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Program 18.5:When considering how to urine the City's Lower-Income Housing Fund,consider whether a proposal with anon-profit housing Although this situation did not present itself in 2018,the City is currently working with developer and afor-profit housing developer partnership should be a Consider prioritization by Sunflower Hill,a nonprofit organization,on a housing project within Irby Ranch and higher pdodry project due to its ability to polenfialy secure better funding January 2016. will continue to consider both non-profit vs.for-profit partnerships on a case-by-case rind he drerhevat basis. Policy 26: Encourage non-profit and joint for-profit housing developments by offering incentives.Non- profit and joint for-profit housing developers of housing affordable to moderate-,low-,extremely low-,and very low-income households shall have the highest City priority for approval.Specific City Program 28.1:Actively assist owners of property zoned or designated incentives to encourage such housing developments High-Density-Residential in soliciting non profit housing organizations for are the following:• Priority for the Growth proposals to develop housing affordable to extremely low-,moderate-, Management affordable-housing sub allocation; Ongoing;information to low-,and very low-income households on available sites using lower Expedited permit processing;•• Fee property owners within six The City continues to provide a wide range of information and available resources income housing fees.The objective of this program is to assure that waivers;• Contributions from the lower- months of Housing related to affordable housing on the City's website.The City will continue to owners of HDR properties are informed d City affordable housing income housing fund;• Use of available City- Element adoption and at encourage owners of high density residential sites to partner with non-profit programs.The City will notify all property owners of HDR sites of owned land;• Density bonuses;• City least two additional times organizations. available City housing programs within 6 months of Housing Element assistance in obtaining financing or funding;• during the planning period. adoption. Assistance in providing public improvements; • Consideration of reduced development standards,such as reducing the number of parking spaces (this consideration does not include reducing the number of required on-site parking spaces in the Downtown Specific Plan Area);and •Consideration of mortgage revenue bonds. Program 282:Continue to actively support the activities of non-profit The City maintained active support(including financial assistance through the City's organizations that provide special needs housing as well as housing Housing and Human Services Grant program)for a wide range of nonprofit affordable to low-and very low-income households,through technical Meet with nonprofit housing organizations in 2018,including East Bay Housing Organizations,Habitat for assistance or other means.The objective of this program is to assure providers annually and Humanity,ECHO Housing,CRIL,Abode Services,and Tri-Valley REACH,Inc. In that the City maintains a full range of incentives that are beneficial to ongoing addition,the City worked directly with MidPen Housing,Satellite Affordable Housing as�<n��,yy�rr nimr vir,n na,a rs A--ociates(SAHA)and Sunflower Hill on oroiect-specific activities Program 28 3 When land oecomes available to the City.consider As noted above,the City will acquire one parcel of land within Irby Ranch with the reserving those saes for nor-profit organizations to build housing When land becomes intent of using the land to provide new affordable housing in partnership with affordable to moderate-,low-,extremely low,and very low-income available to the City Sunflower Hill(a nonprofit). The City will continue to monitor future opportunities to ilousehdd glat�nclude three bedrogrt units(w lame haisehdds acquire land for affordable housinc, Program onhnue to use the Growth Management Report to Policy 30:Encourage substantial private monitor the numbers and The City continues to monitor and review the Growth Management Program.In 2018 types of units bud at all income levels.Use this development of housing affordable to extremely low,With preparation of Growth the City issued a total of 3 Growth Management Allocations out of the maximum 235 information to facilitate the issuance of sufficient numbers of permits to low,and very low income households through the Management Report allocations per year. ,pts the regional housing need throuohout the olanninnoeriad Growth Management Program. Program 302:Review and amend the Growth Management Program to reflect current housing and infrastructure conditions and current housing needs,and to ensure that the Growth Management Ordinance does not ew include constaints includingreventin thefrom meeting its share d Januaryamendments 2016for and P 9City 9 and and the regional housing need for all income revels during the Housing continue annual review. Element planning period.Potential revisions include establishing a The City shall notify HCD regional housing need allocation exemption for all lower income housing, of implementation,utilizing Refer to the status for Program 30.1. incorporating all lower income regional housing need allocation the annual General Plan requirements into the growth management allocation,and mandating the progress report required by ability to'borrow"albcation units for lower income housing from future Govemment Code Section years to accommodate all levels of regional housing need allocation 65400. through the developer's development agreement.growth management agreement or other legislative act. The City continues to maintain active Building and Code Enforcement programs. Program 35.1:Maintain building and housing code enforcement Policy 35:Eliminate all substandard housing Ongoing The City responds to resident complaints related to Building Code and Housing programs,and monitor project conditions of approvalconditions within the community. Code violations on an ongoing basis. The City continues to rehabilitate affordable housing to the greatest extent feasible. Since October 2016,Habitat for Humanity has been administering the City's Program 352:Continue the Rental Housing Rehabilitation Program to Housing Rehabilitation Program.which provides grants or loans to low-,very low-, improve rental units affordable to low-.extremely low-,and very-low- Apply for funding annually and extreme low-income homeowners. No and ongoing extremely City-sponsored major rehab work was income households. implemented in apartment complexes;however,the City is currently working on one small project to install accessibility improvements at a privately owned rental unit occupied by an extremely low-income tenant.