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
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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).
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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