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BACKGROUND The Fair Housing Act of 1968 imposed a duty of Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) and for agencies that receive federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to take meaningful actions to promote fair housing choice. On an annual basis, the City receives federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program funding from HUD. Pursuant to HUD's AFFH Final Rule, which was published in Federal Register Notice July 16, 2015, jurisdictions, such as the City of Pleasanton, that receive HUD funding are required to submit an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH), the previously-required assessment called the Analysis of Impediments, that identifies fair housing issues, evaluates factors contributing to fair housing issues, and establishes goals to overcome fair housing issues. In accordance with the AFFH Final Rule methodology for regional approaches to address fair housing issues, the City of Pleasanton will be collaborating with other Alameda County jurisdictions and public housing agencies, including Alameda County; the cities of Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Oakland, San Leandro, and Union City; and the Housing Authorities of Alameda County, Alameda, Berkeley, Livermore, and Oakland to prepare the regional AFH and submit it to HUD prior to the October 5, 2019 deadline. DISCUSSION As a recipient of federal CDBG and HOME funds, HUD's AFFH Final Rule requires the City to develop its own AFH plan or to develop a joint plan with other entities in the same housing market area. HUD defines the housing market area to include at least the county and possibly the Core Based Statistical Area (Alameda County and Contra Costa County). The City's collaboration with the aforementioned Alameda County, eight cities, and five housing authorities will ensure the City meets the requirements of the AFFH Final Rule, reduce some of the administrative and financial burdens of completing an AFH, and produce a comprehensive, consistent, and collaborative AFH since fair housing issues cross jurisdictional boundaries. Alameda County (Housing and Community Development) will act as a lead agency in the development and completion of the regional AFH, including facilitating the competitive procurement of an AFH consultant and managing the consultant to be retained. The AFH plan is due to HUD no later than October 5, 2019. The attached Inter-Governmental Collaboration Agreement outlines the basis for sharing the tasks and costs to prepare the AFH plan. Of the estimated cost of $100,000 for an AFH consultant, the County and participating cities will pay 65% of the cost while the participating housing authorities will pay 35% of the cost. More specifically, Pleasanton's anticipated share of the cost is $2,000. Page 2 of 24