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Subject: Emergency Rental Assistance Funds
From: Housing And Community Development Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution:
1) Accepting And Appropriating Round 2 State Rental Assistance (SRA2) Program Funds In An Amount Not To Exceed Twelve Million Seventy-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars And Fifty-Two Cents ($12,077,713.52) Awarded By The California Department Of Housing And Community Development To The City Of Oakland To Provide Financial Assistance For The Payment Of Rent And Other Housing Related Expenses To Eligible Households;
2) Authorizing The City Administrator To Take All Steps Necessary For The City To Receive The SRA2 Funds Awarded By The California Department Of Housing And Community Development, Including But Not Limited To, Signing And Submitting The Acceptance Of Award Terms Form;
3) Awarding SRA2 Grant Agreements In A Total Amount Not To Exceed Twelve Million Seventy-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars And Fifty- Two Cents ($12,077,713.52) To Bay Area Community Services, Building Opportunities For Self Sufficiency, Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Oakland, East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, East Oakland Community Development Corporation, Collective Legal Services - Eviction Defense Center, And Safe Passages To Provide Financial Assistance For The Payment Of Rent And Other Housing Related Expenses To Eligible Households;
4) Authorizing The City Administrator To Reallocate Funding Between Grantees And To Amend Grant Agreements Awarded Pursuant To This Resolution Accordingly Without Returning To Council, If Necessary, To Ensure Timely Expenditure Of SRA2 Funds; And
5) Authorizing The City Administrator To Accept And Appropriate Any Additional SRA2 Funding Made Available By The California Department Of Housing And Community Development And To Amend The Grant Agreements Awarded Pursuant To This Resolution To Increase The Amount Using The Additional Funding, Without Returning To Council, On The...
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