Citywide Residential AntiDisplacement Strategy
Quarterly Status Report
Jacky Morales-Ferrand
Director
Ragan Henninger
Deputy Director
Emily Hislop
Division Manager
Kristen Clements
Division Manager
Neighborhood Services &
Education Committee
September 8, 2022
Item (d)3
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 August 21, 2022:
• $127.8M paid on behalf of 10,620 households
• $107.2M (84%) to 9,079 Very and Extremely LowIncome households* • 49.3% of applicants are Latino/a/x-headed households
• 62.6% are Extremely Low-Income households*
COVID-19 Response: State Emergency Rental
Assistance
*Very Low-Income (VLI) households earn 31-50% of Area Median Income Extremely Low-Income households earn ≤ 30% of Area Median Income 4 Lawsuit against state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) brought in June 2022
Legal Aid and Tenant Advocacy Orgs allege HCD ran program in an “opaque and discriminatory manner”
Also alleged many denials were unjust, tenants provided with inadequate information and no meaningful way to appeal
Preliminary Injunction issued against HCD mid-July barring the program from issuing final denial decisions
Legal Challenge to CA COVID-19 Rental
Assistance Program
5 Temporary, targeted program to intervene in evictions of tenants based on non-payment of rent
Currently administered by City and Sacred Heart Community Services
Other partners are Destination: Home and Project Sentinel Court Mediation Program
Voluntary program for tenants at imminent risk of eviction and who meet other criteria
Federal monies used to fund program must be obligated by September 30, 2022
Eviction Diversion and Settlement Program
6 Launched weekly holistic unlawful detainer clinic at the Superior Court Courthouse on June 1st
Clinic Partners: Court, County, Self-Help Center, Sacred Heart, Destination: Home and the Project Sentinel Court Mediation Program
Open to tenants and landlords in UD (eviction) actions
Assistance with court filings or legal referrals, access to mediation services and other resources to help resolve the Court action, avoid judgment and work towards stable housing
Goal to have Clinic be a permanent part of the UD process Unlawful Detainer Court Clinic
7 4th Quarter FY2021-22 results of staff work at Eviction Prevention Help Centers and at Court :
• 625 households assisted in-person completing or appealing rent relief applications; 2241 assisted by phone
• 239 households received legal services (10 in-person, 229 by phone) • 18 outreach events and community engagements
• at least 60 households assisted at Court
Eviction Diversion and Settlement Program
• 48 Cases since May launch
• $175K paid out to property owners so far, stabilizing 10 tenant households Eviction Diversion Efforts
8 SB 649 (Cortese)
• Bill on the Assembly floor in August, then to Governor Department of Housing & Community Development
• Tenant Preference guidance memo not yet issued
City’s program proposals
• Reexamine timeline late fall and use draft State draft guidance • Would not apply to any HCD-funded affordable developments FUSE Fellow recruitment underway with target start in
October
Tenant Preferences to Help Mitigate Displacement
Anti-Displacement Activities
9 Topic Activities
Tenant Preferences
• SB 649 (Cortese) support
• Hire FUSE fellow to do analysis and program draft
• Proceed with analysis based on State’s draft guidance Community Opportunity
to Purchase Program
(COPA)
• Defer due to Housing Element
• Resume work in fall
• Coordinate with community partner
Lived Experience
Commissioner + Stipends
• Amend application with Clerk’s Office
• Conduct outreach on opportunity, begin recruitment
• Replace City staffer, conduct outreach & implement
program supports
Citywide Residential AntiDisplacement Strategy
Quarterly Status Report
Jacky Morales-Ferrand
Director
Ragan Henninger
Deputy Director
Emily Hislop
Division Manager
Kristen Clements
Division Manager
Neighborhood Services &
Education Committee
September 8, 2022
Item (d)3