDBG Funded Non-
Profit Agencies- Public
Services and Housing
Services
21 Non-Profit
Agencies
19 Attachment A - FY 2021-2022 CAPER Summary
11 CDBG funded City
Administered
Programs/Activities
14 City Programs 18
Combined Completed
CDBG Funded Activities
Benefit (including area
benefit projects)
7,570 LMI Residents 6,746
COVID RELATED ACTIVITIES:
Starting in 2020, the City of Oakland received five U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Devel- opment Coronavirus Aid, Relief, & Economic Security (CARES Act allocations: CDBG-CV (Round 1 & 3), ESG-CV (Round 1 & 2) and HOPWA-CV (Round 1) to prepare for, prevent and respond to coronavirus impacts.
$447,972 in HOPWA-CV funds allocated to the City supports rental assistance to homeless persons living with HIV/AIDS that are transitioning out of Operation Roomkey motel rooms to permanent housing and supporting information and referral activities under this program.
$21,564,092 in ESG-CV funds allocated to the City supports homeless services for the provision of emergency shelter services, rapid rehousing services, homelessness prevention activity, physical hygiene stations (portable toilets and wash stations), landlord incentives, and training and outreach.
$8,245,435 in CDBG-CV funds allocated to the City are used to support services benefitting Oak- land residents earning extremely low- to moderate incomes to stay housed. CDBG-CV funds support of the City’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) through the provision of short-term emergency rental assistance (up to six months), housing stability services, housing related legal services, and outreach.
Starting in 2020, the City received total of $44,597,327 in U.S. Treasury and State HCD funds under the ERAP I, ERAP II and State Rental Assistance Round 2 (SRA2) allocations. The City’s ERAP provides rental assistance (up to 18 months), housing related legal services, outreach and other housing stability services to extremely low- to moderate-income residents of Oakland, tar- geting families earning 30 percent and below the area median income. Please see accomplish- ments below for all COVID related activities.
Attachment A - FY 2021-2022 CAPER Summary
12 Table 8: COVID Related 2021/22 Accomplishments Compared to Prior Year
CARES ACT
RESOURCES
(HUD/CPD,
ERAP, &
Number of
Units
Persons
Served
2021/22
Type of Units Number of Units
Persons Served
2020/21
ESG-CV
$21,564,092
1,622
1,622 homeless persons impacted
by or during COVID received
emergency shelter services, rapid
rehousing services, homelessness
prevention, and hygiene stations.
2,000
HOPWA-CV
$447,972
6 Persons living with HIV/AIDS
received Roomkey Rent Assistance
and HIV/AIDS Housing Services to
respond to and prevent COVID.
Underway (Pro-
gram ramp-up)
CDBG-CV
$8,245,435
5,702
Extremely low- to moderate-income
renters received short-term
emergency rental assistance (up to
6 months), housing stability services,
housing related legal services,
outreach and assistance completing
tenant applications for ERAP
application keep Oaklanders housed
to prevent and respond to COVID
impacts for those at risk of becoming
displaced.
Underway (Pro-
gram ramp-up)
ERAP I, ERAP II
and SRA2
$44,597,327
2,142
Keep Oakland residents housed by
targeting families earning 30% and
below the median income, also serv-
ing households with 80% AMI and
below with emergency rental assis-
tance, legal services, outreach and
other services to stabilize housing
for the most vulnerable at risk of dis-
placement due to or during the
COVID pandemic.
1,031