File #: CONS 22-391   
Section: Consent Status: Agenda Ready
Meeting Body: City Council
Agenda Date: 6/28/2022 Final action:
Subject: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Bay Area Community Services for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Shallow Rental Subsidy Program Operations in an Amount Not to Exceed $500,000
Attachments: 1. Attachment I Staff Report, 2. Attachment II Resolution
DATE: June 28, 2022

TO: Mayor and City Council

FROM: Acting Assistant City Manager

SUBJECT

Title
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Bay Area Community Services for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Shallow Rental Subsidy Program Operations in an Amount Not to Exceed $500,000

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RECOMMENDATION

Recommendation
That the Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Bay Area Community Services (BACS) in an amount not to exceed $500,000 to operate the City's FY 2023 Shallow Rental Subsidy program.

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SUMMARY

In July 2021, Council adopted the Let's House Hayward! Strategic Plan (LHH Plan), which includes the activity of identifying funds for and developing a shallow subsidy program for extremely low income and high rent burden households. At the same time, Council adopted a federal expenditure plan for allocating the City's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, which included allocating $500,000 a year for three years to fund a shallow rental subsidy pilot program.

Shallow rental subsidy programs are partial rent payments made on behalf of a tenant directly to their landlord to reduce their household rent burden and increase their available income. Figure 1 summarizes the key components of the City's program, which staff will finalize with BACS before an estimated program launch of September 1, 2022. The eligibility criteria were identified in partnership with BACS and based on existing research demonstrating that prevention programs are most effective at stemming the in-flow into homelessness when they are targeted towards households with the greatest risk of homelessness.












Figure 1. Hayward Shallow Rent Subsidy Program

There is substantial regional support for shallow rental subsidy programs as valuable homelessness prevention strategies, including Alameda County's Home Together 2026 Plan and the Regional Impa...

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