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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS06-Economic Development Agency CITY OF SAN BER.RDINO - REQUEST .R COUNCIL ACTION ~: Gerald Butler, Director Dept: Mobile Home Park Board Date: February 13, 1991 Subject: Mobil e Home Park Renta 1 Ass i stance Pro9ram Synopsis of Previous Council action: NONE Recommended motion: . I Approve the transfer of the Mobile Home Park Rental Assistance Program from the County of San Bernardino to the City and direct the Mobile Home Rent Board in conjunction with the Development Department to allocate the appropriate funding and develop documentation for program implementation. y~ tV. p~ Signature Contact perlon: Gera 1 d But1 er, Di rector Phonal ext. 5157 Supporting date attached: YES Ward: Amount: $100,000 from 20% set as i de Source: (ACCr. NO.) (ACCT. DESCRIPTION) ALL FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Fm._'~~ . Council Notal: 75-0212 Agenda Item No. s-~ . . . . S T A& RBPORT At the request of the Mayor and Council of the City of San Bernardino a Mobile Home Task Force was established. A Rental Assistance Program was created by the Task Force in June of 1988. Since its inception the City has allocated $50,000 from 20% set-aside funds and requested the County Community Services Department to administer the program. In July 1989 the Task Force was asked by the Mayor and Common Council to evaluate the Mobile Home Rental Assistance Program to determine its effectiveness. The Task Force sent a copy of their findings to the Council. The report outlined the following: 1. The Rental Assistance Program needs to be updated. 2. The County is still handling the Rental Assistance Program. 3. There are numerous citizens in San Bernardino who need assistance but are unable to receive it because the Assistance Program has not kept up with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). 4. The funds program and since 1988. 20% set aside not been updated are generated through the the qualifications have 5. 160 applications have been processed since its creation in 1988. 6. Currently the program is assisting 42 clients representing a total of $1,774.03 in payments monthly. 7. In addition the city pays the county approximately $250.00 a month for administrative fees, postage, reproduction and computer time. 8. In order to be eligible a person's mobile home expenses must equal at least 50% of the applicant's income. In the seven months that the Mobile Home Rent Board has been in existence it has received numerous phone calls from people who are dissatisfied with the criterion for the rental assistance program. These people have shared their feelings stating that because the process is so cumbersome it is not worth applying for assistance since they felt that there was very little possibility of obtaining help. Some of the Mobile Home Rent Board Representatives have heard numerous complaints and have placed this issue on the Board's Agenda for the last four meetings and the Board has unanimously recommended to the Mayor and Common Council the following: . . . . . . S T A F F R B P 0 R T (cont'd) Board requests an annual allotment of $100,000 from 20% set aside funds to fund the program. b. Increase the maximum amount of monthly subsidy from $50.00 to $75.00. a. c. Reduce the minimum amount used for housing from 50% to 30% of income. This will be consistent with the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Guidelines. d. Recommend that the program be placed under the control of the Rent Board. It can be safely projected that a minimum of approximately 4,200 Mobile Home spaces in the qualify for rental assistance, especially if we minimum amount used for housing from 50% to 30% of 5% of the city would reduce the income. Meetings have taken place between representatives of the Community Development Department and the Mobile Home Rent Board and they are in concurrence that if the program is to continue, $100,000 would be adequate at this time to meet the expanded needs that would be brought about by the change in the process for obtaining assistance. The recommendation of the Rent Board to place the rent subsidy program under the direction of the Mobile Home Rent Board and its director was not intended to give the impression that the county community services department was not doing an excellent job but rather that those living in the Mobile Home Parks were more in contact with the Director of the Rent Board than with Community Services of the County so that this was the logical place to have the Rental Assistance Program located. It was the Board's opinion that if the City is furnishing the funds, that the recipients be more aware that it is a City program. since a good percentage of the revenue of the Mobile Home Rent Board comes from 20% set aside money it will be easier to justify the funding of tte Rent board if it is administering a program for those of low and moderate incomes. The County Community Services Department has informed the City that as of this month, there are no longer funds on deposit to continue the program.