Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ken Cole, Director, Department of Housing
Subject: Measure K: Funding for Affordable Home Ownership Program for Redwood Trailer Village Residents and Temporary Relocation Expenses
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Adopt a resolution:
A) Authorizing the issuance of loans to unit owners in Redwood Trailer Village, in North Fair Oaks, to pay for the demolition and removal of existing housing units, and the purchase and installation of new units, and the payment of relocation expenses to the unit owners receiving said loans for the period during which their existing units are being removed and new units are being installed, in a collective amount not to exceed $6.5 million; and
B) Directing the Director of the Department of Housing, or the Director's designee, to develop and execute loan agreements with eligible residents, on terms approved by the County Manager, working in consultation with the County Counsel.
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BACKGROUND:
Redwood Trailer Village (the Park) is a 51-space mobile home park in the North Fair Oaks neighborhood in unincorporated Redwood City. The Park is home to over 200 residents, many of whom are low-income and monolingual Spanish speaking and about half of whom are children. For approximately the past two years, staff from the San Mateo County Department of Housing (DOH), Human Services Agency (HSA), Department of Public Works, and Planning and Building Department, coordinated by the County Manager's Office, have worked with the new owner of Redwood Trailer Village to address habitability issues identified during inspections of the Park. Most of the identified habitability issues cannot be corrected, owing to the age and condition of the units. A few units in the Park had deficiencies that could be corrected and repairs to those units were completed by Rebuilding Together Peninsula, under contract with the County. Howe...
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