Neighborhood Services &
Education Committee
March 10, 2022
Citywide Residential AntiDisplacement Strategy
Quarterly Status Report
Ragan Henninger
Deputy Director
Kristen Clements
Division Manager
Jin Kim
Chief of Staff
Emily Hislop
HPPA
2 City Council approved September 22, 2021
Top 4 Recommendations:
1. Equitable COVID-19 Response and Recovery
2. Anti-Displacement and Neighborhood Tenant
Preferences
3. Community Opportunity to Purchase Program (COPA)
4. Underrepresented Communities on Commissions,
including Lived Experience with Homelessness seat on
Housing & Community Development Commission
(Commission)
Citywide Residential Anti-Displacement Strategy
3 Developing recommendations for new designated seat for Lived Experience with homelessness on Commission and
stipend for all Commissioners
• Presented proposal to Commission on February 10, 2022 Commission passed two motions
• Lived Experience should be recent, within the last three years (motion passed 10-0)
• First appointment to the Lived Experience seat [should] be a woman (motion passed 10-0)
Increasing Equitable Representation on Commission
4 Outreach to partners and tenants in permanent supportive housing, outreach via social media and email e-blasts
Plan to modify the Commission application to include questions about experience with homelessness and accessing services Staff recommends Lived Experience seat be nominated by the Mayor (citywide seat)
Recruitment and Appointment
5 Resources and Stipend
Technology Support: Tablet, Wi-Fi hotspot device, printing support Onboarding and Training
Peer-to Peer Support via Buddy System
Recommend a stipend of $200 a month per Commissioner
• Equivalent to $25/hour (avg. 8 hours of meeting and preparation), and is dependent on meeting attendance
• Should cover costs of travel, computer access, printing, etc. / Can be declined
6 For San José, as of February 23, 2022:
• 15,138 completed applications
• $60.7M paid to 4,899 households so far
• Average assistance is $12,390
• ∼49% of applicants are Latino/a/x-headed households
• ∼59% are households <=30% AMI
COVID-19 Response: State Emergency Rental
Assistance
7 Statewide COVID-19 Eviction Protections end 3/31/2022 • Protections for COVID-19 impacted tenants with unpaid rent between 3/2020 – 9/2021 remain in place
• Procedural protections will end for tenants that applied for assistance for rent that accrued 10/2021 – 3/31/2022
Tenants must pay April rent
Tenants with pending applications for rent between 10/2021 – 3/2022 are vulnerable after April 1
Housing reporting to Council on this issue later in March Eviction Protections Ending March 31
8 Legal services expanded, serving at Eviction Help Centers and remotely
Right to Counsel program RFP being developed
Partnered with Superior Court and others on Eviction
Diversion Program grant application to National Center for State Courts
• Housing Collaborative Court is another possibility
Working with Santa Clara University to create legal clinic • Would staff weekly workshop for Unlawful Detainer litigants COVID-19 Response: Legal Assistance
9 SB 649 (Cortese)
• Bill to be heard in spring policy committees
• Meet with HCD, then other stakeholders
Department of Housing & Community Development
• Tenant Preference guidance memo not yet issued
Implementation planning
• Demographic data obtained for analysis
Applying for FUSE Fellow
Tenant Preferences to Help Mitigate Displacement
10 Wrapped up 7-month, two-tier public design process
• Summary report prepared by Baird & Driskell
Refined draft proposal, held 2+-month Public Comment
Phase 2 – conducted broad community meetings on draft
• 7 public meetings on Zoom – 300+ attendees (191 unduplicated) • Eblasts to 9,100+ (duplicated) people on opportunities to learn and comment
Held 3 meetings on needed Preservation financing products Official hearings deferred due to staff capacity required for new Housing Element
Community Opportunity to Purchase (COPA)
Next Three Months
11 Topic Activities
Equitable COVID-19
Response & Recovery
• Connect residents and property owners to State
Emergency Rental Assistance
• Operate Eviction Help Centers
• Work with CBOs to assist residents
Tenant Preferences
• SB 649 support, from HCD and stakeholders
• Apply for FUSE Fellow to increase staff capacity
• Do Tenant Preference analysis if HCD issues memo
Community Opportunity
to Purchase Program
(COPA)
• Defer finalizing program recommendations and
official hearings until after Housing Element draft is
submitted
Live Experience
Commissioner + Stipends
• Seek Council approval & draft Muni Code changes
• Finalize recruitment and training plans
• Start recruitment for Lived Experience Commissioner
Neighborhood Services &
Education Committee
March 10, 2022
Citywide Residential AntiDisplacement Strategy
Quarterly Status Report
Ragan Henninger
Deputy Director
Kristen Clements
Division Manager
Jin Kim
Chief of Staff
Emily Hislop
HPPA