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Availability (NOFA) to be able to secure the 2022 and 2023 PLHA allocations. Staff is requesting the City Council adopt a Resolution (Attachment 1) to authorize submittal of the grant, and a required Five-Year Plan that documents the City's proposed use of grant funds for the five-year funding period from 2019-2023 (Attachment 2). DISCUSSION PLHA funds may be used for a wide range of programs, including programs to increase the City's affordable housing stock, as well to address homelessness. The eligible use category the City of Pleasanton has selected for the City's PLHA fund allocation is category 301(a)(6): "Assisting persons who are experiencing or at-risk of homelessness, including, but not limited to, providing rapid rehousing, rental assistance, supportive/case management services that allow people to obtain and retain housing, operating and capital costs for navigation centers and emergency shelters, and new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional housing". The City continues to make efforts to address homelessness in the community. Since 2017 the City has experienced a 300 percent increase in homeless persons from 18 unsheltered individuals in 2017 to 72 unsheltered individuals in 2022. The City continues to dedicate resources to mitigate and prevent homelessness through a variety of programs funding through the City's Housing & Human Services Grant Program and in partnership with local non-profit agencies, specifically including CityServe of the Tri- Valley and Tri-Valley Haven. To continue supporting these efforts, staff proposes to use the PLHA allocation to augment the following homeless services currently provided by CityServe of the Tri- Valley on behalf of the City: • Housing relocation and stabilization and short- and/or medium-term (minimum of 6 months) rental assistance to help a homeless individual or family to move as quickly as possible into permanent housing and achieve stability in that housing. • Supportive/case management services that include street outreach, mental health services, emergency health services, employment assistance and job training, life skills training, and substance abuse treatment services. Staff is also proposing to use the PLHA allocation to assist another existing service provider, Tri-Valley Haven, with operating costs, including rental costs and utilities, for providing 14 emergency shelter beds to unhoused survivors of domestic violence and their children. The additional funding need is due to the closure caused by mold and structural damage of one of Tri-Valley Haven's domestic violence shelter buildings. A new building is being funded and constructed, although the operating costs of the new facility are substantially higher than the facility that's currently under repair. Page 3 of 5