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- . ' . .. • . , - - 'lcasanton Planning Area is expected to contain 29,000 housing <br /> . , - • : • • : - . approved by voters with the adoption of the 1996 General <br /> assumptions, the City will support a population of about 76,500 at build out. <br /> Housing Stock <br /> The City's existing housing stock reflects its varied history in terms of its mix of types, tenure, <br /> age, and condition. Since most of the City's 24,000 -plus dwelling units have been constructed in <br /> the last twenty -five years. it is generally in good condition. The City's oldest housing, including <br /> several heritage homes as well as a number of apartment buildings constructed between the <br /> 1960's through the 1980's, is found in the Downtown area. Also, although Pleasanton's housing <br /> stock has always been predominately single- family detached, the proportion of multiple- family <br /> and single - family attached housing has been increasing in recent years. Small -lot single - family <br /> housing became very popular in the mid- to Tate- 1990's as a means of increasing affordability <br /> while providing a single- family detached product. At the same time, development of large -lot <br /> single - family lots in the hill areas of Pleasanton has seen the construction of a number of homes <br /> over 4,000 square feet on one -acre -plus lots. Thus, the City's housing stock continues to he <br /> varied and in good condition. <br /> 1 41,17, fi t 3ti r <br /> 7 <br /> Rate of Growth <br /> The growth of Pleasanton's housing stock has fluctuated since 1970, as shown in Table IV -2. <br /> The construction of several thousand housing units during the early 1970's led to an <br /> overburdened sewage treatment system and a resulting slowdown of housing growth during the <br /> late 1970's. These fluctuations resulted in the City adopting a Growth Management <br /> Program (GMP) in 1978, which has managed the residential growth rate according to <br /> 4 <br />