Attend a free workshop on Saturday, March 20th, 2010, at the Redlands Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.  You will discover the tools you need to purchase your first home and find out if you are eligible for the Homeowner Assistance Program with the City of Redlands and County of San Bernardino.

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Thanks to the Federal Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), there are ample funds to provide assistance to homebuyers who are looking to buy foreclosed homes located in Redlands neighborhoods.  Known as the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, this federal initiative is designed to meet the needs of communities that have been heavily impacted by foreclosures.  There are many eligible homes and neighborhoods located throughout the City of Redlands.

The City of Redlands wants lenders, realtors and homebuyers to understand how easy it is to claim up to $55,000 in assistance for qualified homebuyers interested in buying a home in an eligible area.  "Make the Move" targets home buyers with incomes at or below 120% of area median income.  For example, an eligible family of four would have a maximum annual gross income of approximately $74,400.

For more program information and to check a resident or family's eligibility, search for approved lenders and participating realtors as well as search eligible targeted communities in the County, go to the link below.

Make the Move Flyer Spanish	Make the Move Flyer English
WEBLINK: www.makethemoveSB.org

Applications are now available for senior housing at Vista del Sol, a new 71-unit senior housing facility located at 1320 Webster Street in Redlands.

Housing Partners I, Inc. is the non-profit arm of the San Bernardino County Housing Authority and the developer of Vista del Sol.  The Redevelopment Agency assisted this project with a $4 million forgivable loan and has secured affordable units.  Of the 71 units, 42 units are for low-income seniors and 11 units for very low-income seniors. 

Beacon Management Company will have representatives available to take applications and answer questions every Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Senior Center located at 111 W. Lugonia Street.  Applicants can also receive assistance by appointment by contacting Beacon Management at 909-793-4535 or housingintake@beaconpm.com.

An application to rent with guidelines and an informational flyer are attached and are also available at the Redevelopment Agency, 210 East Citrus Avenue.

Vista del Sol Informational Flyer

Vista Del Sol Application

Neighborhood Housing Services of the Inland Empire offers Foreclosure information and counseling.  Please call (909) 884-6891 or www.nhsie.org for more information.

If your company would like to provide competitively-priced, high-quality construction services to the Redevelopment Agency's housing rehabilitation and neighborhood revitalization efforts, please submit the attached Contractor Application to the Agency for consideration.  Conditions for participation are included.

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In accordance with the requirements of AB 987, passed by the California State Legislature, a worksheet describing existing and substantially rehabilitated housing units developed or otherwise assisted with Low- and Moderate- Income Housing Funds, including units counted to meet inclusionary and replacement housing obligations, is posted below for public review. Please be aware that this is only a listing of affordable housing that has been assisted with Low- and Moderate- Income Housing Funds; It is not a listing of currently available housing. This database is updated once annually.

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The attached chart provides a listing of the apartments within the City of Redlands that currently provide units at affordable rents. Interested parties are invited to contact the apartment managers directly for more information.

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The Redlands City Council adopted Municipal Code Chapter 5.48, "Rent Stabilization for Mobile Home Parks" due to a shortage of available mobile home park rental spaces and to protect mobile home park tenants from experiencing unreasonable rent increases. Mobile home parks that are governed by the municpal code must have been built prior to October 1, 1981. The Rent Stabilization Municipal Code only applies to owner-occupied mobile homes that are on a month-to-month rental agreement.  Tenancies covered by lease or contracts which provide for more than a month-to-month tenancy are exempt from the Rent Stabilization Municipal Code. However, upon the expiration or other termination of any such lease or contract, the monthly space rent or its equivalent provided in such lease or contract shall become the base rent for such space.

The City's Redevelopment Department conducts annual monitoring of any rent increases that occur in mobile home parks governed by the Municipal Code.  Mobile home park space rent increases are based on the U.S. Department of Labor and Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County. Currently there are three mobile home parks that are governed by the Rent Stabilization Municipal Code as follows:

• Sylvan Mobile Estates
• 450 Judson Street
• Redlands, CA 92373
• (909) 792-3955

• Orange Grove Mobile Estates
• 626 Dearborn Street
• Redlands, CA 92374
• (714) 794-2615

•  Lugonia Fountains
• 1251 E. Lugonia Avenue
• Redlands, CA 92373
• (909) 793-1012

For more information, please call the City of Redlands Redevelopment Agency, Neighborhood Housing Division at (909) 335-4755 Extension 2.

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