Community & Economic
Development Committee
June 27, 2022
Item d(4)
Citywide Residential AntiDisplacement Strategy
Quarterly Status Report
Jacky Morales-Ferrand
Director
Ragan Henninger
Deputy Director
Emily Hislop
Division Manager
2 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 For San José, as of June 12, 2022:
• 11,444 completed applications
• $182.7M rent requested
• $109.7M paid to 9,750 households so far
$92.3M (84%) to Very and Extremely Low-Income
households*
• 50% of applicants are Latino/a/x-headed households
• 64% are Extremely Low-Income households*
COVID-19 Response: State Emergency Rental
Assistance
*Very Low-Income households earn ≤ 50% of Area Median Income Extremely Low-Income households earn ≤ 30% of Area Median Income 4 AB 2179 extended through June 30, 2022 legal protections against eviction based on nonpayment of rent accumulated between March 1, 2020 – March 31, 2022 where there is
State COVID-19 Rent Relief application pending
Extended through June 30, 2022 a statewide preemption of local laws concerning COVID-19 rental debt
• Local jurisdictions are preempted from applying new or additional local protections against eviction for nonpayment of rent, if the rent accrued between March 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022.
Eviction Protections Under AB 2179
5 Temporary, targeted program to intervene in evictions of tenants with pending State COVID-19 Rent Relief
applications
Jointly administered by City and County
Other partners are Sacred Heart Community Services,
Destination: Home, and Project Sentinel Court Mediation Program
ONLY for tenants with pending eviction (unlawful
detainer) court cases who submitted a State application before April 1, 2022
Eviction Diversion and Settlement Program
6 Established weekly unlawful detainer clinic at the Superior Court Courthouse, which soft-launched June 1st
Partnered with Court, County, Self-Help Center, Sacred Heart, Destination: Home and the Project Sentinel Court Mediation Program Open to tenants and landlords involved in unlawful detainer (eviction) court actions
Assistance with court filings or legal referrals and access to mediation services and other resources to help resolve the court action, avoid judgment and work towards stable housing
Goal is for the clinic to become a permanent part of the UD process Unlawful Detainer Clinic
Anti-Displacement Activities
7 Topic Activities
Tenant Preferences
• SB 649 (Cortese) support
• Waiting for HCD guidance
• Apply for a FUSE fellow to support
Community Opportunity
to Purchase Program
(COPA)
• Defer due to Housing Element
• Resume in early fall
• Two-year fellow started in June
Live Experience
Commissioner + Stipends
• Amend application with Clerk’s Office
• Conduct outreach on opportunity, begin recruitment
• Replace City staffer & implement program supports
Community & Economic
Development Committee
June 27, 2022
Citywide Residential AntiDisplacement Strategy
Quarterly Status Report
Jacky Morales-Ferrand
Director
Ragan Henninger
Deputy Director
Emily Hislop
Division Manager