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Housing and Homelessness Committee
January 22, 2024

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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 was held on June 23, 2024. Certificate of Occupancy has been delayed due
to an electrical fire at one of the cottages. Certificate of Occupancy issued for 9 of the 10 units. The unit with fire damage is still being repaired, with an expected completion by end of
year. Move-ins expected early 2024.

January 2024
The A
spire 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. June 2024 The P
lace 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 floor plans and selected the third floor plan that will produce 31 transitional housing units where residents will have their own room and a shared kitchen, restrooms and living space. Project is in final plan check. Riverside County has a $1.5 million project funding gap.

TBD
Cedar Rental
Housing 4292 Cedar Street 1
Riverside Housing
Development
Corporation (RHDC)
3 units 0
December 2024
Riv
erside Access
Center 2880 Hulen Place 1 City's General Services
RHDC has executed an agreement with a contractor for the rehabilitation work. Construction completed. Certificate of Occupancy issued December 15, 2023. Move-ins expected early 2024.

Staff
submitted a CDBG FY 2023/24 funding application and was allocated $661,000 to rehabilitate the interior space of the access center including staff and guest restrooms and HVAC and roof replacements. The project total cost is $839,155. On August 1, 2023, City Council approved
additional funding of $178,155 with Measure Z funds. CDBG staff is in the process of amending the HUD Annual Action Plan to allocate an additional $471,000 of CDBG funds towards the project. Once approval has been received, General Services will be able to release the
bid for the rehabilitation project.

TBD
Mulberry Gardens
Apartment 2524 Mulberry 1 Eden Housing 209 0
Old CalFire site leased by the State to Eden Housing for the development of 150 affordable family housing units and 59 affordable senior housing units. The City and Eden Housing were awarded $27 million in Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) funding for the development of 150 affordable housing units, which includes $12.5 million for the City to perform Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (STI) projects in the neighborhood around the new development. These projects will include safe pedestrian access along Spruce Street, Mulberry Street, and surrounding streets through improvements such as concrete sidewalks, high visibility crosswalks, class III bikeways, LED flashing stop lights, radar speed feedback signs, and audible pedestri
an signals. Developer was awarded 9% TCAC California Tax Credit Allocation Committ
ee (TCAC) for the 59 affordable senior housing units and must conduct loan closing by April 16, 2024. Developr is applying for 4% TCAC in April 2024.

TBD
Grapevine
2882 Mission Inn Avenue
(Housing Authority Site)
and 2731-2871
University Avenue
(Successor Agency)
2 MJW Investments, LLC 64 10
Notice of Surplus Land Availability and requests for affordable housing proposals released November
21, 2023 and are due on January 22, 2024.

TBD
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HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECTS IN PIPELINE FOR DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO. PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/ BEDS
PSH

UNITS STATUS COMPLETION
DATE
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 was approved by City Council on August 15, 2023. Construction in progress. 2800 people on interest list. Those who pass initial qualification will be sent an application for tenancy. ARPA Loan Agreement for additional $1million to go to Council on January 23, 2024.

March 2
024
14th S
treet 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. Developer held fundraiser to raise funds for project on October 12th.

TBD
Oasis Senior
Villas 2340 14th Street 2 A Community of Friends 95 units 46 A Community Of Friends has begun submitted draw requests. Construction is substantially complete. Currently looking for Senior Veterans, apply through the County.

Temporary Certificate
of Occupancy issued. Move-ins have begun Grand opening to be scheudled early 2024 January 2024
Univ
ersity 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 completed. Property will require major abatement in addition to rehabiliation. Staff is considering costs of demolition and reconstruction in comparison to rehabilitation. Currently working with planning to determine the maximum number of affordable units for the site.

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
Tree planting is resuming with 200 trees planned to be planted by the end of the year, for a total of 974. GRID Alternatives will be closing out the year with 3 more installations confirmed for a total of 9 complete installations. GRID will also be holding an application workshop in early November. Annual report for 2023 is being processed and all partners are meeting with SGC and DoC to work on an amendment to the grant agreement. This will help goals continue to be met and funds to be spent efficiently.528 shade trees provided to residents (up from 453). Tree planting goal should be met by December/January (100 trees planted). One new solar trainee is being interviewed through workforce program (this is a big deal because they haven't been able to find anyone for a few months). All partners are entering the amendment process to adjust funds and make sure goals are met. This is in the early stages, more information will be available and presented in a couple of months. The REAL (Residents of Eastside Active in Leadership) received a Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful award on 11/4 for all of their dedicated work with alleyway clean-ups. The county had two more participants join their training program with GRID Alternatives for solar construction training. SAWPA has a new applicant for new xeriscape. 60 trees in total were planted in October by TreePeople for a total of 774 planted so far this year.

N/A
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. Application window was open from September 1st - September 15th. A lottery of 4,118 co mpleted, qualifying applications was held on September 25th. Construction is significantly complete. Waiting on final inspections for solar/electrical. Certificate of Occupancy is expected in January 2024. Grand opening to be scheduled early 2024.

January 2024

HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECTS IN PIPELINE FOR DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT ADDRESS WARD
NO. PARTNER TOTAL

UNITS/ BEDS
PSH

UNITS STATUS COMPLETION
DATE
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 was released and NPHS was the only respondent. Staff is drafting a Diposition and Devleopment Agreement to go to Council early 2024.

TBD
Walden Homekey
Tansitional
Housing
Various Walden Family Services 25 0
The City received a conditional award of $4.375 million in state funds that will be used to help purchase as many as five homes to create 25 single room occupancy (SRO) units of housing for young people who are homeless or in danger of becoming homeless. Staff is working with Walden to identify qualifying properties and meet State Homekey requirements. Open Houses for the first two homes is scheduled for January 26, 2024, and an Open House for the third home on February 9, 2024.

December 2 024
640
197
Ward No. of Units %
1 285 45%
2 228 36%
3 0 0%
4 0 0%
5 0 0%
6 0 0%
7 102 16%
TBD 25 4%
Total 640 100%
Affordable Housing Units in
Development Pipeline
Total Affordable Housing Units
Total PSH Units

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