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DRAFT Redlines <br />Housing Element Section 4B <br />the Lower-Income Housing Fee or providing alternative mitigation as established by City <br />ordinance, in proportion to its impacts. <br /> <br />Policy 2.10 <br />When permissible, give additional priority or preference for lower-income housing opportunities <br />to persons that live and/or work in Pleasanton. <br /> <br />Policy 2.11 <br />Encourage at least 50 percent of new multi-family housing units constructed over the course of <br />the 6th Cycle to be rental apartments. <br /> <br />Policy 2.12 <br />Facilitate access to affordable rental housing units by offering local programs and supporting <br />regional programs that minimize tenant displacement and help subsidize rents for eligible <br />households. <br /> <br />Policy 2.13 <br />Minimize displacement of tenants in rental apartments and encourage ownership of lower cost <br />residential units by prior renters through the regulation of condominium conversions. <br /> <br />Policy 2.14 <br />Work with employers to develop partnerships for participat ing in programs to make housing <br />affordable to their workers. <br /> <br />Policy 2.15 <br />To achieve more housing that is affordable to first-time home buyers but is not deed-restricted <br />below-market rate housing, encourage a proportion of new residential units to be smal ler units <br />(i.e., 1,500 square feet or less for single-family units, either attached or detached (exclusive of <br />garages) and 1,000 square feet or less for apartments/multi-family units and ADUs). This includes <br />encouraging small lot single-family and cluster housing (e.g., duplex, triplex, quad etc.) <br />developments, allowing varying levels of interior amenities and finishes, and other affordable by <br />design approaches. Target at least 10 percent of units in new for-sale housing developments to <br />be affordably priced to households earning 120 to 150 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI). <br /> <br />Programs