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Programs FY 2023/24 Housing and Human Services Grant Program Tri-Valley Fair and Secure Housing Project ✔ Report 1 submitted: 1/11/2024 Un-Submit 1. Name of person completing the report. Brenda Orellana Ramos 2. Title. Contracts and Compliance Officer 3. Telephone and e-mail. 510-216-3824, borellana@centrolegal.org 4. Describe the project/program funded with this grant, the current status of the project/program, and any significant actions taken during the reporting period. In the first half of the contract, 3 clients (three of those in Q1) received legal consultation and 3 (three in Q2) received representation. We have created many in-house templates for common motions, responsive pleadings, and more to ensure that we can represent and assist as many low- income tenants as possible. We have also created an array of in-house legal templates, ranging from letters that tenants can send to landlords who have illegally locked them out of their apartments to court documents tenants can complete on their own and file in court. These materials will ensure that we will equip tenants with the guidance they might need to effectively advocate for themselves to preserve our capacity for tenants most in need of full legal representation. 5. Describe any challenges or delays encountered with the project/program, as well as any changes to your project/program design, operations, and/or staffing. During the last contract, we realized that we needed to increase our direct outreach efforts in Pleasanton because the number of clients we expected to reach decreased in the last half of last year. We learned that because this is our first time contracting with the City of Pleasanton, we will need to make continued outreach efforts to expand the number of tenants who are aware of our services. We are pleased to report that these outreach efforts have helped, and we are on track to reach our representation deliverables. We plan on continuing these outreach efforts. Additionally, we have shared a direct referral form with the City of Pleasanton’s Housing Division, as well as partners such as CityServe of the Tri-Valley. By nurturing these partnerships, we have been able to streamline the process for tenants in need to access our services. We also plan to explore more outreach partnerships to ensure that other organizations serving Pleasanton clients are aware of our services. We continue to conduct countywide workshops and distribute flyers advertising our services in the Tri-Valley area. 6. Describe any trends or emerging needs you are observing in your project/program, as well as new opportunities your organization is pursuing. The Pleasanton tenants we have assisted have experienced multiple forms of harassment, including continued threats of eviction. We know that empowering tenants with information about their rights and the tools to assert them is critical to preventing displacement, and we are pursuing two new opportunities to reach and empower as many tenants as we can. To respond to these threats of displacement, we are planning to host a “Train the Trainer” presentation with CityServe of the Tri-Valley to educate them on tenants’ rights, so that they can educate their clients and ensure that tenants in need of representation reach us. In Q1 and Q2, we conducted 2 know-your-rights workshops reaching 32 tenants. Lastly, we will continue to leverage the position we created within the Tenants’ Rights team to handle direct referrals from our Emergency Financial Assistance (EFA) staff when tenants who have applied to EFA have questions about their rights. FY 2023/24 Housing and Human Services Grant Program USD$ 500,000.00 Available Deadline: 1/20/2023 Centro Legal de la Raza Tri-Valley Fair and Secure Housing Project USD$ 46,628.00 USD$ 46,628.00 Requested Previous Submitted Application Next Submitted Application Report 1 Due date (mm/dd/yyyy) 1/16/2024 Report 1 not required Powered by ZoomGrants™ City of Pleasanton