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Housing and Homelessness Committee
September 25, 2023

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HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECTS IN PIPELINE FOR DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO. PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/ BEDS
PSH

UNITS STATUS COMPLETION
DATE
Mulberry Village 2825 Mulberry Street 1 Habitat for Humanity Riverside 10 units 10
The Dedication Ceremony held on June 23, 2024. Certificate of Occupancy has been delayed due to an electrical fire at one of the cottages. Tenants can begin moving in as soon as the new Property Management Contract is executed.

August-24
The Aspire 3861 - 3893 Third Street 1 Innovative Housing Opportunities 32 units 32
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) project for termed out foster and homeless youth.

Groundbreaking event was held on April 11, 2023. Project is under construction. Jun-24 The Place 2800 Hulen Place 1
Riverside University
Health System -
Behavioral Health
31 units 31
Property is leased to the County of Riverside for $1 per year. The Architect contract was approved by City Council on December 20, 2022. The team reviewed three floorplans and selected the third floorplan that will produce 31 PSH units where residents will have their own room and a shared kitchen, restrooms and living space. Project is in plan check. Waiting on Building Dept. for comments. Permits expected by the end of September.

Feb-24
Cedar Rental
Housing 4292 Cedar Street 1
Riverside Housing
Development Corporation
(RHDC)
3 units 0
RHDC has executed an agreement with a contractor for the rehabilitation work. Building permit issued 3/31/2023. Expected Completion December 2023
Dec-23
UCR Medical
Clinic 2880 Hulen Place 1 UCR
CDBG Agreement with UCR has been executed for $567,228.15 of grant funds for the rehabilitation of Access Center space being converted into a medical clinic. Construction began May 8, 2023. Expected completion September 2023.

Sep-23
Riverside Access
Center 2880 Hulen Place 1 City's General Services
Staff submitted a CDBG FY 2023/24 funding application. Staff also submitted $1.5 million request for a special allocation of federal and/or state funds for the rehabilitation of the Hulen Place Service Campus including replacing Access Center parking lot fence, painting all the City-owned buildings on Hulen and add programming signage. Allocation of $661,000 in CDBG funds was approved May 9, 2023. Hosuing Authority is planning to request the remaining $800,000 in Measure Z funds. Scope is being drafted for RFP.

TBD
Entrada
1705, 1719, 1725, 1733,
1747, 1753 and 1761
Seventh Street
2 Wakeland Housing &
Development Corporation 65 units 8
Project is under construction. Wakeland submitted a funding request for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) affordable housing funds to help fill the $1,000,000 gap in the project budget due to increased construction costs. Subrecipient Agreement between the City and Wakeland for disbursement of AHSC grant funds to RTA for related TRA and STI activities is expected to go to City Council on August 15, 2023.

Mar-24

HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECTS IN PIPELINE FOR DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO. PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/ BEDS
PSH

UNITS STATUS COMPLETION
DATE
Crest PSH Project 3431 Mt. Vernon Avenue 2 Crest Community Church 10 units 10 10-unit manufactured housing project. Located in a high fire zone. The church has procured a firm to prepare a fire mitigation plans that can develop alternatives for compliance. Met on January 11, 2023 with the developer and Olivecrest to discuss their new partnership and proposed project. Staff sent an Affordable Housing Application to Olivecrest on January 12, 2023.

TBD
14th Street Rental 2550 14th Street 2 Path of Life Ministries 2 units 2 Path of Life plans to replicate The Grove or Mulberry project design. Path is still exploring alternative site configurations and securing additional partners. Awaiting original signatures to First Amendment to the DDA to correct the Measure Z funding amount from $65k to $60k and update the schedule of performance. Confirmed with Planning that transitional housing is allowed on site and informed POL. First Amendment to DDA to correct amount of Measure Z funds has been executed.

TBD
Oasis Senior
Villas 2340 14th Street 2 A Community of Friends 95 units 46 Under construction. To be completed by Summer of 2023. A Community Of Friends has begun submitted draw requests. Oct-23
University Duplex 2348 University Avenue 2 RHDC 2 units 0 Substantial rehabilitation of a duplex. CDBG funding for the rehabilitation of this duplex has been approved by City Council. Tenant has relocated, property is vacant and has been fenced.

Asbestos and Lead survey on the property is in progress TBD
TCC
Implementation
Grant (Target
area: Eastside),
TCC Award:
$9,080,894, AHSC
Award for Entrada:
$22,121,206
2 1.GRID Alternatives IE

2.TreePeople3.Santa
Ana Watershed Project
Authority (SAWPA)

4.Riverside Community
Health Foundation

5.Community Settlement
Association (CSA)

6.County of Riverside
EDA

7.UC Riverside CE-
CERT
N/A
712 street/park trees have been planted and 453 residential fruit and shade trees have been given to residents to plant at their homes. A 160-Shade Tree Giveaway took place on July 29th at Dario Vasquez Park and a fruit and shade tree giveaway is scheduled for August. Tree planting has been paused for the summer as focus is on watering and maintenance. The xeriscape project is underway with seven (7) approved applications and 15 total applications.

SAWPA is continuing to work with other partners to increase their reach in the community while increasing applications and have been working with the state to expand and relax some qualifications to approve additional applications. GRID Alternatives has completed six (6) single- family solar installations. Twelve (12) complete and approved Energy for All program applications have been received. Through the grant period the GRID outreach team has worked with over 22 pre-qualified applicants on application intake and document submittal support. For Workforce Development, two interns that completed GRID’s Solar Panel program are now enrolled in the Construction Industry internship program. Workforce team continues to support outreach and marketing events for internship. The Next Gen Farmer Training Program began its first cohort on April 17th. There were 111 participants enrolled with 68 attendees per class and meetings are held Mondays and Wednesdays from 7-9pm in Norco. Students do 8-12 hours of field work every week. The cohort ends in February. Community Settlement Association held a Job & Resource Fair on July 27th and will now be focusing on the housing education sessions and small business start-ups. Riverside Community Health Foundation continues to work with the community and hold regular Riverside Leadership Academy/REAL meetings at Chavez Community Center. An Annual Report draft has been submitted to SGC by UCR CE-CERT. The new TCC Grant Project Coordinator began her employment with the City on August 18, 2023.

N/A

HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECTS IN PIPELINE FOR DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO. PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/ BEDS
PSH

UNITS STATUS COMPLETION
DATE
Vista de la Sierra 11253 Pierce Street 7
La Sierra University
Church / National
Community Renaissance 80 units 34
Project is under construction. Expected to be completed in October 2023. Interested residents should contact www.nationalcore.org to view upcoming properties and get on the waitlist.

Oct-23
Sunrise at Bogart 11049 Bogart Avenue 7
Neighborhood
Partnership Housing
Services (NPHS)
22 units 22
NPSH is addressing their project funding gap. Since the property did not close escrow by December 31, 2022, the City has to follow the Surplus Land Act. The CAO drafted a Resolution designating the subject property as Exempt Surplus Property. The draft resolution was sent to HCD for review. HCD approved the draft Resolution on April 6, 2023. Resolution to declare the land as exempt surplus was approved by Council on June 6, 2023. An RFP for affordable housing development on the site has been released
TBD
352
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Ward No. of Units %
1 76 22%
2 174 49%
3 0 0%
4 0 0%
5 0 0%
6 0 0%
7 102 29%
Total 352 100%
Affordable Housing Units in
Development Pipeline
Total Affordable Housing Units
Total PSH Units

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