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F-64 | City of Pleasanton Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing <br />Table F-13: Meaningful Actions <br />Contributing <br />Factor <br />AFFH <br />Strategy Housing Implementation Programs1 <br />Location and <br />type of <br />affordable <br />housing <br /> <br />New housing <br />choices and <br />affordability in <br />areas of <br />opportunity <br />• Rezone land to accommodate additional housing capacity. <br />(Program 1.1) <br /> <br />• Implement and improve effectiveness of the City’s inclusionary <br />housing ordinance. (Program 2.1) <br /> <br />• Proactively assist in the acquisition/development of at least one site <br />for housing affordable to lower-income households, including units <br />with a mix of unit sizes. (Program 1.5) <br />Lack of <br />affordable, <br />integrated <br />housing for <br />persons with <br />special needs <br /> <br />New housing <br />choices and <br />affordability in <br />areas of <br />opportunity <br />• For multi-family projects of a certain size, provide an equal or <br />greater proportion of required adaptable very low- and low-income <br />units as adaptable market-rate units accessible to disabled and/or <br />senior households in the project. (Program 5.4) <br /> <br />• Adopt a Universal Design Ordinance to increase the number of <br />accessible units in single-family, duplex, and triplex projects. <br />(Program 5.4) <br /> <br />• Assign a portion of the City's Lower Income Housing Fund for <br />housing projects which accommodate the needs of special housing <br />groups such as for persons with physical, mental, and/or <br />developmental disabilities, and persons with extremely low-incomes <br />and experiencing homelessness. (Program 5.5) <br /> <br />• Zoning amendments to facilitate approvals of reasonable <br />accommodation requests (Program 5.7) <br />Need for <br />continued <br />investments in <br />specific <br />neighborhoods <br />Place-based <br />strategies to <br />encourage <br />community <br />conservation <br />and <br />revitalization <br />• Rehabilitate substandard housing, including multi-unit housing within <br />downtown Pleasanton and elsewhere in the city. (Program 3.5) <br /> <br />• Invest in infrastructure, particularly with respect to areas expected to <br />see additional infill and new multi-family development. (Program 4.4) <br />Displacement of <br />residents due to <br />economic <br />pressures <br /> <br />Protecting <br />existing <br />residents from <br />displacement <br />• Support access to rental housing for lower- and moderate-income <br />households, and protect tenants from displacement by working with <br />the Alameda County Housing Authority to maintain funding for <br />housing vouchers, enhance outreach, apply provisions of the <br />Condominium Ordinance, and develop an enhanced local rental <br />assistance program. (Program 2.8) <br /> <br />• Implement a range of strategies to address the needs of the <br />unhoused population and those at-risk of becoming unhoused, <br />including a local or subreqional (Tri-Valley) framework to <br />complement that developed for Alameda County. (Program 5.1) <br />Community <br />opposition <br />New housing <br />choices and <br />affordability in <br />areas of <br />opportunity <br />• Facilitate the production of ADUs through standard building plans <br />and promotion. (Programs 1.8 and 1.9) <br /> <br />• Outreach to educate the community about affordable housing and <br />its benefits to the community. Prepare materials in multiple <br />languages. (Program 7.5)