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residents. The workshops educated attendees on budgeting, understanding credit, selecting a realtor and lender, the escrow process, and home maintenance. • Provided Pre-Purchase Counseling to one Pleasanton resident and eight Livermore residents. The counseling services included activities, such as financial education and credit repair counseling, which prepare first time homebuyers for homeownership. Attendees also were provided with information on mortgage financing opportunities provided through a variety of local, state, and federal programs. • Planned and marketed two ECHO Housing's Introduction to Homebuyer and Affordable Homeownership Programs Workshops in January 2017 in Livermore and Pleasanton. There were 49 participants who attended the workshops. • Compiled and maintained a list of 87 households seeking housing opportunities through the Affordable Housing Programs in both Pleasanton and Livermore. • Compiled and maintained a list of over 30 local lenders, realtors, and title companies that are available to provide services to households interested in first time homebuyer opportunities. • Promoted Pleasanton's and Livermore's Affordable Housing Programs by attending and participating in three (3)Tri-Valley real estate community outreaches and Congressman Eric Swalwell's Housing Forum. ECHO Housing - Proposed Agreement for Fiscal Year 2017/18 ECHO Housing has delivered quality services throughout its 18-month contract, and Staff is proposing that ECHO Housing's services continue to be funded during the next fiscal year. The proposed agreement will allow ECHO Housing to continue to provide pre- and post-purchase counseling services at the Housing Opportunity Center (HOC) it established at 141 North Livermore Avenue (the former Tri-Valley Housing Opportunity Center in Livermore). The HOC will continue to serve as a referral point, and ECHO Housing will continue to provide regularly scheduled walk-in hours a minimum of three days per week. As in the previous contract, ECHO Housing's scope of services includes: • Provide pre- and post-purchase education and counseling services, including but not limited to: homebuyer counseling, financial education and credit repair counseling, and other activities related to identifying and preparing first-time homebuyers for homeownership and mortgage financing opportunities provided through a variety of local, state and federal programs. • Conduct and provide a minimum of four 8-hour homebuyer education workshops (based on a HUD-certified curriculum) to educate buyers about the residential real estate purchase process and meet the Pleasanton's First Time Homebuyer Program requirements. • Prepare marketing material and conduct 1.5-hour 'Introduction to Home Buying and Homeownership Programs' workshop at least eight times per year describing first time homebuyer program opportunities and ECHO Housing's services to the general public, employers, real estate and lender groups, and targeted preference groups including the Pleasanton Unified School District, Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce, Below-Market Rental Housing Complexes, Major Apartment Page 5 of 7