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• The City sponsors, through an annual contribution of local funds, the efforts of the East Bay Housing Organization (EBHO) public education campaign to address local opposition to and misperceptions of affordable housing. The City has collaborated with EBHO and with other local jurisdictions (e.g., through the Tri- Valley Affordable Housing Committee) for the past several years to conduct periodic public tours of local affordable housing projects. The most recent tour took place in February 2009. • The City has collaborated extensively with its neighbor city, Livermore, over the past decade on housing programs and issues of shared concern. The City contributed HOME funds to purchase a transitional housing facility that serves Tri- Valley residents and has also provided CDBG funding for the Tri - Valley Haven, a shelter for domestic violence victims. [Similarly, Livermore has provided funding for the only community clinic in the Tri - Valley which is located in Pleasanton.] Most recently, the cities of Pleasanton, Livermore, and Dublin collaborated in a joint Section 108 loan application to fund the acquisition and rehabilitation of the Family Crisis Shelter, the only shelter facility for families in the Tri- Valley area. Escrow closed in May 2002 and rehabilitation work was completed in 2003. The facility reopened under its new name, "Sojourner House," and is now managed by Tri - Valley Haven. • The City has supported an extensive Housing Rehabilitation Program through partnership with Neighborhood Solutions (NS). Our contract with NS has ensured outreach to minority and women contractors as well as local business enterprises. NS has administered the program for the City and maintains lists of active minority and women owned businesses. • The City also offers rehabilitation wants and loans through the Housing Rehabilitation Program to assist landlords in removing accessibility barriers to expand rental opportunities for persons with physical disabilities. In addition, the City has used local, State, and HOME funds to construct and or acquire and rehabilitate housing units for rental by persons with physical, mental, and developmental disabilities. • Pleasanton is a founding member jurisdiction and an active participant in the Tri- Valley Housing Scholarship Program (which has been in existence since 1999). This program, which also involves collaboration with the City of Livermore, offers tenant -based rental assistance to households that are homeless or at risk of being homeless. Subsidies are provided while the head of household is undergoing job training and are gradually phased out after employment is secured. Based on program demographics to date, over 90% of households served are headed by female heads of households. In addition, the majority of clients have been minority households, and a significant percentage has been disabled. • The City collaborated with other Tri- Valley jurisdictions to establish the "Tri- Valley Housing Opportunity Center" ( TVHOC) which opened its doors in 2005. The TVHOC functions as a "clearing house," initially for ownership programs and ultimately for a continuum of housing assistance of different types. Now in its sixth year of operation, the TVHOC is anticipated to Action Plan - FY 2011 City of Pleasanton Page 30