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Habitat for Humanity/ Housing Rehabilitation Program Habitat for Humanity (Habitat) is the City's Housing Rehabilitation Program (HRP) administrator as of October 2016. Habitat was instructed not to submit a request for additional funding for FY 2018/19 as it still had sufficient unused funds remaining from its original contract beginning in October 2016 and extending through June 30, 2018. Habitat's funding request of $150,000 will provide critical home repairs, paid for by grants or loans from the City, to Pleasanton homeowners who are cost -burdened and economically vulnerable. City staff is recommending to allocate $184,499.92 of carry-over funds from FY2018/19. This results in a cost saving for the City. Tri -Valley REACH/ Housing Preventative Maintenance and Repair 2019-2020 Tri -Valley REACH has applied for $25,000 in order to complete maintenance repairs to seven (7) single-family home properties providing affordable housing to fifteen (15) extremely low-income adults with developmental disabilities. Staff plans to recommend continued financial support for Tri -Valley REACH's maintenance and repair program in the amount $12,000, which was the same funding allocation in FY 18/19. Human Services Commission Action As discussed earlier, the Human Services Commission reviewed the majority of HHSG applications at its meeting of March 7th, 2019. The agenda report and attachments from the HSC meeting are included as Attachment 2. Minutes from the meeting were not yet available; however, the HSC's recommendation is summarized in Attachment 1. The HSC's recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for review and final action (along with the HC's recommendations) on April 16, 2019. March 21St Housing Commission Meeting Process The Commission may request any or all of the agencies listed in Table 1 of this report to make a presentation or answer any questions relating to their housing -related projects. After hearing from the agencies and any other interested parties, the Commission will close the hearing, discuss the applications, and formulate a funding recommendation for consideration by the City Council. The Commission's recommendation is tentatively scheduled to be reviewed by the City Council (along with the recommendation from the Human Services Commission regarding CDBG and City General Funds) on April 16, 2019. At that time, it is expected the Council will adopt a resolution approving the funding plan for the City's HHSG program (as well as youth and civic arts funding through the Community Grant program) for FY 2019/20. A finalized statement of federal funding will be submitted to HUD by the required May deadline. FY 2019/20 HHSG funds will be made available July 1, 2019. Recommendation Staff believes that the applications summarized in Table 2 and discussed above and recommended for funding through the LIHF and HOME are useful and necessary housing services that will provide unique and important benefits to Pleasanton residents and the Pleasanton community. Page - 5 -