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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 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 three cities are currently working on a potential new Section 108 loan application which would provide financing for the future relocation of the Axis Community Health community clinic which plans to relocate from its currently inadequate space in downtown Pleasanton to a newer, larger site in north Pleasanton. Axis provides the only community clinic in the Tri-Valley region serving the uninsured and indigent. • 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 grants and loans through the Housing Rehabilitation Program to assist landlords in removing accessibility bathers 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. Action Plan—Pt 2012 City d Pleasanton Page s