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to January 1, 2001, Pleasanton has built 1,144 housing units of the 5,059 allocated by ABAG. However, the prior Housing Element period extended to 1996, and an additional 1,690 units were built between 1996 and 1999, resulting in 2,834 housing units built since the last Mousing Element period. See Table IV -5. Since 1986, the City has strengthened its commitment to lower - income housing by including a specific set -aside as part of the Growth Management Program. Currently, 100 units per year are reserved for projects which include 25 percent or more units affordable to lower - income households. This provision has been effective in encouraging the production of lower- income housing in Pleasanton over the years. ( "Lower - income housing" is defined as housing units used by households with incomes no greater than 80 percent of the median family income and, therefore, includes the "low- income" and "very- low - income" categories. Please refer to Table IV -10.) Sufficient infrastructure and public facilities have been planned (see Public Facilities Element) to accommodate the projected amount of residential growth through build -out of the Planning Area. The Growth Management Program has helped the City and other local service providers to keep pace with new housing with no reduction in services. -- s's_. .'mss.. _ - •. 2 9,000 dwelling units. Housing Type and Density Pleasanton has historically been a city of predominantly single - family detached homes in traditional subdivisions of three to five units per acre. However, recent trends have decreased the proportion of detached single- family homes, which have declined from 74 percent to 65 percent of the total housing stock since 1985. The lack of vacant land for large developments in urban portions of the Bay Area, including Pleasanton, has led in part to an escalation of land values. 'This has resulted in an acceptance of smaller houses on smaller lots which are more affordable to middle - income households. Six percent of the housing stock consists of small -lot single- family detached units, and nine percent consists of duets or townhomes. Furthermore, the percentage of multiple- family units (not including duets and townhomes) has increased from 19 percent of the total housing stock in 1974 to 25 percent in 2000. Since 1996, the City has constructed about 943 attached single- family and multiple - family housing units, which is approximately 35 percent of the total housing stock, as shown in Table IV -2. In addition, four small -lot single - family units are currently under construction, and 259 apartments, attached single - family units, and small -lot single - family units are approved but not currently under construction. 8