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Page - 5 - options or persons at risk of losing housing, has received similar levels of support in the past. Staff recommends continued financial support for this program. Goodness Village / Tiny Home Community Goodness Village has requested $57,720 for its Tiny Home Community in Livermore that currently provides supportive and permanent housing options that assist 28 chronically homeless individuals, seven (7) of which are Pleasanton residents, to transition into permanent housing. Staff recommends continued financial support of $40,000 for FY 2023/24 for this program operating in its second year. Goodness Village has been able to secure more than $1.3 million in grant funding, including $1 million Community Project Funding from U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell’s Office. Habitat for Humanity / Housing Rehabilitation Program Habitat for Humanity (Habitat), the City’s Housing Rehabilitation Program administrator, has requested $80,000 to provide critical home repairs paid for by grants or loans from the City to income-eligible Pleasanton homeowners who are cost-burdened and economically vulnerable. Tri-Valley REACH / Seismic Retrofit Tanager Tri-Valley REACH owns/leases and maintains 11 single-family homes located in Livermore and Pleasanton that provide affordable housing to 34 low-income adults with developmental disabilities. Of these 11 properties, the six (6) homes located in Pleasanton serve sixteen (16) extremely low-income adults with developmental disabilities. Tri-Valley REACH has applied for $40,000 address home repairs, improvements, and maintenance at the Pleasanton homes. Staff recommends continued financial support for Tri-Valley REACH in the amount $40,000 for FY 2023/24. Human Services Commission Action The Human Services Commission will be reviewing the majority of HHSG applications at a Special Meeting on March 15, 2023. 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 May 2, 2023. March 16th 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 May 2, 2023. 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