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2014 Housing Element Annual Progress Report April 21, 2015 Page l of 2 The City of Pleasanton is required to report annually to the State of California Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) on the implementation of its General Plan Housing Element. HCD requires a report format that consists of five spreadsheets. These are included as Exhibit A of this report. Housing Element Implementation Highlights Key efforts towards implementing the Housing Element in 2014 are highlighted below: ♦ Building permits were issued for a total of 323 dwelling units. Two hundred and fifty- one (251) units are part of the Hacienda 1— Essex project, formerly owned by BRE at the southwest corner of Owens Drive and Willow Road. Nineteen (19) homes are part of Cameron Circle and fifteen (15) homes are part of the Ironwood Community, both by Ponderosa Homes. Fourteen (14) of the homes are part of Township Square (Commons at Gateway). Approximately 11.7%or 38 of the total units will be affordable to very low- income households and 1 unit will be affordable to moderate-income households. ♦ Planning approval was granted for the Summerhill Apartment 177-unit project. Approximately 10%or 18 of the total units will be affordable to very low- and low- income households and 5%or 9 of the total units will be affordable to moderate-income households. • Planning approval was granted to MidPen Housing to build 185 new and fully-accessible apartments in a combination of single-, two-, and three-story buildings. All of the new homes will be affordable to low-income seniors. The Mid-Pen Housing proposal for Kottinger Gardens was previously appropriated $10 million from the Lower Income Housing Fund to assist in the redevelopment of Kottinger Place and Pleasanton Gardens.